Season 16

1. Arts and Crafts Bookcase

Learn the steps to recreate a knock down bookcase originally built by the Roycrofters of East Aurora, New York.

1996-10-05 • ? min

2. The Secret Dovetailed Box

Roy shows how to make a small box using a hidden dovetail joint that looks like a miter joint when complete.

1996-10-12 • ? min

3. Wood Inlay

This episode starts by making a scratch stock tool necessary to create the grooves for the simple Holly inlay that follows.

1996-10-19 • ? min

4. The Giant Chisels of Gaul

Roy visits local blacksmith shops and museums in the Alsace region of France in search of a giant chisel.

1996-10-26 • ? min

5. Roll Top Cabinetry

Using a roll-top joinery process, Roy creates a small box with tambour doors.

1996-11-02 • ? min

6. African Drum

Roy shows how to build an “African” drum that originally came from colonial America.

1996-11-09 • ? min

7. Woodcraft of Alsace, France

Roy continues his visit to the Alsace region looking at woodworking and timber-building traditions.

1996-11-16 • ? min

8. Comb-Back Windsor Chair, Part 1

In this two-part project, Roy shows the steps to create a classic comb-back Windsor chair.

1996-11-23 • ? min

9. Comb-Back Windsor Chair, Part 2

In this two-part project, Roy shows the steps to create a classic comb-back Windsor chair.

1996-11-30 • ? min

10. Sand-Powered Wooden Toys

Roy builds two simple toys: an interlocking-joint puzzle; and a sand-powered whirligig.

1996-12-07 • ? min

11. Cutting the Knuckle-Hinge Joint

Learn to create the useful knuckle-hinge joint and, just for fun, whittle a wooden pair of pliers.

1996-12-14 • ? min

12. Making Wooden Screws

Roy shows how to use a tap and screw box to create wooden screws for use in shop and furniture projects.

1996-12-21 • ? min

13. The Pencil People

Learn the history of writing instruments and the evolution of the pencil, then look at a variety of pencil sharpeners from the past.

1996-12-28 • ? min