The Woodwright's Shop — Season 36

Sept 2016

The Season 36 premiere shows how to make a chair similar to the one portrayed in Vincent Van Gogh's masterpiece.

Sept 2016

Roy shows how to create easy-to-make wooden gift boxes with mitered corners and lids that slide in grooves.

Oct 2016

Master of Pilgrim-century furniture Peter Follansbee joins Roy to make a slope-lidded, carved box from carved white and red oak.

Oct 2016

Figures from history including Benjamin Franklin and Muhammad Ali inspire Roy’s new line of waving arm wooden whirlygigs.

Oct 2016

Roy and workbench builder Will Myers test out the strength of the classic wedged mortise and tenon joint for take-apart furniture.

Oct 2016

Woodworker Peter Follansbee shows Roy Underhill how to make Swedish shrink boxes from hollowed wood with inserted bottoms.

Oct 2016

The great poet-athlete Muhammad Ali inspires the best lessons in woodworking – Saw Like a Butterfly, Plane Like a Bee!

Nov 2016

Chair-maker Elia Bizzarri shows Roy how to make a split oak firewood carrier inspired by the classic wooden harvest rake.

Nov 2016

Roy Underhill makes a double, swinging casement window using wooden planes and premium pine.

Dec 2016

Christopher Schwarz & Roy unlocks the secrets of the ancient Roman woodworker’s bench.

Dec 2016

A plank with inserted legs becomes a chair, a table, or a bench...

Dec 201626m

Tool Chest Hinges & Latch

Dec 201626m

Roy shows how to dovetail a stout, sloped top tool chest.