E1 - The Sawhorse

Aired: September 29, 2001

The tools we use can be beautiful too! Roy shows you how to build beautiful saw horse.

E2 - Welsh Chair Bodger Don Weber

Aired: October 06, 2001

Roy teams up with the old Welsh Bodger himself and together they demonstrate how to build a classic Welsh Stick Chair.

E3 - Toolbox from the 1940s

Aired: October 13, 2001

You can learn how to build a timeless relic from past generations of fine woodworkers in this episode, a Joiner’s Tool Box.

E4 - Rounder Plane

Aired: October 20, 2001

An endless “pencil” sharpener to make round tapered handles for rake, boat spars- and more.

E5 - Walnut Krumhorn

Aired: October 27, 2001

Get down, get musical! Produce a wonderful old wind instrument from the Elizabethan era- the Krumhorn!

E6 - Timber Frame at the Folklife Festival

Aired: November 03, 2001

Join Roy at the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival and learn how to build a timber-frame barn.

E7 - Impossible Joints

Aired: November 10, 2001

Make a mysterious puzzle mallet with a devilishly difficult dovetail that’s impossible to break!

E8 - Fools for Tools

Aired: November 17, 2001

Roy shows you how to find and restore traditional tools needed to do old time traditional woodworking.

E9 - Blacksmith Hinges

Aired: November 24, 2001

Join Roy at the Anderson Forge in Colonial Williamsburg and see how to make a traditional cross garnet hinge.

E10 - Tiny Furniture

Aired: December 01, 2001

Learn how to make “big” furniture by starting with scaled down versions.

E11 - Window from Williamsburg

Aired: December 08, 2001

Learn how to build a four-light Colonial window sash.

E12 - Flintlock Gunsmith

Aired: December 15, 2001

Roy visits the Gunsmith Shop at Colonial Williamsburg to see how 18th century flintlock rifles were made.

E13 - Colonial Tablemaker

Aired: December 22, 2001

Watch Roy “spin the wheel” at the Cabinet shop in Colonial Williamsburg as they produce 18th century furniture the old fashioned way.