The Woodwright's Shop Video Tape List

This list was provided by David Hucaby ( hucaby@mri.uky.edu) who says:
"Lemme save folks the trouble! I called them and requested a listing of video tapes that are available, and just received the list in the mail. Some of what I'm posting is a duplicate of Geary's post (Roy's book list and the current 1500 season), but I'm including everything I got for the sake of completeness. When I called, I asked about how far back the video tapes go, since Roy has done many seasons worth of neat stuff. The answer is that they only started keeping tapes two seasons back, so only the 1500, 1400 and 1300 seasons are available. Otherwise, you can get older "classic" episodes on the "Roy's Special Collections" tapes. I have no connection with UNC Public TV - just thought I'd pass these things along. Well, here goes:"

THE WOODWRIGHT'S SHOP

Discover the world of traditional craft with the master woodwright, Roy Underhill

ROY'S SPECIAL COLLECTIONS $24.95 each, plus shipping and handling. Each tape contains three programs!

WILLIAMSBURG CRAFTSMAN (ITEM# 1-WW001) Roy gleans fascinating secrets in Colonial Williamsburg; how to fix a wagon wheel, make bricks and blacksmith the old-fashioned way.
EUROPEAN WOODWORK (ITEM# 1-WW002) Poy explores woodworking traditions dating back to medieval times in these three episodes, shot on locations in England and Germany.
NAILED, TENONED AND DOVETAILED (ITEM# 1-WW003) Poy uses classic woodworking techniques to make a tool chest and two chairs; one for outdoor use, the other an 18th-century Moravian classic from North Carolina's Piedmont.
ROY'S FAVORITES (ITEM# 1-WW004) Roy unearths the humble crafts used in old American homesteads and farms, from barn-building to plowwrighting - then discover the ancient traditions of Japanese woodcraft.
WOODWORKING WITH THOMAS JEFFERSON (ITEM# 1-WW005) Roy investigates the remarkable woodcrafting legacy of Thomas Jefferson, showcased in the ingenious items like a folding library ladder and a scientific instrument once use to predict the weather.
RUSTIC FAVORITES (ITEM#1-WW006) Roy crafts three items that hold an immortal place in the history of American domestic life; a popular bread-dough bowl, a strong but lightweight wooden garden rake, and a bow and arrow.
LOG CABIN BUILDING (ITEM# 1-WW007) From selecting the trees to making the shingles, Roy shows step-by-step how to construct this classic dwelling.
THE CHAIRMAKER (ITEM# 1-WW008) Starting with a white oak tree and an axe, Roy creates a nifty rocking chair with a split-wood woven seat.
BUTTERFLY TABLE (ITEM# 1-WW009) Using traditional tools, including a spring pole lathe and scratch stocks, Roy turns a maple log into a colonial butterfly table.
BOATBUILDING (ITEM#1-WW010) Immerse yourself in the art of nautical woodcraft in these three episodes! Includes Roy's tips on turning out a classic kayak for the kids.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND A SURPRISE (ITEM# 1-WWO11) Roy crafts a recorder, flute and dulcimer, then reveals a masterful whittler's trick that leads to the creation of a lovely 18th-century bookstand!

THE 1300 SERIES $19.95 each, plus shipping and handling ($17.95 for three or more)

