Episodes
The Governor's PoBoy
September 27, 2008
North Carolina Governor Mike Easley shows how to make a walnut side table.
Joiner's Tool Chest Pt.1
October 4, 2008
Pack up your tools in this little dovetailed chest of pine.
Joiner's Tool Chest Pt.2
October 11, 2008
Finish the chest with a mitered and paneled lid and a tongue and groove bottom.
Thomas Jefferson's Bookstand
October 18, 2008
The sage of Monticello based his five-sided bookstand on designs he found in Paris.
Classical Carving
October 25, 2008
First lessons in fine furniture carving from Mack Headley, master of the Colonial Williams
File Philosophy
November 1, 2008
Master blacksmith Peter Ross shows the technique of cold joining and shaping colonial lock
A Very Boring Program
November 8, 2008
From bits to braces, augers to angle borers & even boring a square hole,you know the drill
Lumberjack Fan Carving
November 15, 2008
A Michigan master of folk carving whittles white cedar fans and birds of a wooden feather.
Animated Wooden Toys
November 22, 2008
Imagination (and a few strings) makes these carved critters come to life.
Hammer Veneer
November 29, 2008
Master musical instrument makers show classical techniques of hand cutting & wood veneer.
Holly Wood Spectaculars
December 6, 2008
Create decorative veneer patterns using oval engines, sharp knives/patient perfectionism.
A Viking Tool Chest
December 13, 2008
Welsh chair bodger Don Weber turns his hand to recreating a medieval tool kit.
Woodworking in Berea
December 20, 2008
From chair building to instrument making to fine furniture collections.
