Season 14

1. Woodworkers of the Red Dragon

1994-10-01

Roy visits a recreated Celtic village in Wales, looking at Welsh woodworking including building construction, clog making and traditional carved Welsh love spoons.

2. The Carpenter's Tool Box

1994-10-08

Learn to build Roy’s iconic carpenter’s tool tote.

3. Ancient Woodcraft of Ireland

1994-10-15

Roy looks at Irish woodworking, including houses, harps, caravans and traditional ship-building techniques.

4. A Sailor's Sea Chest

1994-10-22

Learn to build a sailor’s sea chest with beveled through dovetails.

5. Oak High Stool with a Hickory Bark Seat

1994-10-29

Roy builds a stool starting with splitting and riving the green wood and ending with a woven-bark seat.

6. Standing Embroidery Shop

1994-11-05

Learn the steps to build a standing embroidery hoop large enough to handle embroidery on a quilt.

7. The Timber-Frame House

1994-11-12

Roy builds a scaled model of a Welsh cruck-frame barn, teaching the woodworking principals of timber framing.

8. Wooden Lock and Key

1994-11-19

Create a clever wood lock-and-key door set in the shop with Roy.

9. Shaker Sewing Stand

1994-11-26

Roy builds a traditional single-drawer Shaker sewing stand.

10. Panel-Frame Construction

1994-12-03

Learn the benefits and uses of frame-and-panel construction and the joinery steps to create a frame-and-panel door.

11. Tools of the Eighteenth Century

1994-12-10

Roy visits Colonial Williamsburg to view their exhibit of 1,500 eighteenth-century woodworking tools.

12. The Williamsburg Blacksmiths

1994-12-17

Watch a traditional woodworking tool –a drawknife –forged using historically accurate techniques.

13. Blacksmiths Forge Ahead!

1994-12-24

Learn the steps used to smith a Suffolk door latch used during colonial times.