Season 17

Season 17

1997-10-04
13 Episodes

Episodes

Make Your Shaving Horse

1. Make Your Shaving Horse

1997-10-04

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Roy shows you how to make a shaving horse from a single 2x10.

Whittling Chains and Ball in Cage

2. Whittling Chains and Ball in Cage

1997-10-11

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Learn to whittle the mysterious, impossible-seeming wooden chain and ball-in-cage.

Windsor High Chair

3. Windsor High Chair

1997-10-18

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Roy make a child’s Windsor highchair showing classic Windsor techniques.

Chinese Bamboo Chair

4. Chinese Bamboo Chair

1997-10-25

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Make a chair out of grass ... Chinese bamboo, that is.

Shaker Boxes

5. Shaker Boxes

1997-11-01

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Make a No. 3 bentwood Shaker box – a deceptively simple design.

Panel-Framed Bench

6. Panel-Framed Bench

1997-11-08

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Roy’s panel-framed bench has a storage space built beneath the seat.

Hanging Bookcase

7. Hanging Bookcase

1997-11-15

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Using thin wood and only tapered, sliding dovetails, Roy makes a sturdy hanging bookshelf.

Window Sash Restoration

8. Window Sash Restoration

1997-11-22

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Roy takes a rotted window sash and repairs it with weather resistant resinous wood.

Wooden Tea Machine

9. Wooden Tea Machine

1997-11-29

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Make a cam-operated tea bag dunking machine that’ll save your arms from the repetitive motion of steeping tea.

Nuts to You

10. Nuts to You

1997-12-06

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How do you get to the center of a walnut? Build a turned, decorated nut cracker, as well as a simpler version from one piece of wood.

Hancock Shaker Village

11. Hancock Shaker Village

1997-12-13

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Roy takes a look at interior Shaker craftsmanship at the Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Mass.

Shaker Side Table

12. Shaker Side Table

1997-12-20

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Shaker furniture was made as if to be used for 1,000 years – see how that philosophy is worked into a small table.

Woodworking in Upper Canada

13. Woodworking in Upper Canada

1997-12-27

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During the time of Colonial America, many Loyalists headed north for Canada. Roy explores the life and economy they built there between harsh winters.