The Woodwright's Shop - Season 11
1 - Make a Chair
(Part 1) — Roy starts a classic post-and-rung rocking chair using traditional greenwood techniques.
2 - Rollin' on the Rocker
(Part 2) — Work on the rocker continues; shaping the tenons, boring the mortises and creating the splats.
3 - Splittin' and Sittin'
(Part 3) — Work on the rocker is completed with the creation of the rockers and adding a hickory bark seat.
4 - Hewing a Dough Bowl
Roy creates a traditional dough bowl from tulip poplar.
5 - Wood-Turning Tricks
Eleanor Underhill joins Dad in the shop to turn a painted candle stand.
6 - Archer's Bow
Roy welcomes a bowyer and a fletcher to the shop to make a woodland Indian’s bow and river cane arrows.
7 - Four-Poster Bed
This may not be the four-poster bed you’re thinking of, as Roy builds a rustic version from rough, red cedar logs
8 - Blacksmith of Williamsburg
Roy visits Colonial Williamsburg to watch the creation of a set of hardware for window shutters.
9 - Williamsburg Woodcraft
Continuing the Williamsburg theme, Roy visits the woodworker’s shop to watch frame-and-panel shutters made
10 - Woodworker's Grab Bag
Daughter Rachel joins Roy in the shop to make a marble track toy and Kick-Me machine.
11 - Thomas Jefferson, Woodworker
Roy visits Monticello to look at some of the architectural creations and innovations of the former President..
12 - Dovetailed Bookcases
Roy recreates stacking “book box” shelves built to Thomas Jefferson’s specifications, and still on display at Monticello.
13 - Japanese Woodcrafter
Toshio Odate visits the shop to discuss and demonstrate Japanese woodworking tools, techniques and joinery.