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The Woodwright's Shop
 

The Woodwright's Shop-Season 24

The Woodwright is back with more guest craftsmen from Norwegian boat builders to lady tinsmiths. Whether it's bowls or buckets, chess sets or chairs, Roy Underhill shows you how to make them all with classic hand tools. Pay close attention, because you never know when you might end up on Colonial House!

2401. Shaving Horse
Make this foot-operated vise and you'll work wood so fast you'll sit down and make a chair by mistake. CC

2402. Tinsmithing With Anne Pederson
Staten Island's Anne Pederson shows how to cut and solder your own coffee pots and cups. CC

2403. Acadian Chair
Split and shave this French-Canadian chair from the green wood of the forest primeval. CC

2404. White Cooperage With Norm Pederson
Learn how to make better butter buckets and churns for cheese from crafty cooper Norm Pederson. CC

2405. The Foot Power Lathe
Everybody loves woodturning with these spring-pole and foot powered treadle lathes you build at home. CC

2406. Wooden Thread Cutter
Make your own giant wooden vise screws and nuts with this ingenious hand cranked device. CC

2407. Woodworking at the North House Folk School
From boat building to bows and arrows, learn from the craftsmen at the North House Folk School, a new school on Lake Superior's north shore. CC

2408. Turned & Hewn Bowls & Spoons
Two ways of making treenware-by spinning the wood or moving the tools-bring you beautiful bowls. CC

2409. Norwegian Pram & Snow Skis With Mark Hansen
Mark Hansen, a master of Scandinavian woodworking, makes tools for transiting both liquid and fluffy water. CC

2410. One Piece Woodworking
From African chairs to the ball in the cage, learn how to unfold a solid block into a multi-part product. CC

2411. Turning Chess Pieces
No need to go to the pawnshop, turn your own darn chess set from walnut and persimmon! CC

2412. Chess Board & Box
Saw and join alternating squares of light and dark wood into this ancient battleground for knights and rooks. CC

2413. Inlaid Legs With Steve Latta
Master craftsman Steve Latta shows how simple tools make beautiful inlaid patterns on the legs of Federal furniture. CC

   
     
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