PBS - Woodwright's Shop: Schedule

22nd PBS Season

Discover three centuries of American woodworking in your new season of The Woodwright’s Shop. Woodworkers from America’s premier historical villages join host Roy Underhill to explore traditional woodworking, literally from the cradle to the grave (or at least to the coffin maker!). With projects from a triangular dovetailed box to wooden wagon wheels, the 22nd season of The Woodwright’s Shop covers every angle of the essential American art.

2201 Dovetail a Triangular Box
Learn how to make a beautiful tulip wood jewelry box with a walnut lid and inserted walnut dovetails.

2202 Shaker Work Table
Turn and join an ingenious and historic table with a dovetailed drawer that opens at either end.

2203 Craftsman Wall Cabinet
Mortice and tenon this solid oak, glass-fronted cabinet in the eternally modern Arts & Crafts style.

2204 Scandinavian Milking Stool
This four-legged stool from the land of the Vikings is as handy in the living room as it is in the barn.

2205 Spill Plane & Book Stand
Two wonderful woodworking tricks from centuries past to amaze and amuse the modern world.

2206 Canadian Cradle
Expectant parents (or grands) can craft this cradle from pine and decorate it in the Native American Style.

2207 Shutter Dogs from the Blacksmiths
See how the Williamsburg blacksmiths forge the wrought iron hardware for Colonial era shutters. (Taped in Colonial Williamsburg.)

2208 Rustic Furniture Maker Dan Mack
Join a master of the rustic arts as he forms fantastic furniture from the forest.

2209 Williamsburg Wheelwright
Learn the exacting trade of the men who make wooden wheels for Williamsburg’s wagons. (Taped in Williamsburg, VA.)

2210 Limberjacks & Dancing Dolls
Gail Haley shows how to carve limberjack dolls that dance and prance as you pound the paddle.

2211 Plymouth Plantation Woodworkers
Visit the recreated Pilgrim village to learn the secrets of the earliest American woodworkers.

2212 The Colonial Carpenters
The carpenter’s shop at Colonial Williamsburg show how to make historic houses by hand. (Taped in Williamsburg, VA.)

2213 Craftsmen of Old Sturbridge Village
Explore the new woodworking shop at Old Sturbridge Village where the planes get fancy. (Taped in New England’s Old Sturbridge Village, about an hour west of Boston, MA.)