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. Woodworkers of the Red Dragon
Aired 1 October 1994
Roy visits a recreated Celtic village in Wales, looking at Welsh woodworking including building construction, clog making and traditional carved Welsh love spoons.
2. The Carpenter's Tool Box
Aired 8 October 1994
Learn to build Roy’s iconic carpenter’s tool tote.
3. Ancient Woodcraft of Ireland
Aired 15 October 1994
Roy looks at Irish woodworking, including houses, harps, caravans and traditional ship-building techniques.
4. A Sailor's Sea Chest
Aired 22 October 1994
Learn to build a sailor’s sea chest with beveled through dovetails.
5. Oak High Stool with a Hickory Bark Seat
Aired 29 October 1994
Roy builds a stool starting with splitting and riving the green wood and ending with a woven-bark seat.
6. Standing Embroidery Shop
Aired 5 November 1994
Learn the steps to build a standing embroidery hoop large enough to handle embroidery on a quilt.
7. The Timber-Frame House
Aired 12 November 1994
Roy builds a scaled model of a Welsh cruck-frame barn, teaching the woodworking principals of timber framing.
8. Wooden Lock and Key
Aired 19 November 1994
Create a clever wood lock-and-key door set in the shop with Roy.
9. Shaker Sewing Stand
Aired 26 November 1994
Roy builds a traditional single-drawer Shaker sewing stand.
10. Panel-Frame Construction
Aired 3 December 1994
Learn the benefits and uses of frame-and-panel construction and the joinery steps to create a frame-and-panel door.
11. Tools of the Eighteenth Century
Aired 10 December 1994
Roy visits Colonial Williamsburg to view their exhibit of 1,500 eighteenth-century woodworking tools.
12. The Williamsburg Blacksmiths
Aired 17 December 1994
Watch a traditional woodworking tool –a drawknife –forged using historically accurate techniques.
13. Blacksmiths Forge Ahead!
Aired 24 December 1994
Learn the steps used to smith a Suffolk door latch used during colonial times.