E1 - Taming the Timber Bench

Aired: September 19, 2014

Your legs will stay tight in this classic German carpenter’s bench built with stopped sliding dovetails.

E2 - Pinch Rods and Squeezy Blocks

Aired: September 27, 2014

This pair of sliding diagonal rods with copper collars will help you get your chests square and your dovetails tight.

E3 - Tapered Tail Tripod Table 1

Aired: October 02, 2014

Walnut legs riven from the log begin this table inspired by the Dominy workshops.

E4 - Tapered Tail Tripod Table 2

Aired: October 11, 2014

A walnut burl top and tricky turning makes tapered dovetails for a three-legged table.

E5 - Viceless Devices

Aired: October 18, 2014

From the holdfast to the birdsmouth, Roy explores wondrous ways to grip the grain and rediscovers and old trick from a rare book.

E6 - Daring Diagonal Dovetails

Aired: October 25, 2014

Learn to cut the rising diagonal dovetail for corners that are stronger and striking, no matter how you look at them.

E7 - Shop Class Tabouret

Aired: November 01, 2014

The old shop-class plant stand joined with half-laps and dowels teaches us to pay attention to the grain, not just the machine.

E8 - Campaign Furniture

Aired: November 08, 2014

Christopher Schwarz shows the ins and outs of Campaign furniture made for travel to the far-flung reaches of the Empire.

E9 - Fitting Brass

Aired: November 15, 2014

Chris Schwarz shows how to fit brass corners and hardware flush with the surfaces of Campaign furniture.

E10 - The Crotch and the Horse

Aired: November 22, 2014

An old shaving horse from the Virginia mountains demonstrates that the natural shapes in timber make the strongest wooden construction.

E11 - Dovetail Saw

Aired: December 06, 2014

Tom Calisto joins Roy to make a brass-backed hand saw perfect for the finest dovetails or the toughest tenons.

E12 - Tempered Steel

Aired: December 13, 2014

Blacksmith Peter Ross shows how to forge, weld, harden and temper tool steel for cutting edges that stay sharp longer.

E13 - Woodwright! - The Musical

Aired: December 20, 2014

The Underhill Rose band joins Roy in the shop for a musical misadventure in the ways of the Woodwright.