From the LTV Archives - 1984 - The Dominy Workshop

Tr. 1- WOODRIGHTS SHOP - with Roy Underhill. This PBS show from North Carolina Public TV is a tour of the Dominy carpentry show at Winterthur in PA. Underhill interviews Charles Hummel, the curator of the shop and demonstrates the methods and tools used by the Dominy's of EH. The then-Town Board of EH sold the entire building and all the tools to Winterthur in the 1940s however, the workshops are to be returned to EH c. 2018
LTV has much more about the Dominy House and Family - see our DOMINY HOUSE playlist and the EH HISTORICAL SOCIETY LECTURES for more.
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This 1984 episode of The Woodwright's Shop kicks off its 4th season on PBS, with a visit to the Dominy carpentry show at Winterthur in Pennsylvania. He talks with Charles Hummel by demonstrating the methods and tools. State Farm Insurance began underwriting sponsorship.

[@LTVEastHampton]

you are correct - it WAS 1984 - I have updated the file name - thank you!

[@garym2879]

Wish it was 1984 again.

[@LTVEastHampton]

We get it.

[@codym8897]

Do you have the first episode of The Woodwright's Shop from 1980? Roy Underhill demonstrates a maul and a glut. It has the closing credits with a voiceover saying: "Roy Underhill is the author of The Woodwright's Shop, based on the series, a practical guide to traditional woodcraft". Then, we see the text reading on screen: "The Woodwright's Shop (c) 1980 The University of North Carolina Center for Public Television".

[@LTVEastHampton]

We will look this week! Thank you!

[@LTVEastHampton]

Unfortunately, we only have the 1984 video because it is about Dominy who was a huge influence to our area. Definitely contact NC Center for Public Television - I’m sure they can put you in the right direction. Best of luck!