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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.
Episode 13 : Staked Furniture
December. 10,2016
How a plank with inserted legs can become a chair, table or bench.
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Episode 12 : Roman Work Bench
December. 03,2016
Christopher Schwarz joins Roy to unlock the secrets of the ancient Roman woodworker’s bench.
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Episode 11 : Tool Chest From Bristol
November. 26,2016
Roy shows how to dovetail a stout, sloped top tool chest that came from Bristol, England in 1900.
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Episode 10 : Tool Chest Hinges & Latch
November. 19,2016
Master blacksmith Peter Ross shows how to forge hinges and latches for a replica tool chest.
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Episode 9 : Double Casement Window
November. 12,2016
Roy Underhill makes a double, swinging casement window using wooden planes and premium pine.
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Episode 8 : Firewood Carrier
November. 05,2016
Chair-maker Elia Bizzarri shows Roy how to make a split oak firewood carrier inspired by the classic wooden harvest rake.
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Episode 7 : Saw Like a Butterfly!
October. 29,2016
The great poet-athlete Muhammad Ali inspires the best lessons in woodworking – Saw Like a Butterfly, Plane Like a Bee!
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Episode 6 : Swedish Shrink Box
October. 22,2016
Woodworker Peter Follansbee shows Roy Underhill how to make Swedish shrink boxes from hollowed wood with inserted bottoms.
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Episode 5 : Wedged Tusk Tenon
October. 15,2016
Roy and workbench builder Will Myers test out the strength of the classic wedged mortise and tenon joint for take-apart furniture.
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Episode 4 : Waving Arm Whirligigs
October. 08,2016
Figures from history including Benjamin Franklin and Muhammad Ali inspire Roy’s new line of waving arm wooden whirlygigs.
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Episode 3 : Carved Oak Desk Box
October. 01,2016
Master of Pilgrim-century furniture Peter Follansbee joins Roy to make a slope-lidded, carved box from carved white and red oak.
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Episode 2 : Sliding Lid Boxes
September. 24,2016
Roy shows how to create easy-to-make wooden gift boxes with mitered corners and lids that slide in grooves.
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Episode 1 : Van Gogh's Chair
September. 17,2016
The Season 36 premiere shows how to make a chair similar to the one portrayed in Vincent Van Gogh's masterpiece.
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