Episodes List
Ep.1 Inner Woodworking
Air Date: 1983-10-01
Observe as Roy looks at the mechanics of wood and how a trees’ growth affects how you work wood once you have it in your shop.
Ep.2 Workbench (Part I)
Air Date: 1983-10-08
Roy hand-crafts the frame for a massive, classic workbench using pegged and keyed mortise-and-tenon construction.
Ep.3 Workbench (Part II)
Air Date: 1983-10-15
Roy finishes the workbench started in the previous episode.
Ep.5 Blanket Chest
Air Date: 1983-10-29
Follow along as Roy builds a stunning nailed-together, six-board blanket chest with an interior till.
Ep.6 Simple Gifts
Air Date: 1983-11-05
Watch and learn as Roy builds three simple gift projects, including a flapping duck toy, a small pine knock-down bench and a wooden egg beater.
Ep.7 Whimsy Diddling
Air Date: 1983-11-12
Join Roy as he walks you through the process for making a Gee Haw Wimmey Diddle, a quintessential mountain folk toy, along and a willow whistle.
Ep.8 Furniture Carving
Air Date: 1983-11-19
Watch as Roy’s guest Colonial Williamsburg’s Wallace Gusler talks about the techniques and tools needed for carved furniture.
Ep.9 Whetstone Quarry
Air Date: 1983-11-26
Take a trip with Roy through the geological history of whetstones, then head out on a hunt for rough materials to make your own whetstone for sharpening.
Ep.10 The Gunsmith
Air Date: 1983-12-03
Spend time with Roy and gunsmith Gary Brumfield of Colonial Williamsburg as they discuss the steps to making a handcrafted 18th-century-style rifle.
Ep.11 Wood for the Weaver
Air Date: 1983-12-10
Discover details about some of the traditional wooden implements used by weavers, including spinning wheels, clock reels and niddy noddys; and watch as Roy makes a swift and a tape loom.
Ep.12 The Luthier
Air Date: 1983-12-17
Join Roy in learning the techniques and processes used to create a violin in the 18th century.
Ep.4 Cooper’s Bucket
Air Date: 1983-10-22
With some help a couple of coopers from Colonial Williamsburg, Roy shows the steps to creating a cooper’s bucket.
Ep.13 The Basket Makers
Air Date: 1983-12-24
Watch as Roy Black and Robert Watson show Roy how to make round-bottom and flat-bottom white oak baskets, starting from a log and using only hand tools.