The Woodwright's Shop (1980) — Watch, Cast & Overview

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Country: United States · Type: Reality

Genres: DIY, Home and Garden, Reality

Years: 1980 - 2017

Seasons: 37 · Status: Ended

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For over 35 years, Roy Underhill has shared his love of American woodcraft. Using only the hand tools of early America, Roy proves that woodworking doesn’t have to be noisy, dangerous or expensive. His insights into the principles of the craft reveal the enduring relationship between tools and material — between the human hand and the creations of culture.

Seasons (37)

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

22 Jan 1984 · 13 episodes

1The Dominy Shop22 Jan 1984
2A Spring Pole Lathe22 Jan 1984
3Ball & Claw Feet22 Jan 1984
4The Wainscot Chair22 Jan 1984
5Tool Boxes & Chests22 Jan 1984
6Chip Carving22 Jan 1984
7Good Fences22 Jan 1984
8Kitchen Gifts22 Jan 1984
9Raising the Shop22 Jan 1984
10Building a Boat22 Jan 1984
11Rittenshouse Hygrometer22 Jan 1984
12Corner Cupboard22 Jan 1984
13Highchair22 Jan 1984

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

31 Aug 1988 · 1 episode

11African Legacy31 Aug 1988

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

3 Oct 1992 – 26 Dec 1992 · 13 episodes

1Bentwood Boxes of the Northwest Coast3 Oct 1992
2A Civil War Quilting Frame10 Oct 1992
3African Chair from the Ivory Coast17 Oct 1992
4Hispanic Furniture-Making24 Oct 1992
5Colonial Tape Loom31 Oct 1992
6Dovetailing a Loom Box7 Nov 1992
7A Colonial Standing Desk14 Nov 1992
8Banding Together21 Nov 1992
9The Art of Finishing28 Nov 1992
10Fifteen Tools from a Dead Man's Chest5 Dec 1992
11A Pilgrim Chest of Oak12 Dec 1992
12Woodcarvers of the Sacred19 Dec 1992
13Moravian Chair26 Dec 1992

Season 13

2 Oct 1993 – 25 Dec 1993 · 13 episodes

1English Walnut Music Stand2 Oct 1993
2Fair and Square9 Oct 1993
3Fireplace Bellows16 Oct 1993
4Hickory Pitchfork23 Oct 1993
5Continental Army Canteen30 Oct 1993
6Make a Windsor Chair, Pt. 16 Nov 1993
7Make a Windsor Chair, Pt. 213 Nov 1993
8Make a Windsor Chair, Pt. 320 Nov 1993
9The Geddy Foundry of Williamsburg27 Nov 1993
10Crazy Wooden Things for Kids to Make4 Dec 1993
11Spiral Turning and Xylophone Tones11 Dec 1993
12Norwegian Wood18 Dec 1993
13Timber Building in the Land of the Midnight Sun25 Dec 1993

Season 14

1 Oct 1994 – 24 Dec 1994 · 13 episodes

1Woodworkers of the Red Dragon1 Oct 1994
2The Carpenter's Tool Box8 Oct 1994
3Ancient Woodcraft of Ireland15 Oct 1994
4A Sailor's Sea Chest22 Oct 1994
5Oak High Stool with a Hickory Bark Seat29 Oct 1994
6Standing Embroidery Shop5 Nov 1994
7The Timber-Frame House12 Nov 1994
8Wooden Lock and Key19 Nov 1994
9Shaker Sewing Stand26 Nov 1994
10Panel-Frame Construction3 Dec 1994
11Tools of the Eighteenth Century10 Dec 1994
12The Williamsburg Blacksmiths17 Dec 1994
13Blacksmiths Forge Ahead!24 Dec 1994

Season 15

7 Oct 1995 – 30 Dec 1995 · 13 episodes

1Sharpening Tools7 Oct 1995
2Jefferson's Walking-Stick-Chair14 Oct 1995
3Chisels, Gouges and Mallets21 Oct 1995
4Trestle Table28 Oct 1995
5Wooden Schoop Shovel & Spoons4 Nov 1995
6The Wooden Boat School11 Nov 1995
7The Marionette Makers18 Nov 1995
8Folding Workbench, Pt. 125 Nov 1995
9Folding Workbench, Pt. 22 Dec 1995
10Candle Stick Maker9 Dec 1995
11Adirondack Woodcraft16 Dec 1995
12Williamsburg Trunk Maker23 Dec 1995
13Climbing a Colonial Steeple30 Dec 1995

