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September 29, 2001

Season 21

01. The Sawhorse

The tools we use can be beautiful too! Roy shows you how to build beautiful saw horse.

September 29, 2001

02. Welsh Chair Bodger Don Weber

Roy teams up with the old Welsh Bodger himself and together they demonstrate how to build a classic Welsh Stick Chair.

October 6, 2001

03. Toolbox from the 1940s

You can learn how to build a timeless relic from past generations of fine woodworkers in this episode, a Joiner’s Tool Box.

October 13, 2001

04. Rounder Plane

An endless “pencil” sharpener to make round tapered handles for rake, boat spars- and more.

October 20, 2001

05. Walnut Krumhorn

Get down, get musical! Produce a wonderful old wind instrument from the Elizabethan era- the Krumhorn!

October 27, 2001

06. Timber Frame at the Folklife Festival

Join Roy at the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival and learn how to build a timber-frame barn.

November 3, 2001

07. Impossible Joints

Make a mysterious puzzle mallet with a devilishly difficult dovetail that’s impossible to break!

November 10, 2001

08. Fools for Tools

Roy shows you how to find and restore traditional tools needed to do old time traditional woodworking.

November 17, 2001

09. Blacksmith Hinges

Join Roy at the Anderson Forge in Colonial Williamsburg and see how to make a traditional cross garnet hinge.

November 24, 2001

10. Tiny Furniture

Learn how to make “big” furniture by starting with scaled down versions.

December 1, 2001

11. Window from Williamsburg

Learn how to build a four-light Colonial window sash.

December 8, 2001

12. Flintlock Gunsmith

Roy visits the Gunsmith Shop at Colonial Williamsburg to see how 18th century flintlock rifles were made.

December 15, 2001

13. Colonial Tablemaker

Watch Roy “spin the wheel” at the Cabinet shop in Colonial Williamsburg as they produce 18th century furniture the old fashioned way.

December 22, 2001