Season 35 (2015)

Episodes: 13

Episodes List

Part 1 of 2. A rocking cradle modeled after one spotted in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul is crafted in the Season 35 premiere.

Conclusion. A rocking cradle is completed with pine sides and rockers. A lathe-turned carrier bar joins it all together.

Woodcarver Mary May joins Roy to carve springerle cookie molds for every occasion.

How to cut the mortise and tenon joints for the legs and frame of a Shaker table.

The dovetailed and grooved construction techniques found inside Shaker drawers are detailed.

Cherry knobs for Shaker furniture are turned on a foot-powered lathe. Also: finishing a joined table top.

How to use a cross-cutting wood saw.

Master craftsman Peter Follansbee joins Roy to hew huge bowls from poplar & sycamore wood.

These most basic molding planes also prove the most versatile as we look at making and using wooden hollows and rounds.

Roy makes this country cousin of the Windsor chair using the same tools and techniques.

The challenge of the Welsh stick chair continues as Roy shapes spindles and backs for a proper sit-down.

Dividers, calipers and turning tools take shape as master blacksmith Peter Ross shows Roy the art of tool-making.

Roy looks into the simplest form of furniture, the plain pine box.

Roy Underhill

Himself - Host