January 1, 1970
(Part 1) — Roy starts a classic post-and-rung rocking chair using traditional greenwood techniques.
January 1, 1970
(Part 2) — Work on the rocker continues; shaping the tenons, boring the mortises and creating the splats.
January 1, 1970
(Part 3) — Work on the rocker is completed with the creation of the rockers and adding a hickory bark seat.
January 1, 1970
Roy creates a traditional dough bowl from tulip poplar.
January 1, 1970
Eleanor Underhill joins Dad in the shop to turn a painted candle stand.
January 1, 1970
Roy welcomes a bowyer and a fletcher to the shop to make a woodland Indian’s bow and river cane arrows.
January 1, 1970
This may not be the four-poster bed you’re thinking of, as Roy builds a rustic version from rough, red cedar logs
January 1, 1970
Roy visits Colonial Williamsburg to watch the creation of a set of hardware for window shutters.
January 1, 1970
Continuing the Williamsburg theme, Roy visits the woodworker’s shop to watch frame-and-panel shutters made
January 1, 1970
Daughter Rachel joins Roy in the shop to make a marble track toy and Kick-Me machine.
January 1, 1970
Roy visits Monticello to look at some of the architectural creations and innovations of the former President..
January 1, 1970
Roy recreates stacking “book box” shelves built to Thomas Jefferson’s specifications, and still on display at Monticello.
January 1, 1970
Toshio Odate visits the shop to discuss and demonstrate Japanese woodworking tools, techniques and joinery.