Episodes
The Sawhorse
September 29, 2001
The tools we use can be beautiful too! Roy shows you how to build beautiful saw horse.
Welsh Chair Bodger Don Weber
October 6, 2001
Roy teams up with the old Welsh Bodger himself and together they demonstrate how to build a classic Welsh Stick Chair.
Toolbox from the 1940s
October 13, 2001
You can learn how to build a timeless relic from past generations of fine woodworkers in this episode, a Joiner’s Tool Box.
Rounder Plane
October 20, 2001
An endless “pencil” sharpener to make round tapered handles for rake, boat spars- and more.
Walnut Krumhorn
October 27, 2001
Get down, get musical! Produce a wonderful old wind instrument from the Elizabethan era- the Krumhorn!
Timber Frame at the Folklife Festival
November 3, 2001
Join Roy at the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival and learn how to build a timber-frame barn.
Impossible Joints
November 10, 2001
Make a mysterious puzzle mallet with a devilishly difficult dovetail that’s impossible to break!
Fools for Tools
November 17, 2001
Roy shows you how to find and restore traditional tools needed to do old time traditional woodworking.
Blacksmith Hinges
November 24, 2001
Join Roy at the Anderson Forge in Colonial Williamsburg and see how to make a traditional cross garnet hinge.
Tiny Furniture
December 1, 2001
Learn how to make “big” furniture by starting with scaled down versions.
Window from Williamsburg
December 8, 2001
Learn how to build a four-light Colonial window sash.
Flintlock Gunsmith
December 15, 2001
Roy visits the Gunsmith Shop at Colonial Williamsburg to see how 18th century flintlock rifles were made.
Colonial Tablemaker
December 22, 2001
Watch Roy “spin the wheel” at the Cabinet shop in Colonial Williamsburg as they produce 18th century furniture the old fashioned way.
