The Woodwright's Shop - Season 34
1 - Taming the Timber Bench
Air Date: September 19, 2014
Your legs will stay tight in this classic German carpenter’s bench built with stopped sliding dovetails.
2 - Pinch Rods and Squeezy Blocks
Air Date: September 27, 2014
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
Air Date: October 2, 2014
Walnut legs riven from the log begin this table inspired by the Dominy workshops.
4 - Tapered Tail Tripod Table 2
Air Date: October 11, 2014
A walnut burl top and tricky turning makes tapered dovetails for a three-legged table.
5 - Viceless Devices
Air Date: October 18, 2014
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
Air Date: October 25, 2014
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
Air Date: November 1, 2014
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
Air Date: November 8, 2014
Christopher Schwarz shows the ins and outs of Campaign furniture made for travel to the far-flung reaches of the Empire.
9 - Fitting Brass
Air Date: November 15, 2014
Chris Schwarz shows how to fit brass corners and hardware flush with the surfaces of Campaign furniture.
10 - The Crotch and the Horse
Air Date: November 22, 2014
An old shaving horse from the Virginia mountains demonstrates that the natural shapes in timber make the strongest wooden construction.
11 - Dovetail Saw
Air Date: December 6, 2014
Tom Calisto joins Roy to make a brass-backed hand saw perfect for the finest dovetails or the toughest tenons.
12 - Tempered Steel
Air Date: December 13, 2014
Blacksmith Peter Ross shows how to forge, weld, harden and temper tool steel for cutting edges that stay sharp longer.
13 - Woodwright! - The Musical
Air Date: December 20, 2014
The Underhill Rose band joins Roy in the shop for a musical misadventure in the ways of the Woodwright.