The Woodwright's Shop — Season 34
13 episodesFirst aired 19 September 2014
E1Taming the Timber Bench
Sept 2014
Your legs will stay tight in this classic German carpenter’s bench built with stopped sliding dovetails.
E2Pinch Rods and Squeezy Blocks
Sept 2014
This pair of sliding diagonal rods with copper collars will help you get your chests square and your dovetails tight.
E3Tapered Tail Tripod Table 1
Oct 2014
Walnut legs riven from the log begin this table inspired by the Dominy workshops.
E4Tapered Tail Tripod Table 2
Oct 2014
A walnut burl top and tricky turning makes tapered dovetails for a three-legged table.
E5Viceless Devices
Oct 2014
From the holdfast to the birdsmouth, Roy explores wondrous ways to grip the grain and rediscovers and old trick from a rare book.
E6Daring Diagonal Dovetails
Oct 2014
Learn to cut the rising diagonal dovetail for corners that are stronger and striking, no matter how you look at them.
E7Shop Class Tabouret
Nov 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.
E8Campaign Furniture
Nov 2014
Christopher Schwarz shows the ins and outs of Campaign furniture made for travel to the far-flung reaches of the Empire.
E9Fitting Brass
Nov 2014
Chris Schwarz shows how to fit brass corners and hardware flush with the surfaces of Campaign furniture.
E10The Crotch and the Horse
Nov 2014
An old shaving horse from the Virginia mountains demonstrates that the natural shapes in timber make the strongest wooden construction.
E11Dovetail Saw
Dec 2014
Tom Calisto joins Roy to make a brass-backed hand saw perfect for the finest dovetails or the toughest tenons.
E12Tempered Steel
Dec 2014
Blacksmith Peter Ross shows how to forge, weld, harden and temper tool steel for cutting edges that stay sharp longer.
E13Woodwright! - The Musical
Dec 2014
The Underhill Rose band joins Roy in the shop for a musical misadventure in the ways of the Woodwright.
