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October 3, 1992

Season 12

01. Bentwood Boxes of the Northwest Coast

Roy visits Gregg Blomberg and explores woodworking traditions of the Pacific Northwest.

October 3, 1992

02. A Civil War Quilting Frame

Roy is joined by his wife, Jane, to build a traditional quilting frame.

October 10, 1992

03. African Chair From the Ivory Coast

Roy and his friend Robert Watson make a “man’s chair” using tools from the Ivory Coast of Africa.

October 17, 1992

04. Hispanic Furniture-Making

Roy learns about northern New Mexico woodworking on the Santa Fe Trail.

October 24, 1992

05. Colonial Tape Loom

Roy begins making a tiny tape loom, used for making decorative fabric.

October 31, 1992

06. Dovetailing a Loom Box

Roy finishes the tape loom by making a beautiful box for it with dovetails and turned columns.

November 7, 1992

07. A Colonial Standing Desk

Roy makes a standing desk using mortise-and-tenon and tongue-and-groove joints.

November 14, 1992

08. Banding Together

Instrument maker Marcus Hanson makes inlay banding with Roy at the Anthony Hay Cabinet Shop.

November 21, 1992

09. The Art of Finishing

Roy returns to the Anthony Hay Cabinet Shop to learn finishing.

November 28, 1992

10. Fifteen Tools From a Dead Man's Chest

Roy restores the tools found in an antique chest.

December 5, 1992

11. A Pilgrim Chest of Oak

Roy makes a Spanish pilgrim’s chest from New Mexico.

December 12, 1992

12. Woodcarvers of the Sacred

Returning to New Mexico once again, Roy explores religious carving and woodworking in the mountains north of Santa Fe.

December 19, 1992

13. Moravian Chair

Roy makes a Moravian chair that’s reinforced with dovetailed battens, which make this small piece extraordinarily strong.

December 26, 1992