ENGLISH WALNUT MUSIC STAND (ITEM# 1-1301) The cabriole legs and adjustable turned column make this 18th century English music stand of walnut a fine project for both the beginning and advanced craftsman.
FAIR AND SQUARE (ITEM# 1-1302) From hewing beams to planning planks, western woodworking begins with squaring. Roy shows how to "hew to the line", using the broad axe, the plane, gauge, and tri-square to make sure your work is more than just half-adzed.
FIREPLACE BELLOWS (ITEM# 1-1303) Roy teams up with leathercrafter Doug Rowe to make a fireplace bellows, a good introduction to bellows-making for the blacksmith and musical instrument maker. See how to work pine, smith, tin, and tool leather in this triathlon of traditional trades.
HICKORY PITCHFORK (ITEM# 1-1304) One piece of wood, steamed and bent into a hay fork in the traditional way, is a beautiful piece of work that dramatizes the potential of wood as a flexible medium.
CONTINENTAL ARMY CANTEEN (ITEM# 1-1305) For centuries, American soldiers carried canteens made of coopered wood joined like tiny barrels. Roy shows how to make this hickory-bound cedar cask with tools dating from the days of patriots.
MAKE A WINDSOR CHAIR, PART 1 (ITEM# 1-1306) This is the chair preferred by the kings of England and American patriots alike. Roy begins this three-part project by teaching the work of the traditional chair bodger, turning the spindles with the spring pole lathe and roughing in the seat.
MAKE A WINDSOR CHAIR, PART 2 (ITEM# 1-1307) The Windsor chair gets up on its feet in part two of this three-part project. You'll see how to adze and smooth the seat plank and bore it for the legs, as well as how to being the bentwood parts for the back.
MAKE A WINDSOR CHAIR, PART 3 (ITEM# 1-1308) Roy shows how to finish the steam-bent hickory back of the Windsor chair, shaping and smoothing the spindles and joining them into the springy, supportive chair back.
THE GEDDY FOUNDRY OF WILLIAMSBURG (ITEM# 1-1309) Roy visits the restored home and brass-and-pewter shop of James Geddy in Colonial Williamsburg, which showcases the hardware, utensils and decorative ware of the era. See how a craftsman's family, slaves and apprentices lived and worked in 18-century America.
CRAZY WOODEN THINGS FOR KIDS TO MAKE (ITEM# 1-1310) Roy serves up some of his favorite wooden gadgets for young hands. A flying ball clock is the centerpiece of this woodworker's treasury of whimsical amusements.
SPIRAL TURNING AND XYLOPHONE TONES (ITEM# 1-1311) Roy shows how to start a spiral turning on the lathe and how to finish carving it into a double-helix candle stick. How does this turn into a simple xylophone? Stay tuned.
NORWEGIAN WOOD (ITEM# 1-1312) Roy beings a two-part exploration of Scandinavia, home of one of the greatest woodworking traditions on the planet. Its varied masterpieces range from Norwegian stave churches to the cared work of the Lapp ethnic minorities. Meet the craftsman and women who are keeping the traditions alive.
TIMBER BUILDING IN THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN (ITEM# 1-1313) Scandinavians were among the first to recognize the value of their folk heritage and preserve it in reconstructed villages. Roy takes us on an enchanted journey through the folk museums of Scandinavia to better understand the log building that inspired the famous American log cabin.

THE 1400 SERIES $19.95 each, plus shipping and handling ($17.95 for three or more)

WOODWORKERS OF THE RED DRAGON ((TEM# 1-1401) Roy journeys to the Welsh Folk Museum, to discover the curious arts of the wooden clog-maker, the spoon carver, the Welsh carpenter, and the coracle maker.
THE CARPENTER'S TOOL BOX (ITEM# 1-1402) With angled sides and balanced hand-hold, this box is for the carpenter's tools, and the craftsman's first project for himself. The basic design and technique for the tool box also applies to the creation of a walnut cutlery tray.
ANCIENT WOODCRAFT OF IRELAND IITEM# 1-1403) Beginning with a visit with a lake-dwelling Celt, Roy traverses the Emerald Isle in search of the surviving traditions of the Irish woodworkers - from harp-makers, to thatchers, to wooden boat-builders.
A SAILOR'S SEA CHEST (ITEM# 1-1404) Dovetailed for strength, shaped to fit against the sloping sides of a ship, this is a chest that can take it and Roy shows you how to make it.
OAK HIGH STOOL WITH A HICKORY BARK SEAT (ITEM# 1-1405) Split from white oak and shaped with drawknife and spokeshave, this early American high chair introduces the art of post & rug chair making.
STANDING EMBROIDERY SHOP (ITEM# 1-1406) Modeled after an eighteenth-century example in Colonial Williamsburg, this turned and bent-wood needlework hoop uses bridle-jointed frame construction to help it adjust to any angle.
THE TIMBER-FRAME HOUSE (ITEM# 1-1407) Working to scale in the shop, Roy shows how to build today's immensely popular timber-framed house, using the tools and mortise & tenon joints of our early American ancestors.
WOODEN LOCK AND KEY (ITEM# 1-1408) Used to secure kitchens and smokehouses, this wooden lock is a fascinating invention -- and a very different challenge for the woodworker.
SHAKER SEWING STAND (JTEM# 1-1409) Beautiful and practical, this Shaker-inspired sewing stand combines a lathe-turned tripod with a dovetailed drawer.
PANEL-FRAME CONSTRUCTION (ITEM# 1-1410) Roy shows how to use planes and chisels to make the classic raised-panel construction. Used in the best furniture and joinery, understanding panel-frame technique is at the heart of the woodworker's art.
TOOLS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY (ITEM# 1-1411) Four years in the making, this new exhibit of early American woodworking tools at Colonial Williamsburg as the finest collection ever assembled. Roy takes viewers behind the scenes to discover the secrets of the tools that built a nation.
THE WILLIAMSBURG BLACKSMITHS (ITEM# 1-1412) The blacksmiths at the Anderson forge in Colonial Williamsburg demonstrate how to make and temper woodworking tools. Blacksmithing for the rest of us!
BLACKSMITHS FORGE AHEAD! (ITEM# 1-1413) Roy joins blacksmiths at Colonial Williamsburg to show how to forge reproduction hinges, hasps and hardware for our colonial furniture.