Season 16

5 Oct 1996 – 28 Dec 1996 · 13 episodes

1Arts and Crafts Bookcase5 Oct 1996
2The Secret Dovetailed Box12 Oct 1996
3Wood Inlay19 Oct 1996
4The Giant Chisels of Gaul26 Oct 1996
5Roll Top Cabinetry2 Nov 1996
6African Drum9 Nov 1996
7Woodcraft of Alsace, France16 Nov 1996
8Comb-Back Windsor Chair, Pt. 123 Nov 1996
9Comb-Back Windsor Chair, Pt. 230 Nov 1996
10Sand-Powered Wooden Toys7 Dec 1996
11Cutting the Knuckle-Hinge Joint14 Dec 1996
12Making Wooden Screws21 Dec 1996
13The Pencil People28 Dec 1996

Season 17

4 Oct 1997 – 27 Dec 1997 · 13 episodes

1Make Your Shaving Horse4 Oct 1997
2Whittling Chains and Ball in Cage11 Oct 1997
3Windsor High Chair18 Oct 1997
4Chinese Bamboo Chair25 Oct 1997
5Shaker Boxes1 Nov 1997
6Panel-Framed Bench8 Nov 1997
7Hanging Bookcase15 Nov 1997
8Window Sash Restoration22 Nov 1997
9Wooden Tea Machine29 Nov 1997
10Nuts to You6 Dec 1997
11Hancock Shaker Village13 Dec 1997
12Shaker Side Table20 Dec 1997
13Woodworking in Upper Canada27 Dec 1997

Season 18

3 Oct 1998 – 26 Dec 1998 · 13 episodes

1Dovetailing a Cedar Box3 Oct 1998
2Chip Carving10 Oct 1998
3Chairs for Children17 Oct 1998
4Bark and Rustic Work24 Oct 1998
5Debate of the Carpenter's Tools31 Oct 1998
6Treadle Lathe7 Nov 1998
7White Oak Basket14 Nov 1998
8Wall Tool Chest21 Nov 1998
9Woodworking Gizmos28 Nov 1998
10Traditional Toys5 Dec 1998
11Old Salem12 Dec 1998
12Swinging Cradle from Saxony19 Dec 1998
13Jamestown Woodworkers, 160726 Dec 1998

Season 19

2 Oct 1999 – 25 Dec 1999 · 13 episodes

1Dovetailing Little Drawers2 Oct 1999
2The Yoke's on Me9 Oct 1999
3Making a Tuckaway Table16 Oct 1999
4Lyle Wheeler-Chair and Spinning Wheel Maker23 Oct 1999
5David Calvo-Master Woodcarver30 Oct 1999
6Building the Clipper Amistad6 Nov 1999
7Two Old Tool Pioneers13 Nov 1999
8Frank Klausz-Master Cabinetmaker20 Nov 1999
9Sharpen Your Saw27 Nov 1999
10Wheeled Toys in Wood4 Dec 1999
11Making the Ladder/Chair11 Dec 1999
12Wayne Barton-Master Chip Carver18 Dec 1999
13Bucketmaking for Beginners25 Dec 1999

Season 20

30 Sep 2000 – 23 Dec 2000 · 13 episodes

1Lap Desk30 Sep 2000
2Turned Corner Chair7 Oct 2000
3Banjo Man George Wunderlich14 Oct 2000
4Writer's Bookcase21 Oct 2000
5Timber Corner28 Oct 2000
6Decoy Carvers4 Nov 2000
7Eastfield Village11 Nov 2000
8Marquetry Master Patrick Edwards18 Nov 2000
9In the Blacksmith's Shop25 Nov 2000
10Toys That Make Noise2 Dec 2000
11Carving with the Cabinetmakers9 Dec 2000
12Windsor Chair16 Dec 2000
1320th Anniversary Show23 Dec 2000

