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The Woodwright's Shop (1980)

Season 11 • Episode 12 • Dovetailed Bookcases

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The Woodwright's Shop Season 11, Episode 12: Dovetailed Bookcases

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Roy recreates stacking “book box” shelves built to Thomas Jefferson’s specifications, and still on display at Monticello. Watch The Woodwright's Shop Season 11, Episode 12 Dovetailed Bookcases in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of The Woodwright's Shop Season 11, Episode 12 and share your thoughts in the comments below!

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Episodes

13 episodes
1

Make a Chair

(Part 1) — Roy starts a classic post-and-rung rocking chair using traditional greenwood techniques.
2

Rollin' on the Rocker

(Part 2) — Work on the rocker continues; shaping the tenons, boring the mortises and creating the splats.
3

Splittin' and Sittin'

(Part 3) — Work on the rocker is completed with the creation of the rockers and adding a hickory bark seat.
4

Hewing a Dough Bowl

Roy creates a traditional dough bowl from tulip poplar.
5

Wood-Turning Tricks

Eleanor Underhill joins Dad in the shop to turn a painted candle stand.
6

Archer's Bow

Roy welcomes a bowyer and a fletcher to the shop to make a woodland Indian’s bow and river cane arrows.
7

Four-Poster Bed

This may not be the four-poster bed you’re thinking of, as Roy builds a rustic version from rough, red cedar logs
8

Blacksmith of Williamsburg

Roy visits Colonial Williamsburg to watch the creation of a set of hardware for window shutters.
9

Williamsburg Woodcraft

Continuing the Williamsburg theme, Roy visits the woodworker’s shop to watch frame-and-panel shutters made
10

Woodworker's Grab Bag

Daughter Rachel joins Roy in the shop to make a marble track toy and Kick-Me machine.
11

Thomas Jefferson, Woodworker

Roy visits Monticello to look at some of the architectural creations and innovations of the former President..
12

Dovetailed Bookcases

Roy recreates stacking “book box” shelves built to Thomas Jefferson’s specifications, and still on display at Monticello.
13

Japanese Woodcrafter

Toshio Odate visits the shop to discuss and demonstrate Japanese woodworking tools, techniques and joinery.