The Woodwright's Shop

Episode name: The Woodwright's Shop

The Woodwright's Shop is a traditional woodworking show hosted by Roy Underhill on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States. It is one of the longest running "how to" shows on PBS. Since its debut in 1979, the show has aired over 400 episodes. The first two seasons were broadcast only on public TV in North Carolina; the season numbering was restarted when the show went national in 1981. It is still filmed at the UNC-TV studios in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

Release Date: 1981-01-01

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Season 1

Maul & Glut

Shaving Horse

Shaving Horse Part 2

Hay Rake

Lathes

Rocking Chair

Rocking Chair Part 2

Log Cabin

Timberframe Construction

Dough Bowls and Pitch Forks

Blacksmithing

Panel Frame and Dovetail

Colonial Williamsburg

Season 2

Getting a Grip on It

Candle Stand

Plane Truth, Version 1

Plane Truth, Version 2

Getting Into Drawers

Finding and Fixing

Cutting your Teeth

While the Iron's Hot

Straight and Narrow

Vernacular Sash

Woodwright at Sea

Tale of Two Toys

Season 3

Inner Woodworking

Workbench

Cooper’s Bucket

Blanket Chest

Simple Gifts

Whimsy Diddling

Furniture Carving

Whetstone Quarry

The Gunsmith

Wood for the Weaver

The Luthier

Inner Woodworking

The Basket Makers

Season 4

The Dominy Shop

A Spring Pole Lathe

Ball & Claw Feet

The Wainscot Chair

Tool Boxes & Chests

Chip Carving

Good Fences

Kitchen Gifts

Raising The Shop

Building A Boat

Rittenshouse Hygrometer

Corner Cupboard

Highchair

Season 5

Rustic Rockers

Bark Bottoms

Baby Cradle

Chris' Workshop

Iron Machine, Foot Power

Hutch Table I

Hutch Table II

Iron Bloomery

Berry Buckets, Sussex Trugs and Bark Sheaths

Wheelwright

Music Mill

Secrets From the Cabinet Shop

A Glass Act

Season 6

Turning of the Screw

That Old Spoon Carver

Don't Crush That Bookstand, Hand Me the Pliers

Folding Lathe

Jacobian Stool

Turning and Carving

Things They'd Never Make for Themselves

Anderson's Forge

Botetourt Chair

Shaker Lap Desk

Rachel's Wagon

Toolmaker's Art

House Framing Doggie Style

Season 7

Noveltails

Longer and Stronger

Country Comfort

Shaker Boxes

Bookcaseology

Woodwork, Needlework

Whirligigs

Felling and Hauling

Bramble Work

Farmwood

Old South Homestead

Gameboards

Woodcut Printing

Season 8

Jefferson's Ladder

Boxwood Recorder

Beginning the Four Harness Loom

Finishing the Four Harness Loom

Rosebud

Workbenches for Everyone

Folk Toys for Little Folks

Making the Appalachian Dulcimer

Folding Folk Chairs

English Woodcraft

African Legacy

Turning the Tables at the Tavern

Tankard From the Mary Rose

Season 9

Making a Butterfly Table

Dovetailing Drawers

Making the Dropleaf Rule Joint

Dancing Toys

Make Gypsy Willow Chairs

Tinsmithing for Fun and Profit

Boxes Without Topses

Order in the Court

Bricks Without Straw

Log Cabin Building

Marquetry: Painting With Wood

Season 10

Make This Rocking Horse!

Beat Your Ash Basketry

Make a Revolving Bookcase

Timber Building in Franconia

Secrets of German Woodcraft

Make a Garden Gate

Hooks, Crooks and Walking Sticks

Make a Music Mill From Bali

Dovetailing in the Tool Chest

As the Wood Turns

Boat to Build With the Kids

Rake's Progress

Making Wooden Shoes

Season 11

Make a Chair

Rollin' on the Rocker

Splittin' and Sittin'

Hewing a Dough Bowl

Wood-Turning Tricks

Archer's Bow

Four-Poster Bed

Blacksmith of Williamsburg

Williamsburg Woodcraft

Woodworker's Grab Bag

Thomas Jefferson, Woodworker

Dovetailed Bookcases

Japanese Woodcrafter

Season 12

Bentwood Boxes of the Northwest Coast

A Civil War Quilting Frame

African Chair From the Ivory Coast

Hispanic Furniture-Making

Colonial Tape Loom

Dovetailing a Loom Box

A Colonial Standing Desk

Banding Together

The Art of Finishing

Fifteen Tools From a Dead Man's Chest

A Pilgrim Chest of Oak

Woodcarvers of the Sacred

Moravian Chair

Season 13

English Walnut Music Stand

Fair And Square

Fireplace Bellows

Hickory Pitchfork

Continental Army Canteen

Make A Windsor Chair (Part 1)

Make A Windsor Chair (Part 2)

Make A Windsor Chair (Part 3)

The Geddy Foundry of Williamsburg

Crazy Wooden Things for Kids to Make

Spiral Turning and Xylophone Tones

Norwegian Wood

Timber Building in the Land of the Midnight Sun

Season 14

Woodworkers of the Red Dragon

The Carpenter's Tool Box

Ancient Woodcraft of Ireland

A Sailor's Sea Chest

Oak High Stool with a Hickory Bark Seat

Standing Embroidery Shop

The Timber-Frame House

Wooden Lock and Key

Shaker Sewing Stand

Panel-Frame Construction

Tools of the Eighteenth Century

The Williamsburg Blacksmiths

Blacksmiths Forge Ahead!

