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Arts and Crafts Bookcase
Episode number: 1
Overview: Learn the steps to recreate a knock down bookcase originally built by the Roycrofters of East Aurora, New York.
The Secret Dovetailed Box
Episode number: 2
Overview: Roy shows how to make a small box using a hidden dovetail joint that looks like a miter joint when complete.
Wood Inlay
Episode number: 3
Overview: This episode starts by making a scratch stock tool necessary to create the grooves for the simple Holly inlay that follows.
The Giant Chisels of Gaul
Episode number: 4
Overview: Roy visits local blacksmith shops and museums in the Alsace region of France in search of a giant chisel.
Roll Top Cabinetry
Episode number: 5
Overview: Using a roll-top joinery process, Roy creates a small box with tambour doors.
African Drum
Episode number: 6
Overview: Roy shows how to build an “African” drum that originally came from colonial America.
Woodcraft of Alsace, France
Episode number: 7
Overview: Roy continues his visit to the Alsace region looking at woodworking and timber-building traditions.
Comb-Back Windsor Chair, Part 1
Episode number: 8
Overview: In this two-part project, Roy shows the steps to create a classic comb-back Windsor chair.
Comb-Back Windsor Chair, Part 2
Episode number: 9
Overview: In this two-part project, Roy shows the steps to create a classic comb-back Windsor chair.
Sand-Powered Wooden Toys
Episode number: 10
Overview: Roy builds two simple toys: an interlocking-joint puzzle; and a sand-powered whirligig.
Cutting the Knuckle-Hinge Joint
Episode number: 11
Overview: Learn to create the useful knuckle-hinge joint and, just for fun, whittle a wooden pair of pliers.
Making Wooden Screws
Episode number: 12
Overview: Roy shows how to use a tap and screw box to create wooden screws for use in shop and furniture projects.
The Pencil People
Episode number: 13
Overview: Learn the history of writing instruments and the evolution of the pencil, then look at a variety of pencil sharpeners from the past.