The Woodwright's Shop Season 24
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 24 Full Episode Guide
If you’re a “leg man” you gotta’ see this. Beautiful inlaid legs by Steve Latta.
Now that you have the chess pieces it’s time to make the chess board – and a box to put the pieces in.
Roy shows you how to make a standard chess set or a not so standard chess set. Check, Matey!
Let Roy show you how to make useful & “useless” things out of one piece of wood – no kidding.
Let it snow, then go skiing with Mark Hensen.
Watch Roy transform a big log into a beautiful bowl. Hint: Just remove everything that’s not a bowl.
Take a class in kayak building, or build a long bow or a berry basket – all available at the North Folk School.
Need a big ol’ wooden screw for your cider press? Roy will show you how to make one.
Roy shows how to build a “spring pole lathe” – powered by foot.
If you need a washtub, butter churn or water bucket – go see a “white cooper.”
The Acadians, forbearers of the Cajuns, brought a clever idea for a chair with them to Louisiana. Roy explains…
Not all good things are made out of wood. Anne Pederson shows Roy how to make things out of tin.
Roy shows you how to make a shaving horse to help you make ax handles, wheel spokes and more.
