The Woodwright's Shop - Season 17

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Make Your Shaving Horse

1 - Make Your Shaving Horse

Air Date: October 4, 1997

Roy shows you how to make a shaving horse from a single 2x10.

Whittling Chains and Ball in Cage

2 - Whittling Chains and Ball in Cage

Air Date: October 11, 1997

Learn to whittle the mysterious, impossible-seeming wooden chain and ball-in-cage.

Windsor High Chair

3 - Windsor High Chair

Air Date: October 18, 1997

Roy make a child’s Windsor highchair showing classic Windsor techniques.

Chinese Bamboo Chair

4 - Chinese Bamboo Chair

Air Date: October 25, 1997

Make a chair out of grass ... Chinese bamboo, that is.

Shaker Boxes

5 - Shaker Boxes

Air Date: November 1, 1997

Make a No. 3 bentwood Shaker box – a deceptively simple design.

Panel-Framed Bench

6 - Panel-Framed Bench

Air Date: November 8, 1997

Roy’s panel-framed bench has a storage space built beneath the seat.

Hanging Bookcase

7 - Hanging Bookcase

Air Date: November 15, 1997

Using thin wood and only tapered, sliding dovetails, Roy makes a sturdy hanging bookshelf.

Window Sash Restoration

8 - Window Sash Restoration

Air Date: November 22, 1997

Roy takes a rotted window sash and repairs it with weather resistant resinous wood.

Wooden Tea Machine

9 - Wooden Tea Machine

Air Date: November 29, 1997

Make a cam-operated tea bag dunking machine that’ll save your arms from the repetitive motion of steeping tea.

Nuts to You

10 - Nuts to You

Air Date: December 6, 1997

How do you get to the center of a walnut? Build a turned, decorated nut cracker, as well as a simpler version from one piece of wood.

Hancock Shaker Village

11 - Hancock Shaker Village

Air Date: December 13, 1997

Roy takes a look at interior Shaker craftsmanship at the Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Mass.

Shaker Side Table

12 - Shaker Side Table

Air Date: December 20, 1997

Shaker furniture was made as if to be used for 1,000 years – see how that philosophy is worked into a small table.

Woodworking in Upper Canada

13 - Woodworking in Upper Canada

Air Date: December 27, 1997

During the time of Colonial America, many Loyalists headed north for Canada. Roy explores the life and economy they built there between harsh winters.