Bob meets with Ryley to discuss the site-built, built-in cabinets of �� Birch plywood. The cabinets were all precut in the shop before being transported to the location. Back at the shop, Ryley shows Bob many of the cuts and jigs used in the crafting of the cabinets. Then shows Bob some of the techniques used to make the panel doors using a router, table saw and radial arm saw with a dado blade. They create mortise and tenon joints to hold the frames of the panels.

Bob is joined by Pret Woodburn from Plimouth Plantation who shows how mortise-and-tenon joinery was cut back in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Keep these thing in mind when you're making your own workbench. Use large dimension lumber; hardwood is preferred for benches. For stength, use mortise and tenon joints, stretches to link the legs, and carriage or machine bolts instead of nails. A good workbench is rigid. It won't wobble or shift while you are working on its surface.

House nine of the Elmwood project. The finishing touches are done on the front porch with a Sherwin Williams latex paint on the exterior and new yellow pine shutters.

Bob checks out the plaster cornice in the project home. Water damage has ruined a large section of the cornice, and much of the remaining plaster is in need of repair. Bob discusses the various elements and construction process for this style of cornice.

Bob meets with Richard Marks, general contractor at the Charleston, SC, remodel of a Federal-style home. Richard explains the reconstruction (as opposed to restoration) that he is accomplishing, along with the relocation of an arched window and jamb, and the replication of some moldings.

Bob goes furniture shopping at Sears with the homeowners and a designer in New Hampshire.

Bob Works on the installation of a Velux roof window installed in a metal shingle standing seam roof with Wayne Quarles.

Bob meets with the restoration contractor, Richard Marks, and looks at shutters. They also visit the Withers Industries plant where the shutters are made.

Bob tours the "Old East Mill" at the Heritage Plantation in Sandwich, MA. Moved from it's original location in Orleans, MA, and restored, the post-and-beam windmill is an excellent example of historic machinery. In it's day, the mill produced rye, corn salt, and barley. Now it serves as an educational tool for school children and visitors to the plantation.