The Woodwright's Shop Season 17
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 17 Full Episode Guide
During the time of Colonial America, many Loyalists headed north for Canada. Roy explores the life and economy they built there between harsh winters.
Shaker furniture was made as if to be used for 1,000 years – see how that philosophy is worked into a small table.
Roy takes a look at interior Shaker craftsmanship at the Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Mass.
How do you get to the center of a walnut? Build a turned, decorated nut cracker, as well as a simpler version from one piece of wood.
Make a cam-operated tea bag dunking machine that’ll save your arms from the repetitive motion of steeping tea.
Roy takes a rotted window sash and repairs it with weather resistant resinous wood.
Using thin wood and only tapered, sliding dovetails, Roy makes a sturdy hanging bookshelf.
Roy’s panel-framed bench has a storage space built beneath the seat.
Make a No. 3 bentwood Shaker box – a deceptively simple design.
Make a chair out of grass ... Chinese bamboo, that is.
Roy make a child’s Windsor highchair showing classic Windsor techniques.
Learn to whittle the mysterious, impossible-seeming wooden chain and ball-in-cage.
Roy shows you how to make a shaving horse from a single 2x10.
