Season 6

Episodes •

Roy Underhill
Turning of the Screw

1. Turning of the Screw

min

Traditional woodworking required making much of your own tools and machinery, and the wooden screw is a major component in those. Roy looks at the making of wooden screws for use in the shop.

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That Old Spoon Carver

2. That Old Spoon Carver

min

Roy visits with expert spoon carver Roger Sandstrom to talk technique, wood selection and more about carving spoons and treenware.

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Don't Crush That Bookstand, Hand Me the Pliers

3. Don't Crush That Bookstand, Hand Me the Pliers

min

Roy tackles creating a classic Wooden Pliers whittled from a single piece of wood, and then expands the concept to a folding bookstand using similar joinery.

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Folding Lathe

4. Folding Lathe

min

Roy shows how to build an 18th Century French lathe designed to fold up and store in the corner.

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Jacobian Stool

5. Jacobian Stool

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Turning and Carving

6. Turning and Carving

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Things They'd Never Make for Themselves

7. Things They'd Never Make for Themselves

min

We spend some quality time with Roy making small projects from scrap wood, including wooden ties, a pop gun, ado-nothing machine and a flying top.

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Anderson's Forge

8. Anderson's Forge

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Botetourt Chair

9. Botetourt Chair

min

Roy takes a look at 18th Century woodworking details found in furniture from the Colonial Williamsburg cabinet shop.

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Shaker Lap Desk

10. Shaker Lap Desk

min

Build one of the classic 18th Century projects with Roy; a Shaker lap desk.

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Rachel's Wagon

11. Rachel's Wagon

min

Roy walks through the steps required to build a wooden wagon for his daughters – but manages to have some fun himself.

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Toolmaker's Art

12. Toolmaker's Art

min

Roy visits with Peter Ross at the Anderson Forge to look at 18th Century tool making, in particular, a gentlemen’s hatchet.

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House Framing Doggie Style

13. House Framing Doggie Style

min

Only the best for Roy’s pooch, Grit: a brick and Tudor framed doghouse is this episode’s project.

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