THE 1500 SERIES $19.95 each, plus shipping and handling ($17.95 for three or more)

Celebrating its fifteenth season on PBS, The Woodwright's Shop takes you closer than ever to the woodworking action. The new "tool-cam" gives viewers never-before insights into the intimate interactions of tools and wood. This is The Woodwright's Shop at its best, hacking its way through world history with hand tools. From the days when we were friends with oak and iron, and the grain in the wood told secrets to us!

SHARPENING TOOLS (ITEM# 1-1501) Roy shows how to grind and hone a perfect razor's edge on your chisels and planes. And the tool-cam gives you a chisel's-eye view of making a whetstone case.
JEFFERSON'S WALKING-STICK-CHAIR (ITEM# 1-1502) How to make a walking-stick that opens up to form a portable chair like the one used by Thomas Jefferson. Two other unusual chairs fill out the bill.
CHISELS, GOUGES AND MALLETS (ITEM# 1-1503) The simplest tools can have the most variations. From the swan-neck to the bowl gouge, Roy shows how a dozen variations of the chisel work in wood.
TRESTLE TABLE (ITEM# 1-1504) How to make the classic trestle table with a top that stays flat. Special joints allow the wood to move with the weather, but the table stays tight!
WOODEN SCHOOP SHOVEL & SPOONS (ITEM# 1-1505) How to shape a wooden scoop shovel out of a single piece of basswood or poplar. These are the only shovels that you should use for gunpowder!
THE WOODEN BOAT SCHOOL (ITEM# 1-1506) Roy travels to a wooden boatbuilding school on the coast of Maine to learn how the ancient traditions are kept alive and well. A good dory story!
THE MARIONETTE MAKERS (ITEM# 1-1507) Learn to make little wooden people with strings attached! Basswood brought magically to life by a couple from the North Carolina mountains. Shades of Pinnochio!
FOLDING WORKBENCH, PART 1 (ITEM# 1-1508) Part one of a nineteenth century design for a workbench that folds away. It's oak and pine and it works just fine.
FOLDING WORKBENCH, PART 2 (ITEM# 1-1509) Part two completes the folding workbench with all the various devices to hold the wood while you work it.
CANDLE STICK MAKER (ITEM# 1-1510) How to make variations on the adjustable-height candle stand. One has a walnut shaft and pegs, the other makes its moves on a wooden screw.
ADIRONDACK WOODCRAFT (ITEM# 1-1511) Journey to the wilds of the Adirondack mountains of New York to learn the woodworking secrets behind regional mountian specialties: world-famous rustic furniture and guideboats.
WILLIAMSBURG TRUNK MAKER (ITEM# 1-1512) How the harness makers at Colonial Williamsburg make the leather trunks on a wooden frame. We'll order a portmanteau to go!
CLIMBING A COLONIAL STEEPLE (ITEM# 1-1513) Explore the bell tower and steeple of a church built in 1750, one of the finest examples of early American carpentry. An unforgettable journey into the past!

Woodwright's Shop Books

The Woodwright's Shop: A Practical Guide to Traditional Woodcraft (Item# 1-1003a) The book that started it all! Contains a guide to trees and tools and includes chapters on gluts and mauls, shaving horses, rakes, chairs, blacksmithing and log houses. Paperback. $14.95

The Woodwright's Companion: Exploring Traditional Woodcraft (ltem#1-1003b) Features chapters on helves and handles, saws, the search for the whetstone quarry, hurdles, whimmy diddles, planes, window sashes and pit sawing. Paperback. $14.95

The Woodwright's Workbook: Further Explorations in Traditional Woodcraft (Item# 1-1003c) Offers instructions for tool chests, workbenches, lathes, wood barns, forges, boats and colonial fortresses. Roy also provides a fascinating and useful "field guide" to American tool marks. Paperback. $15.95

The Woodwright's Eclectic Workshop (ltem#1-1003d) The newest woodwright book features step-by-step instructions for such popular items as the Adirondack chair, tavern table, folding ladder, rocking horse, lathe and kayak. Paperback. $15.95

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