About this season
The Woodwright's Shop is a traditional woodworking show hosted by Roy Underhill on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States. It is one of the longest running "how to" shows on PBS. Since its debut in 1979, the show has aired over 400 episodes. The first two seasons were broadcast only on public TV in North Carolina; the season numbering was restarted when the show went national in 1981. It is still filmed at the UNC-TV studios in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
Episodes (13)
1. Make a Chair
(Part 1) — Roy starts a classic post-and-rung rocking chair using traditional greenwood techniques.
2. Rollin' on the Rocker
(Part 2) — Work on the rocker continues; shaping the tenons, boring the mortises and creating the splats.
3. Splittin' and Sittin'
(Part 3) — Work on the rocker is completed with the creation of the rockers and adding a hickory bark seat.
4. Hewing a Dough Bowl
Roy creates a traditional dough bowl from tulip poplar.
5. Wood-Turning Tricks
Eleanor Underhill joins Dad in the shop to turn a painted candle stand.
6. Archer's Bow
Roy welcomes a bowyer and a fletcher to the shop to make a woodland Indian’s bow and river cane arrows.
7. Four-Poster Bed
This may not be the four-poster bed you’re thinking of, as Roy builds a rustic version from rough, red cedar logs
8. Blacksmith of Williamsburg
Roy visits Colonial Williamsburg to watch the creation of a set of hardware for window shutters.
9. Williamsburg Woodcraft
Continuing the Williamsburg theme, Roy visits the woodworker’s shop to watch frame-and-panel shutters made
10. Woodworker's Grab Bag
Daughter Rachel joins Roy in the shop to make a marble track toy and Kick-Me machine.
11. Thomas Jefferson, Woodworker
Roy visits Monticello to look at some of the architectural creations and innovations of the former President..
12. Dovetailed Bookcases
Roy recreates stacking “book box” shelves built to Thomas Jefferson’s specifications, and still on display at Monticello.
13. Japanese Woodcrafter
Toshio Odate visits the shop to discuss and demonstrate Japanese woodworking tools, techniques and joinery.