All Episodes of The Woodwright's Shop

Season 1

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  Maul & Glut

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/1981

  Watch Roy make two traditional tools by first felling a tree then shaping a maul and glut using period iron woodworking tools.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Shaving Horse

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/1/1981

  Learn how to make a shaving horse – one of the most important hand-tool shop fixtures for working with drawknives and spokeshaves.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Shaving Horse Part 2

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/1/1981

  Learn how to make a shaving horse – one of the most important hand-tool shop fixtures for working with drawknives and spokeshaves.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Hay Rake

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/1/1981

  Spend time with Roy as he shows you how to build one of his favorite projects: a hickory hay rake that is both strong and lightweight.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Lathes

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/1/1981

  Join Roy on a tour of the history and development of human powered machines, including one of his favorites: the lathe.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Rocking Chair

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/1/1981

  Learn how to build a classic armless rocking chair using traditional tools and techniques. Then create a woven white oak seat for the rocker. Plus, watch as Roy’s guest Bryant Holsenbeck demonstrates how to weave a traditional basket.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Rocking Chair Part 2

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/1/1981

  Learn how to build a classic armless rocking chair using traditional tools and techniques. Then create a woven white oak seat for the rocker. Plus, watch as Roy’s guest Bryant Holsenbeck demonstrates how to weave a traditional basket.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Log Cabin

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/1/1981

  Watch as Roy demonstrates the steps and hand-hewn joinery used in building traditional log cabins.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Timberframe Construction

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/1/1981

  Watch and learn as Roy addresses the details of timber framing, including post-and-beam and mortise-and-tenon construction techniques.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Dough Bowls and Pitch Forks

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/1/1981

  Watch as Roy makes a pitchfork and a dough bowl, each from a single piece of wood.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Blacksmithing

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/1/1981

  Spend some time at the forge with Roy to learn basic blacksmithing techniques and discover how to create a spike dog (a tool used in timber framing).

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Panel Frame and Dovetail

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/1/1981

  Follow along as Roy discusses frame-and-panel construction for doors, and the basic steps for cutting a dovetailed joint.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Colonial Williamsburg

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/1/1981

  Travel with Roy to Colonial Williamsburg to take a look at 18th-century craftsmanship including a visit with a wheelwright, a cooper and a blacksmith, as well as a look inside the Anthony Hay Cabinet Shop.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown