The Woodwright's Shop 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.
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The Woodwright's Shop Season 18 Full Episode Guide
Learn about the history and the early settlers of the Jamestown, Virginia settlement.
Learn to build a scaled-down German swinging cradle built with lapstrake construction.
Roy visits Old Salem, North Carolina, founded in the 1760s by the Moravians. Their craft lives on in the recreated town.
Roy shows how to make a traditional Russian pecking-chicken toy.
Learn to convert a treadle lathe into a treadle jigsaw.
Roy uses a red oak tool chest to illustrate a discussion on hand planes.
A class on basket weaving? You bet! Weave a white oak basket with Roy.
Build an improved version of Roy’s 20-year-old treadle lathe design — and it starts with scrap lumber!
Roy draws on poetry from the 1400s to explain what tools were used by wrights of the day.
Learn the details to add a hickory bark seat to a child’s chair.
Roy makes a walnut stick chair and a pine slab chair perfectly sized for children.
Dress up a small cedar box with a variety of chip carving designs.
Learn simple box dovetails and create some shop characters that can hang out inside.
