Air date: 1996-10-05

Runtime: min

Learn the steps to recreate a knock down bookcase originally built by the Roycrofters of East Aurora, New York.

Air date: 1996-10-12

Runtime: min

Roy shows how to make a small box using a hidden dovetail joint that looks like a miter joint when complete.

Air date: 1996-10-19

Runtime: min

This episode starts by making a scratch stock tool necessary to create the grooves for the simple Holly inlay that follows.

Air date: 1996-10-26

Runtime: min

Roy visits local blacksmith shops and museums in the Alsace region of France in search of a giant chisel.

Air date: 1996-11-02

Runtime: min

Using a roll-top joinery process, Roy creates a small box with tambour doors.

Air date: 1996-11-09

Runtime: min

Roy shows how to build an “African” drum that originally came from colonial America.

Air date: 1996-11-16

Runtime: min

Roy continues his visit to the Alsace region looking at woodworking and timber-building traditions.

Air date: 1996-11-23

Runtime: min

In this two-part project, Roy shows the steps to create a classic comb-back Windsor chair.

Air date: 1996-11-30

Runtime: min

In this two-part project, Roy shows the steps to create a classic comb-back Windsor chair.

Air date: 1996-12-07

Runtime: min

Roy builds two simple toys: an interlocking-joint puzzle; and a sand-powered whirligig.

Air date: 1996-12-14

Runtime: min

Learn to create the useful knuckle-hinge joint and, just for fun, whittle a wooden pair of pliers.

Air date: 1996-12-21

Runtime: min

Roy shows how to use a tap and screw box to create wooden screws for use in shop and furniture projects.

Air date: 1996-12-28

Runtime: min

Learn the history of writing instruments and the evolution of the pencil, then look at a variety of pencil sharpeners from the past.