Season 36
Episodes
1. Van Gogh's Chair
2016-09-17
The Season 36 premiere shows how to make a chair similar to the one portrayed in Vincent Van Gogh's masterpiece.
2. Sliding Lid Boxes
2016-09-24
Roy shows how to create easy-to-make wooden gift boxes with mitered corners and lids that slide in grooves.
3. Carved Oak Desk Box
2016-10-01
Master of Pilgrim-century furniture Peter Follansbee joins Roy to make a slope-lidded, carved box from carved white and red oak.
4. Waving Arm Whirligigs
2016-10-08
Figures from history including Benjamin Franklin and Muhammad Ali inspire Roy’s new line of waving arm wooden whirlygigs.
5. Wedged Tusk Tenon
2016-10-15
Roy and workbench builder Will Myers test out the strength of the classic wedged mortise and tenon joint for take-apart furniture.
6. Swedish Shrink Box
2016-10-22
Woodworker Peter Follansbee shows Roy Underhill how to make Swedish shrink boxes from hollowed wood with inserted bottoms.
7. Saw Like a Butterfly!
2016-10-29
The great poet-athlete Muhammad Ali inspires the best lessons in woodworking – Saw Like a Butterfly, Plane Like a Bee!
8. Firewood Carrier
2016-11-05
Chair-maker Elia Bizzarri shows Roy how to make a split oak firewood carrier inspired by the classic wooden harvest rake.
9. Double Casement Window
2016-11-12
Roy Underhill makes a double, swinging casement window using wooden planes and premium pine.
10. Tool Chest Hinges & Latch
2016-11-19
Master blacksmith Peter Ross shows how to forge hinges and latches for a replica tool chest.
11. Tool Chest From Bristol
2016-11-26
Roy shows how to dovetail a stout, sloped top tool chest that came from Bristol, England in 1900.
12. Roman Work Bench
2016-12-03
Christopher Schwarz joins Roy to unlock the secrets of the ancient Roman woodworker’s bench.
13. Staked Furniture
2016-12-10
How a plank with inserted legs can become a chair, table or bench.