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

1. Taming the Timber Bench
2014-09-19
Your legs will stay tight in this classic German carpenter’s bench built with stopped sliding dovetails.
2. Pinch Rods and Squeezy Blocks
2014-09-27
This pair of sliding diagonal rods with copper collars will help you get your chests square and your dovetails tight.
3. Tapered Tail Tripod Table 1
2014-10-02
Walnut legs riven from the log begin this table inspired by the Dominy workshops.
4. Tapered Tail Tripod Table 2
2014-10-11
A walnut burl top and tricky turning makes tapered dovetails for a three-legged table.
5. Viceless Devices
2014-10-18
From the holdfast to the birdsmouth, Roy explores wondrous ways to grip the grain and rediscovers and old trick from a rare book.
6. Daring Diagonal Dovetails
2014-10-25
Learn to cut the rising diagonal dovetail for corners that are stronger and striking, no matter how you look at them.
7. Shop Class Tabouret
2014-11-01
The old shop-class plant stand joined with half-laps and dowels teaches us to pay attention to the grain, not just the machine.
8. Campaign Furniture
2014-11-08
Christopher Schwarz shows the ins and outs of Campaign furniture made for travel to the far-flung reaches of the Empire.
9. Fitting Brass
2014-11-15
Chris Schwarz shows how to fit brass corners and hardware flush with the surfaces of Campaign furniture.
10. The Crotch and the Horse
2014-11-22
An old shaving horse from the Virginia mountains demonstrates that the natural shapes in timber make the strongest wooden construction.
11. Dovetail Saw
2014-12-06
Tom Calisto joins Roy to make a brass-backed hand saw perfect for the finest dovetails or the toughest tenons.
12. Tempered Steel
2014-12-13
Blacksmith Peter Ross shows how to forge, weld, harden and temper tool steel for cutting edges that stay sharp longer.
13. Woodwright! - The Musical
2014-12-20
The Underhill Rose band joins Roy in the shop for a musical misadventure in the ways of the Woodwright.