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. Dovetailing a Cedar Box
Aired 3 October 1998
Learn simple box dovetails and create some shop characters that can hang out inside.
2. Chip Carving
Aired 10 October 1998
Dress up a small cedar box with a variety of chip carving designs.
3. Chairs for Children
Aired 17 October 1998
Roy makes a walnut stick chair and a pine slab chair perfectly sized for children.
4. Bark and Rustic Work
Aired 24 October 1998
Learn the details to add a hickory bark seat to a child’s chair.
5. Debate of the Carpenter's Tools
Aired 31 October 1998
Roy draws on poetry from the 1400s to explain what tools were used by wrights of the day.
6. Treadle Lathe
Aired 7 November 1998
Build an improved version of Roy’s 20-year-old treadle lathe design — and it starts with scrap lumber!
7. White Oak Basket
Aired 14 November 1998
A class on basket weaving? You bet! Weave a white oak basket with Roy.
8. Wall Tool Chest
Aired 21 November 1998
Roy uses a red oak tool chest to illustrate a discussion on hand planes.
9. Woodworking Gizmos
Aired 28 November 1998
Learn to convert a treadle lathe into a treadle jigsaw.
10. Traditional Toys
Aired 5 December 1998
Roy shows how to make a traditional Russian pecking-chicken toy.
11. Old Salem
Aired 12 December 1998
Roy visits Old Salem, North Carolina, founded in the 1760s by the Moravians. Their craft lives on in the recreated town.
12. Swinging Cradle from Saxony
Aired 19 December 1998
Learn to build a scaled-down German swinging cradle built with lapstrake construction.
13. Jamestown Woodworkers, 1607
Aired 26 December 1998
Learn about the history and the early settlers of the Jamestown, Virginia settlement.