The Woodwright's Shop

Roy rives, shapes and bends the ash wood bows for a rocking cradle based on one spotted in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul.

Roy completes the rocking cradle with pine sides and rockers and makes a lathe-turned carrier bar to join it all together.

Woodcarver Mary May joins Roy to carve springerle cookie molds for every occasion from apple and cherry wood.

Roy cuts the tricky mortise and tenon joints for the legs and frame of this famous Shaker table.

Discover the secrets inside Shaker drawers as Roy explores their dovetailed and grooved construction techniques.

With foot-powered lathe, Roy turns the cherry knobs for Shaker furniture and shows how to finish a joined table top.

A cross-cutting wood saw seems the simplest of tools, but Roy finds sharp lessons caught between the teeth of his bucksaw buddy.

Master craftsman Peter Follansbee joins Roy to hew huge bowls from poplar & sycamore wood.

These most basic molding planes also prove the most versatile as we look at making and using wooden hollows and rounds.

Roy makes this country cousin of the Windsor chair using the same tools and techniques as the original craftsman.

The challenge of the Welsh stick chair continues as Roy shapes spindles and backs for a proper sit-down.

Dividers, calipers and turning tools take shape as master blacksmith Peter Ross shows Roy the art of toolmaking.

Roy looks into the simplest form of furniture, the plain pine box, and discovers the many joys of this grave undertaking.