The Woodwright's Shop

1981 · 481 episodes · 37 seasons

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 21

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E1
The Sawhorse

The tools we use can be beautiful too! Roy shows you how to build beautiful saw horse.

Sep 29, 2001
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E2
Welsh Chair Bodger Don Weber

Roy teams up with the old Welsh Bodger himself and together they demonstrate how to build a classic Welsh Stick Chair.

Oct 6, 2001
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E3
Toolbox from the 1940s

You can learn how to build a timeless relic from past generations of fine woodworkers in this episode, a Joiner’s Tool Box.

Oct 13, 2001
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E4
Rounder Plane

An endless “pencil” sharpener to make round tapered handles for rake, boat spars- and more.

Oct 20, 2001
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E5
Walnut Krumhorn

Get down, get musical! Produce a wonderful old wind instrument from the Elizabethan era- the Krumhorn!

Oct 27, 2001
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E6
Timber Frame at the Folklife Festival

Join Roy at the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival and learn how to build a timber-frame barn.

Nov 3, 2001
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E7
Impossible Joints

Make a mysterious puzzle mallet with a devilishly difficult dovetail that’s impossible to break!

Nov 10, 2001
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E8
Fools for Tools

Roy shows you how to find and restore traditional tools needed to do old time traditional woodworking.

Nov 17, 2001
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E9
Blacksmith Hinges

Join Roy at the Anderson Forge in Colonial Williamsburg and see how to make a traditional cross garnet hinge.

Nov 24, 2001
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E10
Tiny Furniture

Learn how to make “big” furniture by starting with scaled down versions.

Dec 1, 2001
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E11
Window from Williamsburg

Learn how to build a four-light Colonial window sash.

Dec 8, 2001
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E12
Flintlock Gunsmith

Roy visits the Gunsmith Shop at Colonial Williamsburg to see how 18th century flintlock rifles were made.

Dec 15, 2001
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E13
Colonial Tablemaker

Watch Roy “spin the wheel” at the Cabinet shop in Colonial Williamsburg as they produce 18th century furniture the old fashioned way.

Dec 22, 2001