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Episode Guide Season 1
- Maul and Glut– Watch Roy create two traditional tools. He first fell a tree, then he shapes a maul or glut with period iron woodworking tools.
- Shaving horse – This is how you make a shaving machine, one of the most essential hand-tools for using drawknives or spokeshaves.
- Hay Rake – Roy will show you how to make a hickory straw hay rake, which is both lightweight and strong.
- Lathes Join Roy for a tour through the history and development human-powered machines, including his favorite: the lathe.
- Rocking Chair – Learn how to build a classic armless rocking chair using traditional tools and techniques. Then create a woven white oak seat for the rocker. Plus, watch as Roys guest Bryant Holsenbeck demonstrates how to weave a traditional basket.
- Log Cabin Roy shows you how to build traditional log cabins using hand-hewn joinery.
- Timber Frame Construction Watch Roy discuss the details of timber framing including mortise and tenon techniques and post-and beam construction.
- Dough Bowl & Pitchforks – Watch as Roy makes a pitchfork and a dough bowl, each from a single piece of wood.
- Blacksmithing – Spend some time at the forge with Roy to learn basic blacksmithing techniques and discover how to create a spike dog (a tool used in timber framing).
- Panel Frame & Dovetail – Follow along as Roy discusses frame-and-panel construction for doors, and the basic steps for cutting a dovetailed joint.
- Colonial Williamsburg – Travel with Roy to Colonial Williamsburg to take a look at 18th-century craftsmanship including a visit with a wheelwright, a cooper and a blacksmith, as well as a look inside the Anthony Hay Cabinet Shop.
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