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October 3, 1998

Season 18

01. Dovetailing a Cedar Box

Learn simple box dovetails and create some shop characters that can hang out inside.

October 3, 1998

02. Chip Carving

Dress up a small cedar box with a variety of chip carving designs.

October 10, 1998

03. Chairs for Children

Roy makes a walnut stick chair and a pine slab chair perfectly sized for children.

October 17, 1998

04. Bark and Rustic Work

Learn the details to add a hickory bark seat to a child’s chair.

October 24, 1998

05. Debate of the Carpenter's Tools

Roy draws on poetry from the 1400s to explain what tools were used by wrights of the day.

October 31, 1998

06. Treadle Lathe

Build an improved version of Roy’s 20-year-old treadle lathe design — and it starts with scrap lumber!

November 7, 1998

07. White Oak Basket

A class on basket weaving? You bet! Weave a white oak basket with Roy.

November 14, 1998

08. Wall Tool Chest

Roy uses a red oak tool chest to illustrate a discussion on hand planes.

November 21, 1998

09. Woodworking Gizmos

Learn to convert a treadle lathe into a treadle jigsaw.

November 28, 1998

10. Traditional Toys

Roy shows how to make a traditional Russian pecking-chicken toy.

December 5, 1998

11. Old Salem

Roy visits Old Salem, North Carolina, founded in the 1760s by the Moravians. Their craft lives on in the recreated town.

December 12, 1998

12. Swinging Cradle from Saxony

Learn to build a scaled-down German swinging cradle built with lapstrake construction.

December 19, 1998

13. Jamestown Woodworkers, 1607

Learn about the history and the early settlers of the Jamestown, Virginia settlement.

December 26, 1998