The Woodwright's Shop 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.
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The Woodwright's Shop Season 34 Full Episode Guide
The Underhill Rose band joins Roy in the shop for a musical misadventure in the ways of the Woodwright.
Blacksmith Peter Ross shows how to forge, weld, harden and temper tool steel for cutting edges that stay sharp longer.
Tom Calisto joins Roy to make a brass-backed hand saw perfect for the finest dovetails or the toughest tenons.
An old shaving horse from the Virginia mountains demonstrates that the natural shapes in timber make the strongest wooden construction.
Chris Schwarz shows how to fit brass corners and hardware flush with the surfaces of Campaign furniture.
Christopher Schwarz shows the ins and outs of Campaign furniture made for travel to the far-flung reaches of the Empire.
The old shop-class plant stand joined with half-laps and dowels teaches us to pay attention to the grain, not just the machine.
Learn to cut the rising diagonal dovetail for corners that are stronger and striking, no matter how you look at them.
From the holdfast to the birdsmouth, Roy explores wondrous ways to grip the grain and rediscovers and old trick from a rare book.
A walnut burl top and tricky turning makes tapered dovetails for a three-legged table.
Walnut legs riven from the log begin this table inspired by the Dominy workshops.
This pair of sliding diagonal rods with copper collars will help you get your chests square and your dovetails tight.
Your legs will stay tight in this classic German carpenter’s bench built with stopped sliding dovetails.
