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Inner Woodworking

Episode number: 1

Overview: Observe as Roy looks at the mechanics of wood and how a trees’ growth affects how you work wood once you have it in your shop.

Workbench

Episode number: 2

Overview: Watch as Roy handcrafts a grand, classic workbench using pegged and keyed mortise-and-tenon construction.

Cooper’s Bucket

Episode number: 3

Overview: See how Roy and coopers from Colonial Williamsburg work together to make a cooper’s bucket.

Blanket Chest

Episode number: 4

Overview: Follow along as Roy builds a stunning nailed-together, six-board blanket chest with an interior till.

Simple Gifts

Episode number: 5

Overview: Watch and learn as Roy builds three simple gift projects, including a flapping duck toy, a small pine knock-down bench and a wooden egg beater.”

Whimsy Diddling

Episode number: 6

Overview: Join Roy as he walks you through the process for making a Gee Haw Wimmey Diddle, a quintessential mountain folk toy, along and a willow whistle.

Furniture Carving

Episode number: 7

Overview: Watch as Roy’s guest Colonial Williamsburg’s Wallace Gusler talks about the techniques and tools needed for carved furniture.

Whetstone Quarry

Episode number: 8

Overview: Take a trip with Roy through the geological history of whetstones, then head out on a hunt for rough materials to make your own whetstone for sharpening.

The Gunsmith

Episode number: 9

Overview: Spend time with Roy and Gunsmith Gary Brumfield of Colonial Williamsburg as they discuss the steps to making a handcrafted 18th-century-style rifle.

Wood for the Weaver

Episode number: 10

Overview: Discover details about some of the traditional wooden implements used by weavers, including spinning wheels, clock reels and niddy noddys; and watch as Roy makes a swift and a tape loom.

The Luthier

Episode number: 11

Overview: Join Roy in learning the techniques and processes used to create a violin in the 18th century.

Inner Woodworking

Episode number: 12

Overview: Observe as Roy looks at the mechanics of wood and how a trees’ growth affects how you work wood once you have it in your shop.

The Basket Makers

Episode number: 13

Overview: Watch as Roy Black and Robert Watson show Roy how to make round-bottom and flat-bottom white oak baskets, starting from a log and using only hand tools.