The Woodwright's Shop

The Woodwright's Shop (1981)


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  • First Air Date: 1981-01-01
  • Last Air Date: 2017-12-09
  • Total Seasons: 37
  • Total Episodes: 480
  • Status: Returning Series
  • Episode Runtime: 27 min.
  • Production Company: UNC-TV
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Network: PBS
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Summary

The Woodwright's Shop is a traditional woodworking show hosted by Roy Underhill on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States. It is one of the longest running "how to" shows on PBS. Since its debut in 1979, the show has aired over 400 episodes. The first two seasons were broadcast only on public TV in North Carolina; the season numbering was restarted when the show went national in 1981. It is still filmed at the UNC-TV studios in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

  • Keywords: woodworking, how to
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    The Woodwright's Shop Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1981-01-01
    13 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 1982-01-01
    12 Episodes

    Season 3

    First Air Date: 1983-01-01
    13 Episodes

    Season 4

    First Air Date: 1984-01-22
    13 Episodes

    Season 5

    First Air Date:
    13 Episodes

    Season 6

    First Air Date:
    13 Episodes

    Season 7

    First Air Date:
    13 Episodes

    Season 8

    First Air Date:
    13 Episodes

    Season 9

    First Air Date:
    13 Episodes

    Season 10

    First Air Date:
    13 Episodes

    Season 11

    First Air Date:
    13 Episodes

    Season 12

    First Air Date: 1992-10-03
    13 Episodes

    Season 13

    First Air Date: 1993-10-02
    13 Episodes

    Season 14

    First Air Date: 1994-10-01
    13 Episodes

    Season 15

    First Air Date: 1995-10-07
    13 Episodes

    Season 16

    First Air Date: 1996-10-05
    13 Episodes

    Season 17

    First Air Date: 1997-10-04
    13 Episodes

    Season 18

    First Air Date: 1998-10-03
    13 Episodes

    Season 19

    First Air Date: 1999-10-02
    13 Episodes

    Season 20

    First Air Date:
    13 Episodes

    Season 21

    First Air Date: 2001-09-29
    13 Episodes

    Season 22

    First Air Date: 2002-09-28
    13 Episodes

    Season 23

    First Air Date: 2003-09-27
    13 Episodes

    Season 24

    First Air Date: 2004-09-25
    13 Episodes

    Season 25

    First Air Date: 2005-10-01
    13 Episodes

    Season 26

    First Air Date: 2006-08-05
    13 Episodes

    Season 27

    First Air Date: 2007-09-29
    13 Episodes

    Season 28

    First Air Date: 2008-09-27
    13 Episodes

    Season 29

    First Air Date: 2009-09-26
    13 Episodes

    Season 30

    First Air Date: 2010-09-25
    13 Episodes

    Season 31

    First Air Date:
    13 Episodes

    Season 32

    First Air Date: 2012-10-06
    13 Episodes

    Season 33

    First Air Date: 2013-09-21
    13 Episodes

    Season 34

    First Air Date: 2014-09-19
    13 Episodes

    Season 35

    First Air Date: 2015-09-19
    13 Episodes

    Season 36

    First Air Date: 2016-09-17
    13 Episodes

    Season 37

    First Air Date: 2017-09-16
    13 Episodes

    The Woodwright's Shop Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 4Episode 1The Dominy Shop30 min
    Season 4Episode 2A Spring Pole Lathe30 min
    Season 4Episode 3Ball & Claw Feet30 min
    Season 4Episode 4The Wainscot Chair30 min
    Season 4Episode 5Tool Boxes & Chests30 min
