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Bentwood Boxes of the Northwest Coast

1 - Bentwood Boxes of the Northwest Coast

Roy visits Gregg Blomberg and explores woodworking traditions of the Pacific Northwest.

A Civil War Quilting Frame

2 - A Civil War Quilting Frame

Roy is joined by his wife, Jane, to build a traditional quilting frame.

African Chair From the Ivory Coast

3 - African Chair From the Ivory Coast

Roy and his friend Robert Watson make a “man’s chair” using tools from the Ivory Coast of Africa.

Hispanic Furniture-Making

4 - Hispanic Furniture-Making

Roy learns about northern New Mexico woodworking on the Santa Fe Trail.

Colonial Tape Loom

5 - Colonial Tape Loom

Roy begins making a tiny tape loom, used for making decorative fabric.

Dovetailing a Loom Box

6 - Dovetailing a Loom Box

Roy finishes the tape loom by making a beautiful box for it with dovetails and turned columns.

A Colonial Standing Desk

7 - A Colonial Standing Desk

Roy makes a standing desk using mortise-and-tenon and tongue-and-groove joints.

Banding Together

8 - Banding Together

Instrument maker Marcus Hanson makes inlay banding with Roy at the Anthony Hay Cabinet Shop.

The Art of Finishing

9 - The Art of Finishing

Roy returns to the Anthony Hay Cabinet Shop to learn finishing.

Fifteen Tools From a Dead Man's Chest

10 - Fifteen Tools From a Dead Man's Chest

Roy restores the tools found in an antique chest.

A Pilgrim Chest of Oak

11 - A Pilgrim Chest of Oak

Roy makes a Spanish pilgrim’s chest from New Mexico.

Woodcarvers of the Sacred

12 - Woodcarvers of the Sacred

Returning to New Mexico once again, Roy explores religious carving and woodworking in the mountains north of Santa Fe.

Moravian Chair

13 - Moravian Chair

Roy makes a Moravian chair that’s reinforced with dovetailed battens, which make this small piece extraordinarily strong.