Season 21

29 Sep 2001 – 22 Dec 2001 · 13 episodes

1The Sawhorse29 Sep 2001
2Welsh Chair Bodger Don Weber6 Oct 2001
3Toolbox from the 1940s13 Oct 2001
4Rounder Plane20 Oct 2001
5Walnut Krumhorn27 Oct 2001
6Timber Frame at the Folklife Festival3 Nov 2001
7Impossible Joints10 Nov 2001
8Fools for Tools17 Nov 2001
9Blacksmith Hinges24 Nov 2001
10Tiny Furniture1 Dec 2001
11Window from Williamsburg8 Dec 2001
12Flintlock Gunsmith15 Dec 2001
13Colonial Tablemaker22 Dec 2001

Season 22

28 Sep 2002 – 21 Dec 2002 · 13 episodes

1Dovetail a Triangular Box28 Sep 2002
2Shaker Work Table5 Oct 2002
3Craftsman Wall Cabinet12 Oct 2002
4Scandinavian Milking Stool19 Oct 2002
5Spill Plane & Book Stand26 Oct 2002
6Canadian Cradle2 Nov 2002
7Shutter Dogs from the Blacksmiths9 Nov 2002
8Rustic Furniture Maker Dan Mack16 Nov 2002
9Williamsburg Wheelwright23 Nov 2002
10Limberjacks & Dancing Dolls30 Nov 2002
11Plymouth Plantation Woodworkers7 Dec 2002
12The Colonial Carpenters14 Dec 2002
13Craftsmen of Old Sturbridge Village21 Dec 2002

Season 23

27 Sep 2003 – 20 Dec 2003 · 13 episodes

1The Boy Mechanic27 Sep 2003
2Making the New Workbench, Pt. 14 Oct 2003
3Making the New Workbench, Pt. 211 Oct 2003
4Inlay with Steve Latta18 Oct 2003
5Using Planes25 Oct 2003
6Roundabout Chair1 Nov 2003
7Carving with Calvo8 Nov 2003
8Woodcraft of the Southern Highlands15 Nov 2003
9Woodcraft at Conner Prairie22 Nov 2003
10The Turning Triangle Table29 Nov 2003
11Child's Rocker & Sliding Dovetail Stool6 Dec 2003
12The First American Woodworkers13 Dec 2003
13Paneled Cedar Chest20 Dec 2003

Season 24

25 Sep 2004 – 18 Dec 2004 · 13 episodes

1Shaving Horse25 Sep 2004
2Tinsmithing with Anne Pederson2 Oct 2004
3Acadian Chair9 Oct 2004
4White Cooperage with Norm Pederson16 Oct 2004
5The Foot Power Lathe23 Oct 2004
6Wooden Thread Cutter30 Oct 2004
7Woodworking at the North House Folk School6 Nov 2004
8Turned & Hewn Bowls & Spoons13 Nov 2004
9Norwegian Pram & Snow Skis with Mark Hansen20 Nov 2004
10One Piece Woodworking27 Nov 2004
11Turning Chess Pieces4 Dec 2004
12Chess Board & Box11 Dec 2004
13Inlaid Legs with Steve Latta18 Dec 2004

Season 25

1 Oct 2005 – 24 Dec 2005 · 13 episodes

1Garden Bench1 Oct 2005
2Wooden Puzzles8 Oct 2005
3Jeff Headley, Cabinetmaker15 Oct 2005
4The Melencolia Plane22 Oct 2005
5Three Chests of Tools29 Oct 2005
6Woodturning Wisdom5 Nov 2005
7Niddy Noddy & Weaver's Swift12 Nov 2005
8Cabinet Workbench19 Nov 2005
9Workbench Doors & Drawers26 Nov 2005
10Nora Hall: Woodcarver3 Dec 2005
11Country Chair Seats10 Dec 2005
12The Museum of Appalachia17 Dec 2005
13Restoring Jefferson's & Madison's Homes24 Dec 2005

Season 26

4 Aug 2006 – 27 Oct 2006 · 13 episodes

1A Ship in a Bottle4 Aug 2006
2Barley Twist Table, Pt. 111 Aug 2006
3Barley Twist Table, Pt. 218 Aug 2006
4Rustic Chairs with Skye Gregson25 Aug 2006
5Windsor Highchair with Curtis Buchanan, Pt. 11 Sep 2006
6Windsor Highchair with Curtis Buchanan, Pt. 28 Sep 2006
7The Spirit of Woodcraft15 Sep 2006
8Japanese Planes with John Reed Fox22 Sep 2006
9An English Garden Wheelbarrow, Pt. 129 Sep 2006
10An English Garden Wheelbarrow, Pt. 26 Oct 2006
11Upholstering Your Seat13 Oct 2006
12Old Woodworking Machines20 Oct 2006
13The Dovetail Variations27 Oct 2006

