Season 17

1. Make Your Shaving Horse

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

1997-10-04 • ? min

2. Whittling Chains and Ball in Cage

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

1997-10-11 • ? min

3. Windsor High Chair

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

1997-10-18 • ? min

4. Chinese Bamboo Chair

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

1997-10-25 • ? min

5. Shaker Boxes

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

1997-11-01 • ? min

6. Panel-Framed Bench

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

1997-11-08 • ? min

7. Hanging Bookcase

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

1997-11-15 • ? min

8. Window Sash Restoration

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

1997-11-22 • ? min

9. Wooden Tea Machine

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

1997-11-29 • ? min

10. Nuts to You

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.

1997-12-06 • ? min

11. Hancock Shaker Village

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

1997-12-13 • ? min

12. Shaker Side Table

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

1997-12-20 • ? min

13. Woodworking in Upper Canada

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

1997-12-27 • ? min