The Woodwright's Shop - Season 34

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Taming the Timber Bench

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.

Pinch Rods and Squeezy Blocks

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.

Tapered Tail Tripod Table 1

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.

Tapered Tail Tripod Table 2

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.

Viceless Devices

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.

Daring Diagonal Dovetails

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.

Shop Class Tabouret

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.

Campaign Furniture

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.

Fitting Brass

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.

The Crotch and the Horse

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.

Dovetail Saw

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.

Tempered Steel

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.

Woodwright! - The Musical

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.