Make Your Shaving Horse

E1

Roy shows you how to make a shaving horse from a single 2x10.

Whittling Chains and Ball in Cage

E2

Learn to whittle the mysterious, impossible-seeming wooden chain and ball-in-cage.

Windsor High Chair

E3

Roy make a child’s Windsor highchair showing classic Windsor techniques.

Chinese Bamboo Chair

E4

Make a chair out of grass ... Chinese bamboo, that is.

Shaker Boxes

E5

Make a No. 3 bentwood Shaker box – a deceptively simple design.

Panel-Framed Bench

E6

Roy’s panel-framed bench has a storage space built beneath the seat.

Hanging Bookcase

E7

Using thin wood and only tapered, sliding dovetails, Roy makes a sturdy hanging bookshelf.

Window Sash Restoration

E8

Roy takes a rotted window sash and repairs it with weather resistant resinous wood.

Wooden Tea Machine

E9

Make a cam-operated tea bag dunking machine that’ll save your arms from the repetitive motion of steeping tea.

Nuts to You

E10

How do you get to the center of a walnut? Build a turned, decorated nut cracker, as well as a simpler version from one piece of wood.

Hancock Shaker Village

E11

Roy takes a look at interior Shaker craftsmanship at the Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Mass.

Shaker Side Table

E12

Shaker furniture was made as if to be used for 1,000 years – see how that philosophy is worked into a small table.

Woodworking in Upper Canada

E13

During the time of Colonial America, many Loyalists headed north for Canada. Roy explores the life and economy they built there between harsh winters.