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The Woodwright's Shop

Season 34 · 13 episodes · Sep 19, 2014

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    Episode 1

    Taming the Timber Bench

    Sep 19, 2014

    Your legs will stay tight in this classic German carpenter’s bench built with stopped sliding dovetails.

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    Episode 2

    Pinch Rods and Squeezy Blocks

    Sep 27, 2014

    This pair of sliding diagonal rods with copper collars will help you get your chests square and your dovetails tight.

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    Episode 3

    Tapered Tail Tripod Table 1

    Oct 2, 2014

    Walnut legs riven from the log begin this table inspired by the Dominy workshops.

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    Episode 4

    Tapered Tail Tripod Table 2

    Oct 11, 2014

    A walnut burl top and tricky turning makes tapered dovetails for a three-legged table.

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    Episode 5

    Viceless Devices

    Oct 18, 2014

    From the holdfast to the birdsmouth, Roy explores wondrous ways to grip the grain and rediscovers and old trick from a rare book.

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    Episode 6

    Daring Diagonal Dovetails

    Oct 25, 2014

    Learn to cut the rising diagonal dovetail for corners that are stronger and striking, no matter how you look at them.

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    Episode 7

    Shop Class Tabouret

    Nov 1, 2014

    The old shop-class plant stand joined with half-laps and dowels teaches us to pay attention to the grain, not just the machine.

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    Episode 8

    Campaign Furniture

    Nov 8, 2014

    Christopher Schwarz shows the ins and outs of Campaign furniture made for travel to the far-flung reaches of the Empire.

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    Episode 9

    Fitting Brass

    Nov 15, 2014

    Chris Schwarz shows how to fit brass corners and hardware flush with the surfaces of Campaign furniture.

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    Episode 10

    The Crotch and the Horse

    Nov 22, 2014

    An old shaving horse from the Virginia mountains demonstrates that the natural shapes in timber make the strongest wooden construction.

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    Episode 11

    Dovetail Saw

    Dec 6, 2014

    Tom Calisto joins Roy to make a brass-backed hand saw perfect for the finest dovetails or the toughest tenons.

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    Episode 12

    Tempered Steel

    Dec 13, 2014

    Blacksmith Peter Ross shows how to forge, weld, harden and temper tool steel for cutting edges that stay sharp longer.

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    Episode 13

    Woodwright! - The Musical

    Dec 20, 2014

    The Underhill Rose band joins Roy in the shop for a musical misadventure in the ways of the Woodwright.