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Make a Chair

1 - Make a Chair

(Part 1) — Roy starts a classic post-and-rung rocking chair using traditional greenwood techniques.

Rollin' on the Rocker

2 - Rollin' on the Rocker

(Part 2) — Work on the rocker continues; shaping the tenons, boring the mortises and creating the splats.

Splittin' and Sittin'

3 - Splittin' and Sittin'

(Part 3) — Work on the rocker is completed with the creation of the rockers and adding a hickory bark seat.

Hewing a Dough Bowl

4 - Hewing a Dough Bowl

Roy creates a traditional dough bowl from tulip poplar.

Wood-Turning Tricks

5 - Wood-Turning Tricks

Eleanor Underhill joins Dad in the shop to turn a painted candle stand.

Archer's Bow

6 - Archer's Bow

Roy welcomes a bowyer and a fletcher to the shop to make a woodland Indian’s bow and river cane arrows.

Four-Poster Bed

7 - Four-Poster Bed

This may not be the four-poster bed you’re thinking of, as Roy builds a rustic version from rough, red cedar logs

Blacksmith of Williamsburg

8 - Blacksmith of Williamsburg

Roy visits Colonial Williamsburg to watch the creation of a set of hardware for window shutters.

Williamsburg Woodcraft

9 - Williamsburg Woodcraft

Continuing the Williamsburg theme, Roy visits the woodworker’s shop to watch frame-and-panel shutters made

Woodworker's Grab Bag

10 - Woodworker's Grab Bag

Daughter Rachel joins Roy in the shop to make a marble track toy and Kick-Me machine.

Thomas Jefferson, Woodworker

11 - Thomas Jefferson, Woodworker

Roy visits Monticello to look at some of the architectural creations and innovations of the former President..

Dovetailed Bookcases

12 - Dovetailed Bookcases

Roy recreates stacking “book box” shelves built to Thomas Jefferson’s specifications, and still on display at Monticello.

Japanese Woodcrafter

13 - Japanese Woodcrafter

Toshio Odate visits the shop to discuss and demonstrate Japanese woodworking tools, techniques and joinery.