The Woodwright's Shop Season 16
The Woodwright's Shop is a traditional woodworking show hosted by Roy Underhill on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States. It is one of the longest running "how to" shows on PBS. Since its debut in 1979, the show has aired over 400 episodes. The first two seasons were broadcast only on public TV in North Carolina; the season numbering was restarted when the show went national in 1981. It is still filmed at the UNC-TV studios in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
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The Woodwright's Shop
1981 / TV-GThe Woodwright's Shop is a traditional woodworking show hosted by Roy Underhill on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States. It is one of the longest running "how to" shows on PBS. Since its debut in 1979, the show has aired over 400 episodes. The first two seasons were broadcast only on public TV in North Carolina; the season numbering was restarted when the show went national in 1981. It is still filmed at the UNC-TV studios in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
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The Woodwright's Shop Season 16 Full Episode Guide
Learn the history of writing instruments and the evolution of the pencil, then look at a variety of pencil sharpeners from the past.
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Roy shows how to use a tap and screw box to create wooden screws for use in shop and furniture projects.
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Learn to create the useful knuckle-hinge joint and, just for fun, whittle a wooden pair of pliers.
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Roy builds two simple toys: an interlocking-joint puzzle; and a sand-powered whirligig.
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In this two-part project, Roy shows the steps to create a classic comb-back Windsor chair.
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In this two-part project, Roy shows the steps to create a classic comb-back Windsor chair.
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Roy continues his visit to the Alsace region looking at woodworking and timber-building traditions.
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Roy shows how to build an “African” drum that originally came from colonial America.
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Using a roll-top joinery process, Roy creates a small box with tambour doors.
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Roy visits local blacksmith shops and museums in the Alsace region of France in search of a giant chisel.
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This episode starts by making a scratch stock tool necessary to create the grooves for the simple Holly inlay that follows.
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Roy shows how to make a small box using a hidden dovetail joint that looks like a miter joint when complete.
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Learn the steps to recreate a knock down bookcase originally built by the Roycrofters of East Aurora, New York.
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