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. Dovetailing a Cedar Box
1998-10-03
Learn simple box dovetails and create some shop characters that can hang out inside.
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2. Chip Carving
1998-10-10
Dress up a small cedar box with a variety of chip carving designs.
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3. Chairs for Children
1998-10-17
Roy makes a walnut stick chair and a pine slab chair perfectly sized for children.
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4. Bark and Rustic Work
1998-10-24
Learn the details to add a hickory bark seat to a child’s chair.
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5. Debate of the Carpenter's Tools
1998-10-31
Roy draws on poetry from the 1400s to explain what tools were used by wrights of the day.
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6. Treadle Lathe
1998-11-07
Build an improved version of Roy’s 20-year-old treadle lathe design — and it starts with scrap lumber!
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7. White Oak Basket
1998-11-14
A class on basket weaving? You bet! Weave a white oak basket with Roy.
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8. Wall Tool Chest
1998-11-21
Roy uses a red oak tool chest to illustrate a discussion on hand planes.
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9. Woodworking Gizmos
1998-11-28
Learn to convert a treadle lathe into a treadle jigsaw.
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10. Traditional Toys
1998-12-05
Roy shows how to make a traditional Russian pecking-chicken toy.
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11. Old Salem
1998-12-12
Roy visits Old Salem, North Carolina, founded in the 1760s by the Moravians. Their craft lives on in the recreated town.
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12. Swinging Cradle from Saxony
1998-12-19
Learn to build a scaled-down German swinging cradle built with lapstrake construction.
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13. Jamestown Woodworkers, 1607
1998-12-26
Learn about the history and the early settlers of the Jamestown, Virginia settlement.