Season 36

1. Van Gogh's Chair

The Season 36 premiere shows how to make a chair similar to the one portrayed in Vincent Van Gogh's masterpiece.

2016-09-17 • ? min

2. Sliding Lid Boxes

Roy shows how to create easy-to-make wooden gift boxes with mitered corners and lids that slide in grooves.

2016-09-24 • ? min

3. Carved Oak Desk Box

Master of Pilgrim-century furniture Peter Follansbee joins Roy to make a slope-lidded, carved box from carved white and red oak.

2016-10-01 • ? min

4. Waving Arm Whirligigs

Figures from history including Benjamin Franklin and Muhammad Ali inspire Roy’s new line of waving arm wooden whirlygigs.

2016-10-08 • ? min

5. Wedged Tusk Tenon

Roy and workbench builder Will Myers test out the strength of the classic wedged mortise and tenon joint for take-apart furniture.

2016-10-15 • ? min

6. Swedish Shrink Box

Woodworker Peter Follansbee shows Roy Underhill how to make Swedish shrink boxes from hollowed wood with inserted bottoms.

2016-10-22 • ? min

7. Saw Like a Butterfly!

The great poet-athlete Muhammad Ali inspires the best lessons in woodworking – Saw Like a Butterfly, Plane Like a Bee!

2016-10-29 • ? min

8. Firewood Carrier

Chair-maker Elia Bizzarri shows Roy how to make a split oak firewood carrier inspired by the classic wooden harvest rake.

2016-11-05 • ? min

9. Double Casement Window

Roy Underhill makes a double, swinging casement window using wooden planes and premium pine.

2016-11-12 • ? min

10. Tool Chest Hinges & Latch

Master blacksmith Peter Ross shows how to forge hinges and latches for a replica tool chest.

2016-11-19 • ? min

11. Tool Chest From Bristol

Roy shows how to dovetail a stout, sloped top tool chest that came from Bristol, England in 1900.

2016-11-26 • ? min

12. Roman Work Bench

Christopher Schwarz joins Roy to unlock the secrets of the ancient Roman woodworker’s bench.

2016-12-03 • ? min

13. Staked Furniture

How a plank with inserted legs can become a chair, table or bench.

2016-12-10 • ? min