Roy Underhill
Himself - Host
The Woodwright's Shop (1981)
Season 34
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
S34E1 - Taming the Timber Bench
Your legs will stay tight in this classic German carpenter’s bench built with stopped sliding dovetails.
Sept. 19, 2014, midnight
S34E2 - Pinch Rods and Squeezy Blocks
This pair of sliding diagonal rods with copper collars will help you get your chests square and your dovetails tight.
Sept. 27, 2014, midnight
S34E3 - Tapered Tail Tripod Table 1
Walnut legs riven from the log begin this table inspired by the Dominy workshops.
Oct. 2, 2014, midnight
S34E4 - Tapered Tail Tripod Table 2
A walnut burl top and tricky turning makes tapered dovetails for a three-legged table.
Oct. 11, 2014, midnight
S34E5 - Viceless Devices
From the holdfast to the birdsmouth, Roy explores wondrous ways to grip the grain and rediscovers and old trick from a rare book.
Oct. 18, 2014, midnight
S34E6 - Daring Diagonal Dovetails
Learn to cut the rising diagonal dovetail for corners that are stronger and striking, no matter how you look at them.
Oct. 25, 2014, midnight
S34E7 - Shop Class Tabouret
The old shop-class plant stand joined with half-laps and dowels teaches us to pay attention to the grain, not just the machine.
Nov. 1, 2014, midnight
S34E8 - Campaign Furniture
Christopher Schwarz shows the ins and outs of Campaign furniture made for travel to the far-flung reaches of the Empire.
Nov. 8, 2014, midnight
S34E9 - Fitting Brass
Chris Schwarz shows how to fit brass corners and hardware flush with the surfaces of Campaign furniture.
Nov. 15, 2014, midnight
S34E10 - The Crotch and the Horse
An old shaving horse from the Virginia mountains demonstrates that the natural shapes in timber make the strongest wooden construction.
Nov. 22, 2014, midnight
S34E11 - Dovetail Saw
Tom Calisto joins Roy to make a brass-backed hand saw perfect for the finest dovetails or the toughest tenons.
Dec. 6, 2014, midnight
S34E12 - Tempered Steel
Blacksmith Peter Ross shows how to forge, weld, harden and temper tool steel for cutting edges that stay sharp longer.
Dec. 13, 2014, midnight
S34E13 - Woodwright! - The Musical
The Underhill Rose band joins Roy in the shop for a musical misadventure in the ways of the Woodwright.
Dec. 20, 2014, midnight
PBS
27 min/ep
27 min
Jan. 1, 1981
Dec. 9, 2017, midnight
Returning Series
TV-G / 2+
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