Episodes
Bentwood Boxes of the Northwest Coast
October 3, 1992
Roy visits Gregg Blomberg and explores woodworking traditions of the Pacific Northwest.
A Civil War Quilting Frame
October 10, 1992
Roy is joined by his wife, Jane, to build a traditional quilting frame.
African Chair From the Ivory Coast
October 17, 1992
Roy and his friend Robert Watson make a “man’s chair” using tools from the Ivory Coast of Africa.
Hispanic Furniture-Making
October 24, 1992
Roy learns about northern New Mexico woodworking on the Santa Fe Trail.
Colonial Tape Loom
October 31, 1992
Roy begins making a tiny tape loom, used for making decorative fabric.
Dovetailing a Loom Box
November 7, 1992
Roy finishes the tape loom by making a beautiful box for it with dovetails and turned columns.
A Colonial Standing Desk
November 14, 1992
Roy makes a standing desk using mortise-and-tenon and tongue-and-groove joints.
Banding Together
November 21, 1992
Instrument maker Marcus Hanson makes inlay banding with Roy at the Anthony Hay Cabinet Shop.
The Art of Finishing
November 28, 1992
Roy returns to the Anthony Hay Cabinet Shop to learn finishing.
Fifteen Tools From a Dead Man's Chest
December 5, 1992
Roy restores the tools found in an antique chest.
A Pilgrim Chest of Oak
December 12, 1992
Roy makes a Spanish pilgrim’s chest from New Mexico.
Woodcarvers of the Sacred
December 19, 1992
Returning to New Mexico once again, Roy explores religious carving and woodworking in the mountains north of Santa Fe.
Moravian Chair
December 26, 1992
Roy makes a Moravian chair that’s reinforced with dovetailed battens, which make this small piece extraordinarily strong.
