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Garden Bench
Episode number: 1
Overview: Build a small garden bench made of Cypress, and with a south-east Asian design.
Wooden Puzzles
Episode number: 2
Overview: Avoid being frustrated by wooden puzzles by making a wooden knot, and three burr puzzles yourself.
Jeff Headley, Cabinetmaker
Episode number: 3
Overview: Jeff Headley and Steve Hamilton visit the shop to show the construction techniques - and secrets - in a Winchester slant-top desk.
The Melencolia Plane
Episode number: 4
Overview: Build the wooden plane pictured in Albrecht Durer's Melancolia
Three Chests of Tools
Episode number: 5
Overview: Join Roy as he inventories woodworking tools he found in three tool chests.
Woodturning Wisdom
Episode number: 6
Overview: Roy discusses the "perfection along the axis" found in woodturning
Niddy Noddy & Weaver's Swift
Episode number: 7
Overview: Build two accessories valuable to the weaver.
Cabinet Workbench
Episode number: 8
Overview: In a two-episode project, Roy builds a workbench with storage underneath from a design from Charles Hayward. In the first episode Roy builds the case, and then in the second finishes with the door and drawers.
Workbench Doors & Drawers
Episode number: 9
Overview: In a two-episode project, Roy builds a workbench with storage underneath from a design from Charles Hayward. In the first episode Roy builds the case, and then in the second finishes with the door and drawers.
Nora Hall: Woodcarver
Episode number: 10
Overview: Nora Hall visits the shop and shows the steps to carve a linenfold design.
Country Chair Seats
Episode number: 11
Overview: David Russell visits and shows the intricacies of corn-shuck chair seats.
The Museum of Appalachia
Episode number: 12
Overview: Roy discovers the history of Appalachian people at the museum in Clinton, TN.
Restoring Jefferson's & Madison's Homes
Episode number: 13
Overview: Roy visits Monticello, Poplar Forest and Montpelier to follow the work of the two men who were responsible for most of the construction and woodworking.