Season 4

1. The Dominy Shop

1984-10-06 · 29m

Roy takes us on a tour the Dominy Shop at Winterthur Museum. The shop holds the tools and shop items used by three generations of craftsman from 1750-1850.

2. A Spring Pole Lathe

1984-10-13 · 29m

Roy walks us through the steps to create a simple, but accurate and functional spring pole lathe.

3. Ball & Claw Feet

1984-10-20 · 29m

Roy welcomes Wallace Gusler from Colonial Williamsburg, and he shows the process to create a cabriole leg with a ball and claw foot.

4. The Wainscot Chair

1984-10-27 · 29m

Roy works with his daughter, Rachel, to create a child-size, 17th-century chair found in a book by Wallace Nutting.

5. Tool Boxes & Chests

1984-11-03 · 29m

Roy explores the contents of a recently purchased tool chest, trying to determine something of the original owner. He then shows how to recreate the chest itself.

6. Chip Carving

1984-11-10 · 29m

Mack Headley from Colonial Williamsburg visits the shop and demonstrates the chip carving techniques used to decorate furniture.

7. Good Fences

1984-11-17 · 29m

Roy looks at the details of early-American fences, including lightweight and portable fences used for sheep herding, garden fences and more substantial post and rail “fences” used in forts built around 1620.

8. Kitchen Gifts

1984-11-24 · 29m

Roy shows you how to make some always-gift-appropriate and useful utensils for the kitchen including a rolling pin, heavy spoon, a collapsible drinking cup and more.

9. Raising the Shop

1984-12-01 · 29m

Roy pitches in with the raising of the frame-and-timber structure for Anderson’s Forge at Colonial Williamsburg.

10. Building a Boat

1984-12-08 · 29m

Roy builds a small rowboat using traditional tools and techniques.

11. Rittenshouse Hygrometer

1984-12-15 · 29m

After discussing how humidity affects different wood species, Roy makes a clever and simple late 18th-century hygrometer to measure the humidity in the shop.

12. Corner Cupboard

1984-12-22 · 29m

Roy recreates a classic pine corner cupboard.

13. Highchair

1984-12-29 · 29m

To celebrate his new nephew, Roy builds an 18th century baby’s high chair with rush seating.