E1 - Make Your Shaving Horse

Aired: October 04, 1997

Roy shows you how to make a shaving horse from a single 2x10.

E2 - Whittling Chains and Ball in Cage

Aired: October 11, 1997

Learn to whittle the mysterious, impossible-seeming wooden chain and ball-in-cage.

E3 - Windsor High Chair

Aired: October 18, 1997

Roy make a child’s Windsor highchair showing classic Windsor techniques.

E4 - Chinese Bamboo Chair

Aired: October 25, 1997

Make a chair out of grass ... Chinese bamboo, that is.

E5 - Shaker Boxes

Aired: November 01, 1997

Make a No. 3 bentwood Shaker box – a deceptively simple design.

E6 - Panel-Framed Bench

Aired: November 08, 1997

Roy’s panel-framed bench has a storage space built beneath the seat.

E7 - Hanging Bookcase

Aired: November 15, 1997

Using thin wood and only tapered, sliding dovetails, Roy makes a sturdy hanging bookshelf.

E8 - Window Sash Restoration

Aired: November 22, 1997

Roy takes a rotted window sash and repairs it with weather resistant resinous wood.

E9 - Wooden Tea Machine

Aired: November 29, 1997

Make a cam-operated tea bag dunking machine that’ll save your arms from the repetitive motion of steeping tea.

E10 - Nuts to You

Aired: December 06, 1997

How do you get to the center of a walnut? Build a turned, decorated nut cracker, as well as a simpler version from one piece of wood.

E11 - Hancock Shaker Village

Aired: December 13, 1997

Roy takes a look at interior Shaker craftsmanship at the Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Mass.

E12 - Shaker Side Table

Aired: December 20, 1997

Shaker furniture was made as if to be used for 1,000 years – see how that philosophy is worked into a small table.

E13 - Woodworking in Upper Canada

Aired: December 27, 1997

During the time of Colonial America, many Loyalists headed north for Canada. Roy explores the life and economy they built there between harsh winters.