The Woodwright's Shop - Season 17
1 - Make Your Shaving Horse
Air Date: October 4, 1997
Roy shows you how to make a shaving horse from a single 2x10.
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.
3 - Windsor High Chair
Air Date: October 18, 1997
Roy make a child’s Windsor highchair showing classic Windsor techniques.
4 - Chinese Bamboo Chair
Air Date: October 25, 1997
Make a chair out of grass ... Chinese bamboo, that is.
5 - Shaker Boxes
Air Date: November 1, 1997
Make a No. 3 bentwood Shaker box – a deceptively simple design.
6 - Panel-Framed Bench
Air Date: November 8, 1997
Roy’s panel-framed bench has a storage space built beneath the seat.
7 - Hanging Bookcase
Air Date: November 15, 1997
Using thin wood and only tapered, sliding dovetails, Roy makes a sturdy hanging bookshelf.
8 - Window Sash Restoration
Air Date: November 22, 1997
Roy takes a rotted window sash and repairs it with weather resistant resinous wood.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.