Lawrence Brown Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 Anyone see the latest (at least around here) episode of The Woodwright's Shop? It was called Saw Secrets. Christopher Schwarz was showing different ways of using handsaws. Besides being quite informative, it was also pretty funny. They were hamming it up pretty good. My favorite line was "Hold it like a baby bird. Don't crush it's skull". At one point they were showing "grain" using the end of a straw broom. When they got to demonstrating setting teeth for a cross cut using two knives, each holding one and going back and forth across the broom getting faster and faster, I thought someone was going to lose a finger. And for the extra observant, you can catch Roy not once, but twice, referring to Chris as Christopher Schwartz. I'm guessing he's pretty used to it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwatson Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 the latest one aired about what tools you would start off with as an apprentice. it was the second with schwarz. i like this season pretty good content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathryn Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 And for the extra observant, you can catch Roy not once, but twice, referring to Chris as Christopher Schwartz. I'm guessing he's pretty used to it though. That is how the name Schwarz is pronounced. German speakers always pronounce "z" as "tz." Of course they also pronounce w as v, so phonetically speaking in order to be precisely correct, he should pronounce it SCHVARTZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlloydparks Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 It was fun to learn from Roy that the entire season is released at once to your local PBS station and they are the ones that determine the order. Both of the Schwarz episodes have already aired here. I had the opportunity to preview them with Roy and Chris in August. I thought they turned out well, however, they did do some evil stuff to a broom. Has anyone seen the one entitled "A Case for Books" where Roy makes a modular bookcase using sliding dovetails? I had it on the DVR, but it accidentally got deleted over the holiday with trying to record a number of football games. I was going to try and pull some details off of the episode, but now it is gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie83 Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 It was fun to learn from Roy that the entire season is released at once to your local PBS station and they are the ones that determine the order. Both of the Schwarz episodes have already aired here. I had the opportunity to preview them with Roy and Chris in August. I thought they turned out well, however, they did do some evil stuff to a broom. Has anyone seen the one entitled "A Case for Books" where Roy makes a modular bookcase using sliding dovetails? I had it on the DVR, but it accidentally got deleted over the holiday with trying to record a number of football games. I was going to try and pull some details off of the episode, but now it is gone. My DVR copy of the bookcase episode was deleted as well. Maybe this is some sort of conspiracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmykx250 Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 I have the book case episode on my dvr- good episode, so were the two with SCHVARTZ?!?!?!? I wish I could figure out how to transfer some of my dvr stuff to an external hard drive- I have 20% left on a 100 hour dvr!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nateswoodworks Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 I missed the first half but did see the broom part to the end, hope the other PBS channel playsit soon. Nate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Pants Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 It was fun to learn from Roy that the entire season is released at once to your local PBS station and they are the ones that determine the order. Not mine . My local PBS affiliate doesn't carry it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwatson Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 that bookcase episode was great too. loved the sliding dovetail he did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence Brown Posted December 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 That is how the name Schwarz is pronounced. German speakers always pronounce "z" as "tz." Of course they also pronounce w as v, so phonetically speaking in order to be precisely correct, he should pronounce it SCHVARTZ. Aha! I can definitely see the German argument. I just thought I'd remembered Mr Whisperer making a big deal about the "zzzzzzzz" pronunciation in one of his episodes, but then again, I may have wood splinters between my ears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhell Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 That is how the name Schwarz is pronounced. German speakers always pronounce "z" as "tz." Of course they also pronounce w as v, so phonetically speaking in order to be precisely correct, he should pronounce it SCHVARTZ. Yogurt says "May da schvartz be wid you!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamV Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Not mine . My local PBS affiliate doesn't carry it. They almost have the links set up on his website for the new season, right now they aren't active links. Guess they need more money from "viewers like us". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamV Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Are you kidding, of course I have. The bookcase episode was very well done with a lot of technique using a simple set of basic tools which is great for those of us without some of the more specialty ones. I loved Chris' comment to Roy about using the saw plate's reflection to square up the saw. Is it Patina or rust? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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