    Season 4Episode 6Chip Carving30 min
    Season 4Episode 7Good Fences30 min
    Season 4Episode 8Kitchen Gifts30 min
    Season 4Episode 9Raising the Shop30 min
    Season 4Episode 10Building a Boat30 min
    Season 4Episode 11Rittenshouse Hygrometer30 min
    Season 4Episode 12Corner Cupboard30 min
    Season 4Episode 13Highchair30 min
    Season 8Episode 11African Legacy30 min
    Season 12Episode 1Bentwood Boxes of the Northwest Coast30 min
    Season 12Episode 2A Civil War Quilting Frame30 min
    Season 12Episode 3African Chair from the Ivory Coast30 min
    Season 12Episode 4Hispanic Furniture-Making30 min
    Season 12Episode 5Colonial Tape Loom30 min
    Season 12Episode 6Dovetailing a Loom Box30 min
    Season 12Episode 7A Colonial Standing Desk30 min
    Season 12Episode 8Banding Together30 min
    Season 12Episode 9The Art of Finishing30 min
    Season 12Episode 10Fifteen Tools from a Dead Man's Chest30 min
    Season 12Episode 11A Pilgrim Chest of Oak30 min
    Season 12Episode 12Woodcarvers of the Sacred30 min
    Season 12Episode 13Moravian Chair30 min
    Season 13Episode 1English Walnut Music Stand30 min
    Season 13Episode 2Fair and Square30 min
    Season 13Episode 3Fireplace Bellows30 min
    Season 13Episode 4Hickory Pitchfork30 min
    Season 13Episode 5Continental Army Canteen30 min
    Season 13Episode 6Make a Windsor Chair, Pt. 130 min
    Season 13Episode 7Make a Windsor Chair, Pt. 230 min
    Season 13Episode 8Make a Windsor Chair, Pt. 330 min
    Season 13Episode 9The Geddy Foundry of Williamsburg30 min
    Season 13Episode 10Crazy Wooden Things for Kids to Make30 min
    Season 13Episode 11Spiral Turning and Xylophone Tones30 min
    Season 13Episode 12Norwegian Wood30 min
    Season 13Episode 13Timber Building in the Land of the Midnight Sun30 min
    Season 14Episode 1Woodworkers of the Red Dragon30 min
    Season 14Episode 2The Carpenter's Tool Box30 min
    Season 14Episode 3Ancient Woodcraft of Ireland30 min
    Season 14Episode 4A Sailor's Sea Chest30 min
    Season 14Episode 5Oak High Stool with a Hickory Bark Seat30 min
    Season 14Episode 6Standing Embroidery Shop30 min
    Season 14Episode 7The Timber-Frame House30 min
    Season 14Episode 8Wooden Lock and Key30 min
    Season 14Episode 9Shaker Sewing Stand30 min
    Season 14Episode 10Panel-Frame Construction30 min
    Season 14Episode 11Tools of the Eighteenth Century30 min
    Season 14Episode 12The Williamsburg Blacksmiths30 min
    Season 14Episode 13Blacksmiths Forge Ahead!30 min
    Season 15Episode 1Sharpening Tools30 min
    Season 15Episode 2Jefferson's Walking-Stick-Chair30 min
    Season 15Episode 3Chisels, Gouges and Mallets30 min
    Season 15Episode 4Trestle Table30 min
    Season 15Episode 5Wooden Schoop Shovel & Spoons30 min
    Season 15Episode 6The Wooden Boat School30 min
    Season 15Episode 7The Marionette Makers30 min
    Season 15Episode 8Folding Workbench, Pt. 130 min
    Season 15Episode 9Folding Workbench, Pt. 230 min
    Season 15Episode 10Candle Stick Maker30 min
    Season 15Episode 11Adirondack Woodcraft30 min
    Season 15Episode 12Williamsburg Trunk Maker30 min
    Season 15Episode 13Climbing a Colonial Steeple30 min
    Season 16Episode 1Arts and Crafts Bookcase30 min
    Season 16Episode 2The Secret Dovetailed Box30 min
    Season 16Episode 3Wood Inlay30 min
    Season 16Episode 4The Giant Chisels of Gaul30 min
    Season 16Episode 5Roll Top Cabinetry30 min
    Season 16Episode 6African Drum30 min
    Season 16Episode 7Woodcraft of Alsace, France30 min
    Season 16Episode 8Comb-Back Windsor Chair, Pt. 130 min
