Season 36

1. Van Gogh's Chair

2016-09-17

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

2. Sliding Lid Boxes

2016-09-24

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

3. Carved Oak Desk Box

2016-10-01

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

4. Waving Arm Whirligigs

2016-10-08

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

5. Wedged Tusk Tenon

2016-10-15

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

6. Swedish Shrink Box

2016-10-22

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

7. Saw Like a Butterfly!

2016-10-29

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

8. Firewood Carrier

2016-11-05

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

9. Double Casement Window

2016-11-12

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

10. Roman Work Bench

2016-12-03

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

11. Staked Furniture

2016-12-10

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

12. Tool Chest Hinges & Latch

2016-12-17 · 26m

Tool Chest Hinges & Latch

13. Tool Chest from Bristol

2016-12-24 · 26m

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