The Woodwright's Shop - Season 28

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The Governor's PoBoy

1 - The Governor's PoBoy

Air Date: September 27, 2008

North Carolina Governor Mike Easley shows how to make a walnut side table.

Joiner's Tool Chest Pt.1

2 - Joiner's Tool Chest Pt.1

Air Date: October 4, 2008

Pack up your tools in this little dovetailed chest of pine.

Joiner's Tool Chest Pt.2

3 - Joiner's Tool Chest Pt.2

Air Date: October 11, 2008

Finish the chest with a mitered and paneled lid and a tongue and groove bottom.

Thomas Jefferson's Bookstand

4 - Thomas Jefferson's Bookstand

Air Date: October 18, 2008

The sage of Monticello based his five-sided bookstand on designs he found in Paris.

Classical Carving

5 - Classical Carving

Air Date: October 25, 2008

First lessons in fine furniture carving from Mack Headley, master of the Colonial Williams

File Philosophy

6 - File Philosophy

Air Date: November 1, 2008

Master blacksmith Peter Ross shows the technique of cold joining and shaping colonial lock

A Very Boring Program

7 - A Very Boring Program

Air Date: November 8, 2008

From bits to braces, augers to angle borers & even boring a square hole,you know the drill

Lumberjack Fan Carving

8 - Lumberjack Fan Carving

Air Date: November 15, 2008

A Michigan master of folk carving whittles white cedar fans and birds of a wooden feather.

Animated Wooden Toys

9 - Animated Wooden Toys

Air Date: November 22, 2008

Imagination (and a few strings) makes these carved critters come to life.

Hammer Veneer

10 - Hammer Veneer

Air Date: November 29, 2008

Master musical instrument makers show classical techniques of hand cutting & wood veneer.

Holly Wood Spectaculars

11 - Holly Wood Spectaculars

Air Date: December 6, 2008

Create decorative veneer patterns using oval engines, sharp knives/patient perfectionism.

A Viking Tool Chest

12 - A Viking Tool Chest

Air Date: December 13, 2008

Welsh chair bodger Don Weber turns his hand to recreating a medieval tool kit.

Woodworking in Berea

13 - Woodworking in Berea

Air Date: December 20, 2008

From chair building to instrument making to fine furniture collections.