The Woodwright's Shop

For more than 37 years, Roy Underhill has shared his love of American woodcraft.

Episodes

  • Combination Planes

    Roy Underhill pits iron monster combination planes against their wooden ancestors.
  • Sharpen That Saw!

    Roy Underhill shows how you can make your hand saws sing when you sharpen them right.
  • Swinging Saw Vise

    A mysterious old saw-sharpening vise reveals its secrets.
  • Carving Away with Mary May

    Classical carver Mary May gives Roy Underhill his first lessons on woodcarving.
  • The Venerable Bead

    Roy shows how to cut bead moldings with hand planes for corners that look sharp.
  • Rachell’s Standing Desk PT. 2

    Roy Underhill shows how to cut the coolest woodworking joint of all!
  • Rachell’s Standing Desk PT. 1

    Give your butt joints a break with this pine standing desk from Pennsylvania.
  • The Shaker Bend

    What made these American communal craftsmen tick?

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About The Woodwright's Shop

For more than 37 years, Roy Underhill has shared his love of American woodcraft. Using only the hand tools of early America, Roy proves that woodworking doesn't have to be noisy, dangerous or expensive. His insights into the principles of the craft reveal the enduring relationship between tools and material, between human hands and creations of culture.