Season 15

Sharpening Tools

Jefferson's Walking-Stick-Chair

Chisels, Gouges and Mallets

Trestle Table

Wooden Schoop Shovel & Spoons

The Wooden Boat School

The Marionette Makers

Folding Workbench (Part 1)

Folding Workbench (Part 2)

Candle Stick Maker

Adirondack Woodcraft

Williamsburg Trunk Maker

Climbing a Colonial Steeple

Season 16

Arts and Crafts Bookcase

The Secret Dovetailed Box

Wood Inlay

The Giant Chisels of Gaul

Roll Top Cabinetry

African Drum

Woodcraft of Alsace, France

Comb-Back Windsor Chair, Part 1

Comb-Back Windsor Chair, Part 2

Sand-Powered Wooden Toys

Cutting the Knuckle-Hinge Joint

Making Wooden Screws

The Pencil People

Season 17

Make Your Shaving Horse

Whittling Chains and Ball in Cage

Windsor High Chair

Chinese Bamboo Chair

Shaker Boxes

Panel-Framed Bench

Hanging Bookcase

Window Sash Restoration

Wooden Tea Machine

Nuts to You

Hancock Shaker Village

Shaker Side Table

Woodworking in Upper Canada

Season 18

Dovetailing a Cedar Box

Chip Carving

Chairs for Children

Bark and Rustic Work

Debate of the Carpenter's Tools

Treadle Lathe

White Oak Basket

Wall Tool Chest

Woodworking Gizmos

Traditional Toys

Old Salem

Swinging Cradle from Saxony

Jamestown Woodworkers, 1607

Season 19

Dovetailing Little Drawers

The Yoke's on Me

Making a Tuckaway Table

Lyle Wheeler-Chair and Spinning Wheel Maker

David Calvo-Master Woodcarver

Building the Clipper Amistad

Two Old Tool Pioneers

Frank Klausz-Master Cabinetmaker

Sharpen Your Saw

Wheeled Toys in Wood

Making the Ladder/Chair

Wayne Barton-Master Chip Carver

Bucketmaking for Beginners

Season 20

Lap Desk

Turned Corner Chair

Banjo Man George Wunderlich

Writer's Bookcase

Timber Corner

Decoy Carvers

Eastfield Village

Marquetry Master Patrick Edwards

In the Blacksmith's Shop

Toys that Make Noise

Carving with the Cabinetmakers

Windsor Chair

20th Anniversary Show

Season 21

The Sawhorse

Welsh Chair Bodger Don Weber

Toolbox from the 1940s

Rounder Plane

Walnut Krumhorn

Timber Frame at the Folklife Festival

Impossible Joints

Fools for Tools

Blacksmith Hinges

Tiny Furniture

Window from Williamsburg

Flintlock Gunsmith

Colonial Tablemaker

Season 22

Dovetail a Triangular Box

Shaker Work Table

Craftsman Wall Cabinet

Scandinavian Milking Stool

Spill Plane & Book Stand

Canadian Cradle

Shutter Dogs from the Blacksmiths

Rustic Furniture Maker Dan Mack

Williamsburg Wheelwright

Limberjacks & Dancing Dolls

Plymouth Plantation Woodworkers

The Colonial Carpenters

Craftsmen of Old Sturbridge Village

Season 23

The Boy Mechanic

Making the New Workbench: Part 1

Making the New Workbench: Part 2

Inlay with Steve Latta

Using Planes

Roundabout Chair

Carving with Calvo

Woodcraft of the Southern Highlands

Woodcraft at Conner Prairie

The Turning Triangle Table

Child's Rocker & Sliding Dovetail Stool

The First American Woodworkers

Paneled Cedar Chest

Season 24

Shaving Horse

Tinsmithing with Anne Pederson

Acadian Chair

White Cooperage with Norm Pederson

The Foot Power Lathe

Wooden Thread Cutter

Woodworking at the North House Folk School

Turned & Hewn Bowls & Spoons

Norwegian Pram & Snow Skis with Mark Hansen

One Piece Woodworking

Turning Chess Pieces

Chess Board & Box

Inlaid Legs with Steve Latta

Season 25

Garden Bench

Wooden Puzzles

Jeff Headley, Cabinetmaker

The Melencolia Plane

Three Chests of Tools

Woodturning Wisdom

Niddy Noddy & Weaver's Swift

Cabinet Workbench

Workbench Doors & Drawers

Nora Hall: Woodcarver

Country Chair Seats

The Museum of Appalachia

Restoring Jefferson's & Madison's Homes

Season 26

A Ship in a Bottle

Barley Twist Table, Pt.1

Barley Twist Table, Pt.2

Rustic Chairs With Skye Gregson

