Season 23

Episodes • 2003

Roy Underhill
The Boy Mechanic

1. The Boy Mechanic

min

Simple rainy day projects to "tink" around with - especially if you’re young at heart.

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Making the New Workbench: Part 1

2. Making the New Workbench: Part 1

min

Build a solid, sturdy workbench without any screws, nails or glue—that you can break down and take with you!

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Making the New Workbench: Part 2

3. Making the New Workbench: Part 2

min

Putting the finishing touches on your new workbench — the vices, the dogs, etc.

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Inlay with Steve Latta

4. Inlay with Steve Latta

min

Beautiful "compass inlay" on a Pennsylvania Spice Box done in the Pennsylvania/German tradition.

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Using Planes

5. Using Planes

min

Jack planes, combination planes, single iron joiners-Roy introduces you to the world of planes—not to mention snipe spills, skew mouth badgers, iron rabbits…

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Roundabout Chair

6. Roundabout Chair

min

Learn how to build an odd corner chair called a Roundabout Chair—found in the offices of Dr. Sigmund Freud.

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Carving with Calvo

7. Carving with Calvo

min

Need a sign? Let David Calvo show you how to carve one.

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Woodcraft of the Southern Highlands

8. Woodcraft of the Southern Highlands

min

Take a trip to beautiful downtown Paint Lick, KY and meet the old bodger himself, Don Weber. Learn how it was done in the old country.

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Woodcraft at Conner Prairie

9. Woodcraft at Conner Prairie

min

Explore Conner Prairie, a living museum in the heart of Indiana. See how life was in the 1800's.

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The Turning Triangle Table

10. The Turning Triangle Table

min

How do you turn a round table into a triangle. Let Roy show you how.

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Child's Rocker & Sliding Dovetail Stool

11. Child's Rocker & Sliding Dovetail Stool

min

Let Roy show you how to make something useful out of scrap wood.

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The First American Woodworkers

12. The First American Woodworkers

min

Roy shows you how the very first Americans worked with wood — the Cherokees of Cherokee Nation.

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Paneled Cedar Chest

13. Paneled Cedar Chest

min

Watch Roy make a beautiful red cedar chest out of a tree knocked down by a hurricane.

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