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. The Sawhorse
Aired 29 September 2001
The tools we use can be beautiful too! Roy shows you how to build beautiful saw horse.
2. Welsh Chair Bodger Don Weber
Aired 6 October 2001
Roy teams up with the old Welsh Bodger himself and together they demonstrate how to build a classic Welsh Stick Chair.
3. Toolbox from the 1940s
Aired 13 October 2001
You can learn how to build a timeless relic from past generations of fine woodworkers in this episode, a Joiner’s Tool Box.
4. Rounder Plane
Aired 20 October 2001
An endless “pencil” sharpener to make round tapered handles for rake, boat spars- and more.
5. Walnut Krumhorn
Aired 27 October 2001
Get down, get musical! Produce a wonderful old wind instrument from the Elizabethan era- the Krumhorn!
6. Timber Frame at the Folklife Festival
Aired 3 November 2001
Join Roy at the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival and learn how to build a timber-frame barn.
7. Impossible Joints
Aired 10 November 2001
Make a mysterious puzzle mallet with a devilishly difficult dovetail that’s impossible to break!
8. Fools for Tools
Aired 17 November 2001
Roy shows you how to find and restore traditional tools needed to do old time traditional woodworking.
9. Blacksmith Hinges
Aired 24 November 2001
Join Roy at the Anderson Forge in Colonial Williamsburg and see how to make a traditional cross garnet hinge.
10. Tiny Furniture
Aired 1 December 2001
Learn how to make “big” furniture by starting with scaled down versions.
11. Window from Williamsburg
Aired 8 December 2001
Learn how to build a four-light Colonial window sash.
12. Flintlock Gunsmith
Aired 15 December 2001
Roy visits the Gunsmith Shop at Colonial Williamsburg to see how 18th century flintlock rifles were made.
13. Colonial Tablemaker
Aired 22 December 2001
Watch Roy “spin the wheel” at the Cabinet shop in Colonial Williamsburg as they produce 18th century furniture the old fashioned way.