Roy Underhill
Himself - Host
The Woodwright's Shop (1981)
Season 18
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
S18E1 - Dovetailing a Cedar Box
Learn simple box dovetails and create some shop characters that can hang out inside.
Oct. 3, 1998, midnight
S18E2 - Chip Carving
Dress up a small cedar box with a variety of chip carving designs.
Oct. 10, 1998, midnight
S18E3 - Chairs for Children
Roy makes a walnut stick chair and a pine slab chair perfectly sized for children.
Oct. 17, 1998, midnight
S18E4 - Bark and Rustic Work
Learn the details to add a hickory bark seat to a child’s chair.
Oct. 24, 1998, midnight
S18E5 - Debate of the Carpenter's Tools
Roy draws on poetry from the 1400s to explain what tools were used by wrights of the day.
Oct. 31, 1998, midnight
S18E6 - Treadle Lathe
Build an improved version of Roy’s 20-year-old treadle lathe design — and it starts with scrap lumber!
Nov. 7, 1998, midnight
S18E7 - White Oak Basket
A class on basket weaving? You bet! Weave a white oak basket with Roy.
Nov. 14, 1998, midnight
S18E8 - Wall Tool Chest
Roy uses a red oak tool chest to illustrate a discussion on hand planes.
Nov. 21, 1998, midnight
S18E9 - Woodworking Gizmos
Learn to convert a treadle lathe into a treadle jigsaw.
Nov. 28, 1998, midnight
S18E10 - Traditional Toys
Roy shows how to make a traditional Russian pecking-chicken toy.
Dec. 5, 1998, midnight
S18E11 - Old Salem
Roy visits Old Salem, North Carolina, founded in the 1760s by the Moravians. Their craft lives on in the recreated town.
Dec. 12, 1998, midnight
S18E12 - Swinging Cradle from Saxony
Learn to build a scaled-down German swinging cradle built with lapstrake construction.
Dec. 19, 1998, midnight
S18E13 - Jamestown Woodworkers, 1607
Learn about the history and the early settlers of the Jamestown, Virginia settlement.
Dec. 26, 1998, midnight
PBS
27 min/ep
27 min
Jan. 1, 1981
Dec. 9, 2017, midnight
Returning Series
TV-G / 2+
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