The Woodwright's Shop
The Woodwright's Shop is a traditional woodworking show hosted by Roy Underhill on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States. It is one of the longest running "how to" shows on PBS. Since its debut in 1979, the show has aired over 400 episodes. The first two seasons were broadcast only on public TV in North Carolina; the season numbering was restarted when the show went national in 1981. It is still filmed at the UNC-TV studios in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
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Season 12
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E1
Bentwood Boxes of the Northwest Coast
Roy visits Gregg Blomberg and explores woodworking traditions of the Pacific Northwest.
Oct 3, 1992 -
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E2
A Civil War Quilting Frame
Roy is joined by his wife, Jane, to build a traditional quilting frame.
Oct 10, 1992 -
3
E3
African Chair From the Ivory Coast
Roy and his friend Robert Watson make a “man’s chair” using tools from the Ivory Coast of Africa.
Oct 17, 1992 -
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E4
Hispanic Furniture-Making
Roy learns about northern New Mexico woodworking on the Santa Fe Trail.
Oct 24, 1992 -
5
E5
Colonial Tape Loom
Roy begins making a tiny tape loom, used for making decorative fabric.
Oct 31, 1992 -
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E6
Dovetailing a Loom Box
Roy finishes the tape loom by making a beautiful box for it with dovetails and turned columns.
Nov 7, 1992 -
7
E7
A Colonial Standing Desk
Roy makes a standing desk using mortise-and-tenon and tongue-and-groove joints.
Nov 14, 1992 -
8
E8
Banding Together
Instrument maker Marcus Hanson makes inlay banding with Roy at the Anthony Hay Cabinet Shop.
Nov 21, 1992 -
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E9
The Art of Finishing
Roy returns to the Anthony Hay Cabinet Shop to learn finishing.
Nov 28, 1992 -
10
E10
Fifteen Tools From a Dead Man's Chest
Roy restores the tools found in an antique chest.
Dec 5, 1992 -
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E11
A Pilgrim Chest of Oak
Roy makes a Spanish pilgrim’s chest from New Mexico.
Dec 12, 1992 -
12
E12
Woodcarvers of the Sacred
Returning to New Mexico once again, Roy explores religious carving and woodworking in the mountains north of Santa Fe.
Dec 19, 1992 -
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E13
Moravian Chair
Roy makes a Moravian chair that’s reinforced with dovetailed battens, which make this small piece extraordinarily strong.
Dec 26, 1992