Woodworkers of the Red Dragon

E1

Roy visits a recreated Celtic village in Wales, looking at Welsh woodworking including building construction, clog making and traditional carved Welsh love spoons.

The Carpenter's Tool Box

E2

Learn to build Roy’s iconic carpenter’s tool tote.

Ancient Woodcraft of Ireland

E3

Roy looks at Irish woodworking, including houses, harps, caravans and traditional ship-building techniques.

A Sailor's Sea Chest

E4

Learn to build a sailor’s sea chest with beveled through dovetails.

Oak High Stool with a Hickory Bark Seat

E5

Roy builds a stool starting with splitting and riving the green wood and ending with a woven-bark seat.

Standing Embroidery Shop

E6

Learn the steps to build a standing embroidery hoop large enough to handle embroidery on a quilt.

The Timber-Frame House

E7

Roy builds a scaled model of a Welsh cruck-frame barn, teaching the woodworking principals of timber framing.

Wooden Lock and Key

E8

Create a clever wood lock-and-key door set in the shop with Roy.

Shaker Sewing Stand

E9

Roy builds a traditional single-drawer Shaker sewing stand.

Panel-Frame Construction

E10

Learn the benefits and uses of frame-and-panel construction and the joinery steps to create a frame-and-panel door.

Tools of the Eighteenth Century

E11

Roy visits Colonial Williamsburg to view their exhibit of 1,500 eighteenth-century woodworking tools.

The Williamsburg Blacksmiths

E12

Watch a traditional woodworking tool –a drawknife –forged using historically accurate techniques.

Blacksmiths Forge Ahead!

E13

Learn the steps used to smith a Suffolk door latch used during colonial times.