The Woodwright's Shop — Season 3

Oct 198329m

Observe as Roy looks at the mechanics of wood and how a trees’ growth affects how you work wood once you have it in your shop.

Oct 198329m

Roy hand-crafts the frame for a massive, classic workbench using pegged and keyed mortise-and-tenon construction.

Oct 198329m

Roy finishes the workbench started in the previous episode.

Oct 198329m

Follow along as Roy builds a stunning nailed-together, six-board blanket chest with an interior till.

Nov 198329m

Watch and learn as Roy builds three simple gift projects, including a flapping duck toy, a small pine knock-down bench and a wooden egg beater.

Nov 198329m

Join Roy as he walks you through the process for making a Gee Haw Wimmey Diddle, a quintessential mountain folk toy, along and a willow whistle.

Nov 198329m

Watch as Roy’s guest Colonial Williamsburg’s Wallace Gusler talks about the techniques and tools needed for carved furniture.

Nov 198329m

Take a trip with Roy through the geological history of whetstones, then head out on a hunt for rough materials to make your own whetstone for sharpening.

Dec 198329m

Spend time with Roy and gunsmith Gary Brumfield of Colonial Williamsburg as they discuss the steps to making a handcrafted 18th-century-style rifle.

Dec 198329m

Discover details about some of the traditional wooden implements used by weavers, including spinning wheels, clock reels and niddy noddys; and watch as Roy makes a swift and a tape loom.

Dec 198329m

Join Roy in learning the techniques and processes used to create a violin in the 18th century.

Oct 198329m

With some help a couple of coopers from Colonial Williamsburg, Roy shows the steps to creating a cooper’s bucket.

Dec 198329m

Watch as Roy Black and Robert Watson show Roy how to make round-bottom and flat-bottom white oak baskets, starting from a log and using only hand tools.