The Woodwright's Shop Season 12
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.
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The Woodwright's Shop Season 12 Full Episode Guide
Roy makes a Moravian chair that’s reinforced with dovetailed battens, which make this small piece extraordinarily strong.
Returning to New Mexico once again, Roy explores religious carving and woodworking in the mountains north of Santa Fe.
Roy makes a Spanish pilgrim’s chest from New Mexico.
Roy restores the tools found in an antique chest.
Roy returns to the Anthony Hay Cabinet Shop to learn finishing.
Instrument maker Marcus Hanson makes inlay banding with Roy at the Anthony Hay Cabinet Shop.
Roy makes a standing desk using mortise-and-tenon and tongue-and-groove joints.
Roy finishes the tape loom by making a beautiful box for it with dovetails and turned columns.
Roy begins making a tiny tape loom, used for making decorative fabric.
Roy learns about northern New Mexico woodworking on the Santa Fe Trail.
Roy and his friend Robert Watson make a “man’s chair” using tools from the Ivory Coast of Africa.
Roy is joined by his wife, Jane, to build a traditional quilting frame.
Roy visits Gregg Blomberg and explores woodworking traditions of the Pacific Northwest.
