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The Woodwright's Shop

Season 28 · 13 episodes · Sep 27, 2008

  1. Episode 1

    The Governor's PoBoy

    Sep 27, 2008

    North Carolina Governor Mike Easley shows how to make a walnut side table.

  2. Episode 2

    Joiner's Tool Chest Pt.1

    Oct 4, 2008

    Pack up your tools in this little dovetailed chest of pine.

  3. Episode 3

    Joiner's Tool Chest Pt.2

    Oct 11, 2008

    Finish the chest with a mitered and paneled lid and a tongue and groove bottom.

  4. Episode 4

    Thomas Jefferson's Bookstand

    Oct 18, 2008

    The sage of Monticello based his five-sided bookstand on designs he found in Paris.

  5. Episode 5

    Classical Carving

    Oct 25, 2008

    First lessons in fine furniture carving from Mack Headley, master of the Colonial Williams

  6. Episode 6

    File Philosophy

    Nov 1, 2008

    Master blacksmith Peter Ross shows the technique of cold joining and shaping colonial lock

  7. Episode 7

    A Very Boring Program

    Nov 8, 2008

    From bits to braces, augers to angle borers & even boring a square hole,you know the drill

  8. Episode 8

    Lumberjack Fan Carving

    Nov 15, 2008

    A Michigan master of folk carving whittles white cedar fans and birds of a wooden feather.

  9. Episode 9

    Animated Wooden Toys

    Nov 22, 2008

    Imagination (and a few strings) makes these carved critters come to life.

  10. Episode 10

    Hammer Veneer

    Nov 29, 2008

    Master musical instrument makers show classical techniques of hand cutting & wood veneer.

  11. Episode 11

    Holly Wood Spectaculars

    Dec 6, 2008

    Create decorative veneer patterns using oval engines, sharp knives/patient perfectionism.

  12. Episode 12

    A Viking Tool Chest

    Dec 13, 2008

    Welsh chair bodger Don Weber turns his hand to recreating a medieval tool kit.

  13. Episode 13

    Woodworking in Berea

    Dec 20, 2008

    From chair building to instrument making to fine furniture collections.