The Woodwright's Shop
The Woodwright's Shop is a traditional woodworking show hosted by Roy Underhill on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States. It is one of the longest running "how to" shows on PBS. Since its debut in 1979, the show has aired over 400 episodes. The first two seasons were broadcast only on public TV in North Carolina; the season numbering was restarted when the show went national in 1981. It is still filmed at the UNC-TV studios in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
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Season 14
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E1
Woodworkers of the Red Dragon
Roy visits a recreated Celtic village in Wales, looking at Welsh woodworking including building construction, clog making and traditional carved Welsh love spoons.
Oct 1, 1994 -
2
E2
The Carpenter's Tool Box
Learn to build Roy’s iconic carpenter’s tool tote.
Oct 8, 1994 -
3
E3
Ancient Woodcraft of Ireland
Roy looks at Irish woodworking, including houses, harps, caravans and traditional ship-building techniques.
Oct 15, 1994 -
4
E4
A Sailor's Sea Chest
Learn to build a sailor’s sea chest with beveled through dovetails.
Oct 22, 1994 -
5
E5
Oak High Stool with a Hickory Bark Seat
Roy builds a stool starting with splitting and riving the green wood and ending with a woven-bark seat.
Oct 29, 1994 -
6
E6
Standing Embroidery Shop
Learn the steps to build a standing embroidery hoop large enough to handle embroidery on a quilt.
Nov 5, 1994 -
7
E7
The Timber-Frame House
Roy builds a scaled model of a Welsh cruck-frame barn, teaching the woodworking principals of timber framing.
Nov 12, 1994 -
8
E8
Wooden Lock and Key
Create a clever wood lock-and-key door set in the shop with Roy.
Nov 19, 1994 -
9
E9
Shaker Sewing Stand
Roy builds a traditional single-drawer Shaker sewing stand.
Nov 26, 1994 -
10
E10
Panel-Frame Construction
Learn the benefits and uses of frame-and-panel construction and the joinery steps to create a frame-and-panel door.
Dec 3, 1994 -
11
E11
Tools of the Eighteenth Century
Roy visits Colonial Williamsburg to view their exhibit of 1,500 eighteenth-century woodworking tools.
Dec 10, 1994 -
12
E12
The Williamsburg Blacksmiths
Watch a traditional woodworking tool –a drawknife –forged using historically accurate techniques.
Dec 17, 1994 -
13
E13
Blacksmiths Forge Ahead!
Learn the steps used to smith a Suffolk door latch used during colonial times.
Dec 24, 1994