Bob Vila constructs a planter box in the project house's Craftsman workshop.

Modern Colonial Project

Workshops and Woodworking (HA1319)

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Bob starts work in the newly constructed Craftsman workshop in this episode, meeting up with Bob Ryley to begin work on a new planter box that will reside in the sunroom underneath the enormous picture window. In Wilmington, Del., Bob tours the historic Dominy Workshop at Winterthur, An American Country Estate founded by Henry Francis du Pont. At the museum curator Greg Landry shows Bob their display of pre-industrial tools. Back in Massachusetts Bob tours The North Bennet Street School in Boston and visits the locksmithing classroom. At the project house, Ryley is working on installing the Baldwin locksets on the front door.

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	Building Planter Boxes Bob Ryley is in the garage workshop in this episode helping Bob build a planter box for the sunroom. Using a compass to draw intersecting circles, Ryley creates a simple ... Watch video and view full description
	The Dominy Workshop at Winterthur Garden Bob takes us on the first of many visits to the Winterthur Garden and Museum in Delaware's Brandywine Valley. Winterthur was the vision of Henry Francis DuPont, who researched and ... Watch video and view full description
	Door Lock Installation Bob Ryley is on to his next project, installing the new lockset from Baldwin Brass on the front door. Ryley's advice for getting started: find a clean open space to ... Watch video and view full description
	Locksmithing at the North Bennet Street School At Boston's North Bennet Street School, Bob visits the locksmithing classroom. The school's program is structured around both classroom work and apprenticeships, with students in class in the morning and ... Watch video and view full description