Season 17

1. Make Your Shaving Horse

1997-10-04

Roy shows you how to make a shaving horse from a single 2x10.

2. Whittling Chains and Ball in Cage

1997-10-11

Learn to whittle the mysterious, impossible-seeming wooden chain and ball-in-cage.

3. Windsor High Chair

1997-10-18

Roy make a child’s Windsor highchair showing classic Windsor techniques.

4. Chinese Bamboo Chair

1997-10-25

Make a chair out of grass ... Chinese bamboo, that is.

5. Shaker Boxes

1997-11-01

Make a No. 3 bentwood Shaker box – a deceptively simple design.

6. Panel-Framed Bench

1997-11-08

Roy’s panel-framed bench has a storage space built beneath the seat.

7. Hanging Bookcase

1997-11-15

Using thin wood and only tapered, sliding dovetails, Roy makes a sturdy hanging bookshelf.

8. Window Sash Restoration

1997-11-22

Roy takes a rotted window sash and repairs it with weather resistant resinous wood.

9. Wooden Tea Machine

1997-11-29

Make a cam-operated tea bag dunking machine that’ll save your arms from the repetitive motion of steeping tea.

10. Nuts to You

1997-12-06

How do you get to the center of a walnut? Build a turned, decorated nut cracker, as well as a simpler version from one piece of wood.

11. Hancock Shaker Village

1997-12-13

Roy takes a look at interior Shaker craftsmanship at the Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Mass.

12. Shaker Side Table

1997-12-20

Shaker furniture was made as if to be used for 1,000 years – see how that philosophy is worked into a small table.

13. Woodworking in Upper Canada

1997-12-27

During the time of Colonial America, many Loyalists headed north for Canada. Roy explores the life and economy they built there between harsh winters.