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 Governor's PoBoy
Aired 27 September 2008
North Carolina Governor Mike Easley shows how to make a walnut side table.
2. Joiner's Tool Chest Pt.1
Aired 4 October 2008
Pack up your tools in this little dovetailed chest of pine.
3. Joiner's Tool Chest Pt.2
Aired 11 October 2008
Finish the chest with a mitered and paneled lid and a tongue and groove bottom.
4. Thomas Jefferson's Bookstand
Aired 18 October 2008
The sage of Monticello based his five-sided bookstand on designs he found in Paris.
5. Classical Carving
Aired 25 October 2008
First lessons in fine furniture carving from Mack Headley, master of the Colonial Williams
6. File Philosophy
Aired 1 November 2008
Master blacksmith Peter Ross shows the technique of cold joining and shaping colonial lock
7. A Very Boring Program
Aired 8 November 2008
From bits to braces, augers to angle borers & even boring a square hole,you know the drill
8. Lumberjack Fan Carving
Aired 15 November 2008
A Michigan master of folk carving whittles white cedar fans and birds of a wooden feather.
9. Animated Wooden Toys
Aired 22 November 2008
Imagination (and a few strings) makes these carved critters come to life.
10. Hammer Veneer
Aired 29 November 2008
Master musical instrument makers show classical techniques of hand cutting & wood veneer.
11. Holly Wood Spectaculars
Aired 6 December 2008
Create decorative veneer patterns using oval engines, sharp knives/patient perfectionism.
12. A Viking Tool Chest
Aired 13 December 2008
Welsh chair bodger Don Weber turns his hand to recreating a medieval tool kit.
13. Woodworking in Berea
Aired 20 December 2008
From chair building to instrument making to fine furniture collections.