The Woodwright's Shop Season 36
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 36 Full Episode Guide
How a plank with inserted legs can become a chair, table or bench.
Christopher Schwarz joins Roy to unlock the secrets of the ancient Roman woodworker’s bench.
Roy shows how to dovetail a stout, sloped top tool chest that came from Bristol, England in 1900.
Master blacksmith Peter Ross shows how to forge hinges and latches for a replica tool chest.
Roy Underhill makes a double, swinging casement window using wooden planes and premium pine.
Chair-maker Elia Bizzarri shows Roy how to make a split oak firewood carrier inspired by the classic wooden harvest rake.
The great poet-athlete Muhammad Ali inspires the best lessons in woodworking – Saw Like a Butterfly, Plane Like a Bee!
Woodworker Peter Follansbee shows Roy Underhill how to make Swedish shrink boxes from hollowed wood with inserted bottoms.
Roy and workbench builder Will Myers test out the strength of the classic wedged mortise and tenon joint for take-apart furniture.
Figures from history including Benjamin Franklin and Muhammad Ali inspire Roy’s new line of waving arm wooden whirlygigs.
Master of Pilgrim-century furniture Peter Follansbee joins Roy to make a slope-lidded, carved box from carved white and red oak.
Roy shows how to create easy-to-make wooden gift boxes with mitered corners and lids that slide in grooves.
The Season 36 premiere shows how to make a chair similar to the one portrayed in Vincent Van Gogh's masterpiece.
