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The Woodwright's Shop

Season 28

2008 · 13 episodes

  1. 1. The Governor's PoBoy

    2008-09-27

    North Carolina Governor Mike Easley shows how to make a walnut side table.

  2. 2. Joiner's Tool Chest Pt.1

    2008-10-04

    Pack up your tools in this little dovetailed chest of pine.

  3. 3. Joiner's Tool Chest Pt.2

    2008-10-11

    Finish the chest with a mitered and paneled lid and a tongue and groove bottom.

  4. 4. Thomas Jefferson's Bookstand

    2008-10-18

    The sage of Monticello based his five-sided bookstand on designs he found in Paris.

  5. 5. Classical Carving

    2008-10-25

    First lessons in fine furniture carving from Mack Headley, master of the Colonial Williams

  6. 6. File Philosophy

    2008-11-01

    Master blacksmith Peter Ross shows the technique of cold joining and shaping colonial lock

  7. 7. A Very Boring Program

    2008-11-08

    From bits to braces, augers to angle borers & even boring a square hole,you know the drill

  8. 8. Lumberjack Fan Carving

    2008-11-15

    A Michigan master of folk carving whittles white cedar fans and birds of a wooden feather.

  9. 9. Animated Wooden Toys

    2008-11-22

    Imagination (and a few strings) makes these carved critters come to life.

  10. 10. Hammer Veneer

    2008-11-29

    Master musical instrument makers show classical techniques of hand cutting & wood veneer.

  11. 11. Holly Wood Spectaculars

    2008-12-06

    Create decorative veneer patterns using oval engines, sharp knives/patient perfectionism.

  12. 12. A Viking Tool Chest

    2008-12-13

    Welsh chair bodger Don Weber turns his hand to recreating a medieval tool kit.

  13. 13. Woodworking in Berea

    2008-12-20

    From chair building to instrument making to fine furniture collections.

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