The Woodwright's Shop

Learn the steps to recreate a knock down bookcase originally built by the Roycrofters of East Aurora, New York.

Roy shows how to make a small box using a hidden dovetail joint that looks like a miter joint when complete.

This episode starts by making a scratch stock tool necessary to create the grooves for the simple Holly inlay that follows.

Roy visits local blacksmith shops and museums in the Alsace region of France in search of a giant chisel.

Using a roll-top joinery process, Roy creates a small box with tambour doors.

Roy shows how to build an “African” drum that originally came from colonial America.

Roy continues his visit to the Alsace region looking at woodworking and timber-building traditions.

In this two-part project, Roy shows the steps to create a classic comb-back Windsor chair.

In this two-part project, Roy shows the steps to create a classic comb-back Windsor chair.

Roy builds two simple toys: an interlocking-joint puzzle; and a sand-powered whirligig.

Learn to create the useful knuckle-hinge joint and, just for fun, whittle a wooden pair of pliers.

Roy shows how to use a tap and screw box to create wooden screws for use in shop and furniture projects.

Learn the history of writing instruments and the evolution of the pencil, then look at a variety of pencil sharpeners from the past.