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. Bentwood Boxes of the Northwest Coast
Aired 3 October 1992
Roy visits Gregg Blomberg and explores woodworking traditions of the Pacific Northwest.
2. A Civil War Quilting Frame
Aired 10 October 1992
Roy is joined by his wife, Jane, to build a traditional quilting frame.
3. African Chair From the Ivory Coast
Aired 17 October 1992
Roy and his friend Robert Watson make a “man’s chair” using tools from the Ivory Coast of Africa.
4. Hispanic Furniture-Making
Aired 24 October 1992
Roy learns about northern New Mexico woodworking on the Santa Fe Trail.
5. Colonial Tape Loom
Aired 31 October 1992
Roy begins making a tiny tape loom, used for making decorative fabric.
6. Dovetailing a Loom Box
Aired 7 November 1992
Roy finishes the tape loom by making a beautiful box for it with dovetails and turned columns.
7. A Colonial Standing Desk
Aired 14 November 1992
Roy makes a standing desk using mortise-and-tenon and tongue-and-groove joints.
8. Banding Together
Aired 21 November 1992
Instrument maker Marcus Hanson makes inlay banding with Roy at the Anthony Hay Cabinet Shop.
9. The Art of Finishing
Aired 28 November 1992
Roy returns to the Anthony Hay Cabinet Shop to learn finishing.
10. Fifteen Tools From a Dead Man's Chest
Aired 5 December 1992
Roy restores the tools found in an antique chest.
11. A Pilgrim Chest of Oak
Aired 12 December 1992
Roy makes a Spanish pilgrim’s chest from New Mexico.
12. Woodcarvers of the Sacred
Aired 19 December 1992
Returning to New Mexico once again, Roy explores religious carving and woodworking in the mountains north of Santa Fe.
13. Moravian Chair
Aired 26 December 1992
Roy makes a Moravian chair that’s reinforced with dovetailed battens, which make this small piece extraordinarily strong.