13 episodesFirst aired 29 September 2001
Sept 2001
The tools we use can be beautiful too! Roy shows you how to build beautiful saw horse.
Oct 2001
Roy teams up with the old Welsh Bodger himself and together they demonstrate how to build a classic Welsh Stick Chair.
Oct 2001
You can learn how to build a timeless relic from past generations of fine woodworkers in this episode, a Joiner’s Tool Box.
Oct 2001
An endless “pencil” sharpener to make round tapered handles for rake, boat spars- and more.
Oct 2001
Get down, get musical! Produce a wonderful old wind instrument from the Elizabethan era- the Krumhorn!
Nov 2001
Join Roy at the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival and learn how to build a timber-frame barn.
Nov 2001
Make a mysterious puzzle mallet with a devilishly difficult dovetail that’s impossible to break!
Nov 2001
Roy shows you how to find and restore traditional tools needed to do old time traditional woodworking.
Nov 2001
Join Roy at the Anderson Forge in Colonial Williamsburg and see how to make a traditional cross garnet hinge.
Dec 2001
Learn how to make “big” furniture by starting with scaled down versions.
Dec 2001
Learn how to build a four-light Colonial window sash.
Dec 2001
Roy visits the Gunsmith Shop at Colonial Williamsburg to see how 18th century flintlock rifles were made.
Dec 2001
Watch Roy “spin the wheel” at the Cabinet shop in Colonial Williamsburg as they produce 18th century furniture the old fashioned way.