Roy Underhill
Himself - Host
The Woodwright's Shop (1981)
Season 16
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.
Released Jan. 1, 1981
Episode 27 min
2+
Genres: Reality, Reality TV
Keywords: tmdb.how-to, tmdb.woodworking, imdb.business-and-occupation-reality-tv, imdb.apostrophe-in-title, imdb.three-word-title, imdb.non-fiction
Watch Providers: PBS
Production Companies: UNC-TV
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S16E1 - Arts and Crafts Bookcase
Learn the steps to recreate a knock down bookcase originally built by the Roycrofters of East Aurora, New York.
Oct. 5, 1996, midnight
S16E2 - The Secret Dovetailed Box
Roy shows how to make a small box using a hidden dovetail joint that looks like a miter joint when complete.
Oct. 12, 1996, midnight
S16E3 - Wood Inlay
This episode starts by making a scratch stock tool necessary to create the grooves for the simple Holly inlay that follows.
Oct. 19, 1996, midnight
S16E4 - The Giant Chisels of Gaul
Roy visits local blacksmith shops and museums in the Alsace region of France in search of a giant chisel.
Oct. 26, 1996, midnight
S16E5 - Roll Top Cabinetry
Using a roll-top joinery process, Roy creates a small box with tambour doors.
Nov. 2, 1996, midnight
S16E6 - African Drum
Roy shows how to build an “African” drum that originally came from colonial America.
Nov. 9, 1996, midnight
S16E7 - Woodcraft of Alsace, France
Roy continues his visit to the Alsace region looking at woodworking and timber-building traditions.
Nov. 16, 1996, midnight
S16E8 - Comb-Back Windsor Chair, Part 1
In this two-part project, Roy shows the steps to create a classic comb-back Windsor chair.
Nov. 23, 1996, midnight
S16E9 - Comb-Back Windsor Chair, Part 2
In this two-part project, Roy shows the steps to create a classic comb-back Windsor chair.
Nov. 30, 1996, midnight
S16E10 - Sand-Powered Wooden Toys
Roy builds two simple toys: an interlocking-joint puzzle; and a sand-powered whirligig.
Dec. 7, 1996, midnight
S16E11 - Cutting the Knuckle-Hinge Joint
Learn to create the useful knuckle-hinge joint and, just for fun, whittle a wooden pair of pliers.
Dec. 14, 1996, midnight
S16E12 - Making Wooden Screws
Roy shows how to use a tap and screw box to create wooden screws for use in shop and furniture projects.
Dec. 21, 1996, midnight
S16E13 - The Pencil People
Learn the history of writing instruments and the evolution of the pencil, then look at a variety of pencil sharpeners from the past.
Dec. 28, 1996, midnight
PBS
27 min/ep
27 min
Jan. 1, 1981
Dec. 9, 2017, midnight
Returning Series
TV-G / 2+
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