Windsor Highchair With Curtis Buchanan, Pt 1

Windsor Highchair With Curtis Buchanan, Pt 2

The Spirit of Woodcraft

Japanese Planes With John Reed Fox

An English Garden Wheelbarrow, Pt 1

An English Garden Wheelbarrow, Pt 2

Upholstering Your Seat

Old Woodworking Machines

The Dovetail Variations

Season 27

Peter & the Box

Ball & Socket Embroidery Stand Pt.1

Ball & Socket Embroidery Stand Pt.2

Screw Box for Wooden Threads

French Work Bench, Pt.1

French Work Bench, Pt.2

Violin Maker Joe Thrift

Candle Box With Secret Drawer

Parallelogram Plant Stand

German Woodcraft in America

Woodworking With Tillers International

The Sordid Blacksmith

Henry Ford’s Museum Village

Season 28

The Governor's PoBoy

Joiner's Tool Chest Pt.1

Joiner's Tool Chest Pt.2

Thomas Jefferson's Bookstand

Classical Carving

File Philosophy

A Very Boring Program

Lumberjack Fan Carving

Animated Wooden Toys

Hammer Veneer

Holly Wood Spectaculars

A Viking Tool Chest

Woodworking in Berea

Season 29

Dovetailed Grease Pot

Secrets of the Whirlygig

Shaker Rocker Frame

Shaker Rocker Seat

Mary May, Woodcarver

Wood & Water

Steam Power Sawmill

Harvard Side Table

A Crutch in Time

Hancock Pedestal Table

Brian Boggs, Chairmaker

Corner Cupboard, Part 1

Corner Cupboard, Part 2

Season 30

Case of the Corner Cupboard

Making Marvelous Moldings

Mind Over Miter

The Till in the Tool Chest

Continuous Arm Rocking Chair (1)

Continuous Arm Rocking Chair (2)

Who Wrote the Book of Sloyd

The Case for Books

Sawing Secrets

The Tiny Tool Kit

Thomas Day, Cabinetmaker

Oak Field Gate

Field Gate Hinges

Season 31

The Roubo Bookstand

As the Saw Turns

Hurray for Hickory!

Painless Panel Doors

Hand Plane Essentials With Chris Schwarz

English Layout Square With Chris Schwarz

Elizabethan Joint Stool With Peter Follansbee

Carving Swedish Spoons With Peter Follansbee

Inlaid Lettering With Steve Latta

Hammer Veneering With Steve Latta

Iron Work for Timber Work

Offset Turning

Simple Sash

Season 32

Rise of the Machines!

The Eleven Grooved Box

Table Joints Rule!

The Anarchist’s Tool Chest

Two Screws for You!

Screw Cuttin’ Lathe

The Troublesome Triangle Stool

Wretched Ratchet Reading Rack

Raising Panel-Zona

Carving the Camellia

Forging the Hold Fast

The Enfield Cupboard

The Shaker Bend

Season 33

Rachell's Standing Desk PT. 1

Rachell's Standing Desk PT. 2

The Venerable Bead

Carving Away With Mary May

Swinging Saw Vise

Sharpen That Saw!

Combination Planes

Joined Chest With Peter Follansbee

Paneled Chest With Peter Follansbee

Early Iron With Peter Ross

Try Square with Christopher Schwarz

Dutch Tool Chest with Christopher Schwarz

Big Ash Mallet!

Season 34

Taming the Timber Bench

Pinch Rods and Squeezy Blocks

Tapered Tail Tripod Table 1

Tapered Tail Tripod Table 2

Viceless Devices

Daring Diagonal Dovetails

Shop Class Tabouret

Campaign Furniture

Fitting Brass

The Crotch and the Horse

Dovetail Saw

Tempered Steel

Woodwright! - The Musical

Season 35

Rocky Bentwood Cradle I

Rocky Bentwood Cradle II

Stamp Out Cookie Carving!

Double Drawer Shaker Table

Groovers and Shakers

Turning Shaker Knobs

Cross Cut Conundrum

Bowl Carving with Peter Follansbee

Hollows & Rounds

Welsh Stick Chair I

Welsh Stick Chair II

Tool Smithing with Peter Ross

Plain Pine Box

Season 36

Van Gogh's Chair

Sliding Lid Boxes

Carved Oak Desk Box

Waving Arm Whirligigs

Wedged Tusk Tenon

Swedish Shrink Box

Saw Like a Butterfly!

Firewood Carrier

Double Casement Window

Tool Chest Hinges & Latch

Tool Chest From Bristol

Roman Work Bench

Staked Furniture

Season 37

Who Wrote the Book of Sloyd?!

Holly Wood Spectaculars!

The Roubo Bookstand!

Rise of the Machines