The Woodwright's Shop
The Woodwright's Shop: Season 28

Air Date

September 27, 2008

Episodes

13 episodes

The Woodwright's Shop

Season 28

Episodes

1. The Governor's PoBoy

September 27, 2008

North Carolina Governor Mike Easley shows how to make a walnut side table.

2. Joiner's Tool Chest Pt.1

October 4, 2008

Pack up your tools in this little dovetailed chest of pine.

3. Joiner's Tool Chest Pt.2

October 11, 2008

Finish the chest with a mitered and paneled lid and a tongue and groove bottom.

4. Thomas Jefferson's Bookstand

October 18, 2008

The sage of Monticello based his five-sided bookstand on designs he found in Paris.

5. Classical Carving

October 25, 2008

First lessons in fine furniture carving from Mack Headley, master of the Colonial Williams

6. File Philosophy

November 1, 2008

Master blacksmith Peter Ross shows the technique of cold joining and shaping colonial lock

7. A Very Boring Program

November 8, 2008

From bits to braces, augers to angle borers & even boring a square hole,you know the drill

8. Lumberjack Fan Carving

November 15, 2008

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

9. Animated Wooden Toys

November 22, 2008

Imagination (and a few strings) makes these carved critters come to life.

10. Hammer Veneer

November 29, 2008

Master musical instrument makers show classical techniques of hand cutting & wood veneer.

11. Holly Wood Spectaculars

December 6, 2008

Create decorative veneer patterns using oval engines, sharp knives/patient perfectionism.

12. A Viking Tool Chest

December 13, 2008

Welsh chair bodger Don Weber turns his hand to recreating a medieval tool kit.

13. Woodworking in Berea

December 20, 2008

From chair building to instrument making to fine furniture collections.