Season 13

Episodes • 1993

Roy Underhill
English Walnut Music Stand

1. English Walnut Music Stand

min

Build a beautiful music stand that adjusts for height and angle to best suit the musician.

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Fair And Square

2. Fair And Square

min

Roy works through the steps to turn a round log into a square timber, and then shows how to bore a square hole.

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Fireplace Bellows

3. Fireplace Bellows

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Hickory Pitchfork

4. Hickory Pitchfork

min

Through shaving, steaming and bending, Roy creates a pitchfork from a green hickory limb.

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Continental Army Canteen

5. Continental Army Canteen

min

Learn to build a wooden canteen using stave construction.

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Make A Windsor Chair (Part 1)

6. Make A Windsor Chair (Part 1)

min

In this three-episode project Roy builds a variation of a swiveling Windsor chair allegedly used by Thomas Jefferson during the writing of the Declaration of Independence.

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Make A Windsor Chair (Part 2)

7. Make A Windsor Chair (Part 2)

min

In this three-episode project Roy builds a variation of a swiveling Windsor chair allegedly used by Thomas Jefferson during the writing of the Declaration of Independence.

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Make A Windsor Chair (Part 3)

8. Make A Windsor Chair (Part 3)

min

In this three-episode project Roy builds a variation of a swiveling Windsor chair allegedly used by Thomas Jefferson during the writing of the Declaration of Independence.

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The Geddy Foundry of Williamsburg

9. The Geddy Foundry of Williamsburg

min

Roy visits the foundry at Williamsburg to view the processes of pouring and finishing brass and silver for hardware and household items.

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Crazy Wooden Things for Kids to Make

10. Crazy Wooden Things for Kids to Make

min

Roy uses the theme of string-powered toys to show us how to make a spinning top, pump drill and a simplified version of the mechanism for a flying ball clock.

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Spiral Turning and Xylophone Tones

11. Spiral Turning and Xylophone Tones

min

Learn the basics of two simple and fun projects: carving a spiral and building a tongue drum.

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Norwegian Wood

12. Norwegian Wood

min

Roy visits Lillehammer, Norway looking at traditional Norwegian folk architecture and building techniques.

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Timber Building in the Land of the Midnight Sun

13. Timber Building in the Land of the Midnight Sun

min

Still enjoying his trip to Norway, Roy visits a Viking ship museum and the Norwegian Folk Museum.

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