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ASK THIS OLD HOUSE

Teaching Jimmy Fallon to Build Stuff


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The guys from Ask This Old House appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — and they let him play with the tools! Watch Jimmy learn how to build a cabinet and split a few rocks.  (Lloyd Bishop/NBC)
THIS OLD HOUSE

Catch Jimmy Fallon on Ask This Old House


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Late night superstar Jimmy Fallon will be a special guest on Ask This Old House. He'll help the guys with a “What Is It?” segment, shot right in the middle of Times Square.

DIY

Design Squad Nation


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Design Squad Nation takes a kid’s passion, combines it with engineering, and shows how to create an array of engineering feats. Watch online and then see what you can build!
Home Improvement

Late Night Asks This Old House


The crew from Ask This Old House tried to give Late Night host Jimmy Fallon a few home improvement tips — and hilarity ensued. 
 

Rough Cut: Woodworking WIth Tommy Mac

Drop-Leaf Table


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The drop-leaf table featured on this episode of Rough Cut has a lot of bang for the buck. Not only is the Shaker-type style beautiful to look at, but the finger joints are fun to learn how to make.


Rough Cut: Woodworking With Tommy Mac

Make A Serving Cart


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On this Rough Cut episode, Tommy Mac makes a practical serving cart, essential for any kitchen, out of scrap tiger maple.

Rough Cut: Woodworking With Tommy Mac

Pie Crust Tray


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On this installment of Rough Cut, host Tommy Mac builds a traditional pie crust tray. For inspiration, he heads out on a "Rough Cut Road Trip" to the new Art of the Americas wing at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

Rough Cut: Woodworking With Tommy Mac

Arts And Crafts-Style Chair


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This time on Rough Cut, host Tommy Mac takes on an Arts and Crafts-style chair. Viewers will learn how to make the legs, arms and back, mostly through standard mortise and tenon joinery. "The Road Trip" brings Tommy out to Alta Loma, California, where he visits the home of one of the biggest names in chair making: the late, great Samuel Maloof.
Ask This Old House

Fall 2011 Season Premiere


Ask This Old House® returns for its 10th anniversary season, featuring tips, practical advice, and real experts solving everyday home improvement problems. As part of the new season, Ask This Old House will feature more projects on the road, visiting Atlanta, GA, Philadelphia, PA, San Francisco, CA, Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX, Washington, D.C., and making stops around the Boston area to help homeowners with projects around the house.

Premieres on Oct. 8, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. on WGBH 2
Rough Cut: Woodworking With Tommy Mac

Season Two Premiere


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For the show’s second season, host Tommy MacDonald shares a variety of projects, both traditional and contemporary. From a Greene and Greene inspired Dressing Mirror and a Laminated Coat Rack, to a Sand-Shaded Clock and Potting Station, the projects will feature a mix of woodworking techniques using both power tools, and Tommy Mac's favorite, hand tools.

Premieres Saturday, Oct. 8 at 4:30 p.m. on WGBH 2

Ask This Old House

Tenth Season And Tour Dates


NEW SEASON & TOUR DATES
ASK YOUR QUESTION
Ask This Old House® is back for its tenth anniversary season featuring tips, practical advice, and real experts solving everyday home improvement problems.
This Old House

This Old House Bedford Project


BEDFORD HOUSE GALLERY
In the small New England town of Bedford, Mass., stands a picturesque Colonial post-and-beam house that dates back to the early 1700s. See how This Old House's team of experts will renovate the 18th-century house for the owners to live in and enjoy for years to come.
Rough Cut: Woodworking with Tommy Mac

Period Finish On Trestle Table


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On this program we're going to be talking about surface preparation and finishes—working with the trestle table that we made a few weeks ago.

Watch Saturday, May 7, at 4:30pm on WGBH 2/HD.
Rough Cut: Woodworking with Tommy Mac

Shaker-Inspired Night Stand


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Learn how to make a Shaker-like nightstand. Tommy provides detailed project instructions for drawer construction, highlighting techniques for mortise and tenon joinery, and leg tapering.

Saturday, April 30, at 4:30pm on WGBH 2/HD
This Old House

Pick My House: Rhode Island


SUBMISSIONS DETAILS
For the first-time ever, This Old House is looking for a historic home to renovate in Rhode Island.

The deadline for submissions is May 15, 2011. 
Ask This Old House

Road Trip! Part 1


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Catch the first episode of a two-part road trip through America’s heartland that will take viewers to Wichita, Kansas and Memphis, Tennessee.

Tonight at 8:30 pm on WGBH 44.
Rough Cut—Woodworking With Tommy Macdonald

Trellis


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In the final episode of season one, Tommy guides viewers through the process of building a trellis, perfect for any outdoor space. Whether growing roses, creeping vines or clematis, this is an easy-to-make project that will highlight the side of any home.

Airs Saturday, February 12 at 4:30pm on WGBH 2/HD.
Rough Cut—Woodworking with Tommy Mac

Chippendale Stool


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See how to build a beautiful Chippendale stool and learn a great method for carving ball and claw feet. Host Tommy MacDonald will show viewers how to cut a cabriolet -- which is a beautiful S-curve shape that is classic for this piece.

Airs Saturday, Janaury 22 at 4:30pm on WGBH 2/HD.
Rough Cut—Woodworking with Tommy Mac

Building A Blanket Chest


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The blanket chest has been around since the Pilgrims came to Massachusetts in the 1600s.  In this episode, Tommy builds one that demonstrates basic frame construction, and mortise and tenon joinery.  And, he shares his techniques for carving, a special feature of the box that is dramatic, yet simple.

Airs Saturday, Janaury 15, 2011 at 4:30 pm on WGBH 2/HD.
Rough Cut—Woodworking with Tommy Mac

Keepsake Box


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The Keepsake Box is a perfect project for anyone who wants to learn simple, small box construction. The box would make a great jewelry box or even a humidor.


Do-It-Yourself

Rough Cut


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TOMMY MAC ON THE EMILY ROONEY SHOW
WGBH is proud to introduce Rough Cut—Woodworking with Tommy Mac. This fresh and modern woodworking series invites viewers into the workshop of Boston native and fine furniture maker Tommy MacDonald.

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