Season 27

31 Aug 2007 – 22 Dec 2007 · 13 episodes

1Peter & the Box31 Aug 2007
2Ball & Socket Embroidery Stand, Pt. 16 Oct 2007
3Ball & Socket Embroidery Stand, Pt. 213 Oct 2007
4Screw Box for Wooden Threads20 Oct 2007
5French Work Bench, Pt. 127 Oct 2007
6French Work Bench, Pt. 23 Nov 2007
7Violin Maker Joe Thrift10 Nov 2007
8Candle Box with Secret Drawer17 Nov 2007
9Parallelogram Plant Stand24 Nov 2007
10German Woodcraft in America1 Dec 2007
11Woodworking with Tillers International8 Dec 2007
12The Sordid Blacksmith15 Dec 2007
13Henry Ford's Museum Village22 Dec 2007

Season 28

27 Sep 2008 – 20 Dec 2008 · 13 episodes

1The Governor's PoBoy27 Sep 2008
2Joiner's Tool Chest, Pt. 14 Oct 2008
3Joiner's Tool Chest, Pt. 211 Oct 2008
4Thomas Jefferson's Bookstand18 Oct 2008
5Classical Carving25 Oct 2008
6File Philosophy1 Nov 2008
7A Very Boring Program8 Nov 2008
8Lumberjack Fan Carving15 Nov 2008
9Animated Wooden Toys22 Nov 2008
10Hammer Veneer29 Nov 2008
11Holly Wood Spectaculars6 Dec 2008
12A Viking Tool Chest13 Dec 2008
13Woodworking in Berea20 Dec 2008

Season 29

26 Sep 2009 – 19 Dec 2009 · 13 episodes

1Dovetailed Grease Pot26 Sep 2009
2Secrets of the Whirlygig3 Oct 2009
3Shaker Rocker Frame10 Oct 2009
4Shaker Rocker Seat17 Oct 2009
5Mary May, Woodcarver24 Oct 2009
6Wood & Water31 Oct 2009
7Steam Power Sawmill7 Nov 2009
8Harvard Side Table14 Nov 2009
9A Crutch in Time21 Nov 2009
10Hancock Pedestal Table28 Nov 2009
11Brian Boggs, Chairmaker5 Dec 2009
12Corner Cupboard, Pt. 112 Dec 2009
13Corner Cupboard, Pt. 219 Dec 2009

Season 30

25 Sep 2010 – 18 Dec 2010 · 13 episodes

1Case of the Corner Cupboard25 Sep 2010
2Making Marvelous Moldings2 Oct 2010
3Mind Over Miter9 Oct 2010
4The Till in the Tool Chest16 Oct 2010
5Continuous Arm Rocking Chair, Pt. 123 Oct 2010
6Continuous Arm Rocking Chair, Pt. 230 Oct 2010
7Who Wrote the Book of Sloyd6 Nov 2010
8The Case for Books13 Nov 2010
9Sawing Secrets20 Nov 2010
10The Tiny Tool Kit27 Nov 2010
11Thomas Day, Cabinetmaker4 Dec 2010
12Oak Field Gate11 Dec 2010
13Field Gate Hinges18 Dec 2010

Season 31

5 Nov 2011 – 17 Dec 2011 · 3 episodes

7Elizabethan Joint Stool with Peter Follansbee5 Nov 2011
12Offset Turning10 Dec 2011
13Simple Sash17 Dec 2011

Season 32

6 Oct 2012 – 15 Dec 2012 · 13 episodes

1Rise of the Machines!6 Oct 2012
2The Eleven Grooved Box13 Oct 2012
3Table Joints Rule!6 Oct 2012
4The Anarchist's Tool Chest27 Oct 2012
5Two Screws for You!3 Nov 2012
6Screw Cuttin' Lathe10 Nov 2012
7The Troublesome Triangle Stool3 Nov 2012
8Wretched Ratchet Reading Rack10 Nov 2012
9Raising Panel-Zona1 Dec 2012
10Carving the Camellia24 Nov 2012
11Forging the Hold Fast1 Dec 2012
12The Enfield Cupboard8 Dec 2012
13The Shaker Bend15 Dec 2012

