Episodes 13

1 The Governor's PoBoy

September 27, 2008

North Carolina Governor Mike Easley shows how to make a walnut side table.

2 Joiner's Tool Chest Pt.1

October 4, 2008

Pack up your tools in this little dovetailed chest of pine.

3 Joiner's Tool Chest Pt.2

October 11, 2008

Finish the chest with a mitered and paneled lid and a tongue and groove bottom.

4 Thomas Jefferson's Bookstand

October 18, 2008

The sage of Monticello based his five-sided bookstand on designs he found in Paris.

5 Classical Carving

October 25, 2008

First lessons in fine furniture carving from Mack Headley, master of the Colonial Williams

6 File Philosophy

November 1, 2008

Master blacksmith Peter Ross shows the technique of cold joining and shaping colonial lock

7 A Very Boring Program

November 8, 2008

From bits to braces, augers to angle borers & even boring a square hole,you know the drill

8 Lumberjack Fan Carving

November 15, 2008

A Michigan master of folk carving whittles white cedar fans and birds of a wooden feather.

9 Animated Wooden Toys

November 22, 2008

Imagination (and a few strings) makes these carved critters come to life.

10 Hammer Veneer

November 29, 2008

Master musical instrument makers show classical techniques of hand cutting & wood veneer.

11 Holly Wood Spectaculars

December 6, 2008

Create decorative veneer patterns using oval engines, sharp knives/patient perfectionism.

12 A Viking Tool Chest

December 13, 2008

Welsh chair bodger Don Weber turns his hand to recreating a medieval tool kit.

13 Woodworking in Berea

December 20, 2008

From chair building to instrument making to fine furniture collections.

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