The Woodwright's Shop - Season 37

Season 37
Episodes

Who Wrote the Book of Sloyd?!
Sloyd, the late 19th century Swedish system of learning woodworking was intended to develop skilled, industrious, and morally upstanding citizens. We'll give it a try and hope it's not too late for us!

Holly Wood Spectaculars!
Steve Latta shows how to create decorative veneer patterns using oval engines, sharp knives, and patient perfectionism.

The Roubo Bookstand
One piece of walnut makes a beautiful bookstand as we follow the formula of an old French master.

Rise of the Machines

Hand Plane Essentials with Chris Schwarz
Learn how to make gleaming surfaces, tight joints and crisp moldings through perfect planing.

Big Ash Mallet!
Make a proper joiner's mallet and you'll never be lonely again! With ash head and hickory handle, Roy shows how to make a mallet for the ages.

Carving Away with Mary May
Classical carver Mary May gives Roy his first lessons on woodcarving – along with a proper rebuke for edge tool abuse!

Dovetailed Grease Pot

Lumberjack Fan Carving
A Michigan master of folk carving whittles white cedar fans and birds of a wooden feather.

Forging the Hold Fast
Haul out the anvil and forge this essential bench tool! Blacksmith Peter Ross shows how to forge historical versions of this powerful gripper.

Brian Boggs, Chairmaker
An Asheville artisan shows the secrets of the steam-bent green-wood chair

Combination Planes
Can you replace a chest of molding planes with one complex metal contraption? Roy pits monster planes against their wooden ancestors.

The Venerable Bead
Roy Underhill shows how to cut bead moldings with hand planes for corners that look sharp and last longer.
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