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The Woodwright's Shop (1980)

Season 6 • Episode 4 • Folding Lathe

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The Woodwright's Shop Season 6, Episode 4: Folding Lathe

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Roy shows how to build an 18th Century French lathe designed to fold up and store in the corner. Watch The Woodwright's Shop Season 6, Episode 4 Folding Lathe in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of The Woodwright's Shop Season 6, Episode 4 and share your thoughts in the comments below!

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Episodes

13 episodes
1

Turning of the Screw

Traditional woodworking required making much of your own tools and machinery, and the wooden screw is a major component in those. Roy looks at the making of wooden screws for use in the shop.

29 min
2

That Old Spoon Carver

Roy visits with expert spoon carver Roger Sandstrom to talk technique, wood selection and more about carving spoons and treenware.

29 min
3

Don't Crush That Bookstand, Hand Me the Pliers

Roy tackles creating a classic Wooden Pliers whittled from a single piece of wood, and then expands the concept to a folding bookstand using similar joinery.

29 min
4

Folding Lathe

Roy shows how to build an 18th Century French lathe designed to fold up and store in the corner.

29 min
5

Jacobian Stool

We learn how to create the traditional joinery for a Jacobean stool.

29 min
6

Turning and Carving

Roy finishes the Jacobean stool by adding the turning and carving to the frame.

29 min
7

Things They'd Never Make for Themselves

We spend some quality time with Roy making small projects from scrap wood, including wooden ties, a pop gun, ado-nothing machine and a flying top.

29 min
8

Anderson's Forge

Roy travels to the John Anderson Forge at Colonial Williamsburg to look at how nails, hinges and tools were made in Colonial America.

29 min
9

Botetourt Chair

Roy takes a look at 18th Century woodworking details found in furniture from the Colonial Williamsburg cabinet shop.

29 min
10

Shaker Lap Desk

Build one of the classic 18th Century projects with Roy; a Shaker lap desk.

29 min
11

Rachel's Wagon

Roy walks through the steps required to build a wooden wagon for his daughters – but manages to have some fun himself.

29 min
12

Toolmaker's Art

Roy visits with Peter Ross at the Anderson Forge to look at 18th Century tool making, in particular, a gentlemen’s hatchet.

29 min
13

House Framing Doggie Style

Only the best for Roy’s pooch, Grit: a brick and Tudor framed doghouse is this episode’s project.

29 min