Season 33

21 Sep 2013 – 14 Dec 2013 · 13 episodes

1Rachell's Standing Desk, Pt. 121 Sep 2013
2Rachell's Standing Desk, Pt. 228 Sep 2013
3The Venerable Bead5 Oct 2013
4Carving Away with Mary May12 Oct 2013
5Swinging Saw Vise19 Oct 2013
6Sharpen That Saw!26 Oct 2013
7Combination Planes2 Nov 2013
8Joined Chest with Peter Follansbee9 Nov 2013
9Paneled Chest with Peter Follansbee16 Nov 2013
10Early Iron with Peter Ross23 Nov 2013
11Try Square with Christopher Schwarz30 Nov 2013
12Dutch Tool Chest with Christopher Schwarz7 Dec 2013
13Big Ash Mallet!14 Dec 2013

Season 34

19 Sep 2014 – 20 Dec 2014 · 13 episodes

1Taming the Timber Bench19 Sep 2014
2Pinch Rods and Squeezy Blocks27 Sep 2014
3Tapered Tail Tripod Table, Pt. 12 Oct 2014
4Tapered Tail Tripod Table, Pt. 211 Oct 2014
5Viceless Devices18 Oct 2014
6Daring Diagonal Dovetails25 Oct 2014
7Shop Class Tabouret1 Nov 2014
8Campaign Furniture8 Nov 2014
9Fitting Brass15 Nov 2014
10The Crotch and the Horse22 Nov 2014
11Dovetail Saw6 Dec 2014
12Tempered Steel13 Dec 2014
13Woodwright! - The Musical20 Dec 2014

Season 35

18 Sep 2015 – 12 Dec 2015 · 13 episodes

1Rocky Bentwood Baby Cradle, Pt. 118 Sep 2015
2Rocky Bentwood Baby Cradle, Pt. 225 Sep 2015
3Stamp Out Cookie Carving!2 Oct 2015
4Double Drawer Shaker Table9 Oct 2015
5Groovers & Shakers16 Oct 2015
6Turning Shaker Knobs23 Oct 2015
7Cross Cut Conundrum30 Oct 2015
8Bowl Carving with Peter Follansbee7 Nov 2015
9Hollows & Rounds14 Nov 2015
10Welsh Stick Chair, Pt. 121 Nov 2015
11Welsh Stick Chair, Pt. 228 Nov 2015
12Tool Smithing with Peter Ross5 Dec 2015
13Plain Pine Box12 Dec 2015

Season 36

16 Sep 2016 – 24 Dec 2016 · 13 episodes

1Van Gogh's Chair16 Sep 2016
2Sliding Lid Boxes23 Sep 2016
3Carved Oak Desk Box30 Sep 2016
4Waving Arm Whirligigs7 Oct 2016
5Wedged Tusk Tenon14 Oct 2016
6Swedish Shrink Box21 Oct 2016
7Saw Like a Butterfly!28 Oct 2016
8Firewood Carrier19 Nov 2016
9Double Casement Window26 Nov 2016
10Roman Work Bench3 Dec 2016
11Staked Furniture10 Dec 2016
12Tool Chest Hinges & Latch17 Dec 2016
13Tool Chest from Bristol24 Dec 2016

Season 37

24 Aug 2017 – 17 Nov 2017 · 13 episodes

1Who Wrote the Book of Sloyd?!24 Aug 2017
2Holly Wood Spectaculars!25 Aug 2017
3The Roubo Bookstand25 Aug 2017
4Rise of the Machines7 Oct 2017
5Hand Plane Essentials with Chris Schwarz19 Sep 2017
6Big Ash Mallet!19 Sep 2017
7Carving Away with Mary May19 Sep 2017
8Dovetailed Grease Pot4 Nov 2017
9Lumberjack Fan Carving11 Nov 2017
10Forging the Hold Fast18 Nov 2017
11Brian Boggs, Chairmaker17 Nov 2017
12Combination Planes17 Nov 2017
13The Venerable Bead17 Nov 2017

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