The Woodwright's Shop(1981)

Name: The Woodwright's Shop
Genre: Reality
Released: 1981-01-01
Rating: 9
Cast: Roy Underhill

★ 9.0(5)27m480 episodesReturning Series

Reality

The Woodwright's Shop is a traditional woodworking show hosted by Roy Underhill on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States. It is one of the longest running "how to" shows on PBS. Since its debut in 1979, the show has aired over 400 episodes. The first two seasons were broadcast only on public TV in North Carolina; the season numbering was restarted when the show went national in 1981. It is still filmed at the UNC-TV studios in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

First aired:: 1981-01-01
Country:: US
Network:: PBS

Episodes

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1. Woodworkers of the Red Dragon
1994-10-01
Roy visits a recreated Celtic village in Wales, looking at Welsh woodworking including building construction, clog making and traditional carved Welsh love spoons.
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2. The Carpenter's Tool Box
1994-10-08
Learn to build Roy’s iconic carpenter’s tool tote.
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3. Ancient Woodcraft of Ireland
1994-10-15
Roy looks at Irish woodworking, including houses, harps, caravans and traditional ship-building techniques.
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4. A Sailor's Sea Chest
1994-10-22
Learn to build a sailor’s sea chest with beveled through dovetails.
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5. Oak High Stool with a Hickory Bark Seat
1994-10-29
Roy builds a stool starting with splitting and riving the green wood and ending with a woven-bark seat.
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6. Standing Embroidery Shop
1994-11-05
Learn the steps to build a standing embroidery hoop large enough to handle embroidery on a quilt.
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7. The Timber-Frame House
1994-11-12
Roy builds a scaled model of a Welsh cruck-frame barn, teaching the woodworking principals of timber framing.
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8. Wooden Lock and Key
1994-11-19
Create a clever wood lock-and-key door set in the shop with Roy.
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9. Shaker Sewing Stand
1994-11-26
Roy builds a traditional single-drawer Shaker sewing stand.
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10. Panel-Frame Construction
1994-12-03
Learn the benefits and uses of frame-and-panel construction and the joinery steps to create a frame-and-panel door.
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11. Tools of the Eighteenth Century
1994-12-10
Roy visits Colonial Williamsburg to view their exhibit of 1,500 eighteenth-century woodworking tools.
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12. The Williamsburg Blacksmiths
1994-12-17
Watch a traditional woodworking tool –a drawknife –forged using historically accurate techniques.
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13. Blacksmiths Forge Ahead!
1994-12-24
Learn the steps used to smith a Suffolk door latch used during colonial times.