    Season 16Episode 9Comb-Back Windsor Chair, Pt. 230 min
    Season 16Episode 10Sand-Powered Wooden Toys30 min
    Season 16Episode 11Cutting the Knuckle-Hinge Joint30 min
    Season 16Episode 12Making Wooden Screws30 min
    Season 16Episode 13The Pencil People30 min
    Season 17Episode 1Make Your Shaving Horse30 min
    Season 17Episode 2Whittling Chains and Ball in Cage30 min
    Season 17Episode 3Windsor High Chair30 min
    Season 17Episode 4Chinese Bamboo Chair30 min
    Season 17Episode 5Shaker Boxes30 min
    Season 17Episode 6Panel-Framed Bench30 min
    Season 17Episode 7Hanging Bookcase30 min
    Season 17Episode 8Window Sash Restoration30 min
    Season 17Episode 9Wooden Tea Machine30 min
    Season 17Episode 10Nuts to You30 min
    Season 17Episode 11Hancock Shaker Village30 min
    Season 17Episode 12Shaker Side Table30 min
    Season 17Episode 13Woodworking in Upper Canada30 min
    Season 18Episode 1Dovetailing a Cedar Box30 min
    Season 18Episode 2Chip Carving30 min
    Season 18Episode 3Chairs for Children30 min
    Season 18Episode 4Bark and Rustic Work30 min
    Season 18Episode 5Debate of the Carpenter's Tools30 min
    Season 18Episode 6Treadle Lathe30 min
    Season 18Episode 7White Oak Basket30 min
    Season 18Episode 8Wall Tool Chest30 min
    Season 18Episode 9Woodworking Gizmos30 min
    Season 18Episode 10Traditional Toys30 min
    Season 18Episode 11Old Salem30 min
    Season 18Episode 12Swinging Cradle from Saxony30 min
    Season 18Episode 13Jamestown Woodworkers, 160730 min
    Season 19Episode 1Dovetailing Little Drawers30 min
    Season 19Episode 2The Yoke's on Me30 min
    Season 19Episode 3Making a Tuckaway Table30 min
    Season 19Episode 4Lyle Wheeler-Chair and Spinning Wheel Maker30 min
    Season 19Episode 5David Calvo-Master Woodcarver30 min
    Season 19Episode 6Building the Clipper Amistad30 min
    Season 19Episode 7Two Old Tool Pioneers30 min
    Season 19Episode 8Frank Klausz-Master Cabinetmaker30 min
    Season 19Episode 9Sharpen Your Saw30 min
    Season 19Episode 10Wheeled Toys in Wood30 min
    Season 19Episode 11Making the Ladder/Chair30 min
    Season 19Episode 12Wayne Barton-Master Chip Carver30 min
    Season 19Episode 13Bucketmaking for Beginners30 min
    Season 20Episode 1Lap Desk30 min
    Season 20Episode 2Turned Corner Chair30 min
    Season 20Episode 3Banjo Man George Wunderlich30 min
    Season 20Episode 4Writer's Bookcase30 min
    Season 20Episode 5Timber Corner30 min
    Season 20Episode 6Decoy Carvers30 min
    Season 20Episode 7Eastfield Village30 min
    Season 20Episode 8Marquetry Master Patrick Edwards30 min
    Season 20Episode 9In the Blacksmith's Shop30 min
    Season 20Episode 10Toys That Make Noise30 min
    Season 20Episode 11Carving with the Cabinetmakers30 min
    Season 20Episode 12Windsor Chair30 min
    Season 20Episode 1320th Anniversary Show30 min
    Season 21Episode 1The Sawhorse30 min
    Season 21Episode 2Welsh Chair Bodger Don Weber30 min
    Season 21Episode 3Toolbox from the 1940s30 min
    Season 21Episode 4Rounder Plane30 min
    Season 21Episode 5Walnut Krumhorn30 min
    Season 21Episode 6Timber Frame at the Folklife Festival30 min
    Season 21Episode 7Impossible Joints30 min
    Season 21Episode 8Fools for Tools30 min
    Season 21Episode 9Blacksmith Hinges30 min
    Season 21Episode 10Tiny Furniture30 min
    Season 21Episode 11Window from Williamsburg30 min
    Season 21Episode 12Flintlock Gunsmith30 min
    Season 21Episode 13Colonial Tablemaker30 min
    Season 22Episode 1Dovetail a Triangular Box30 min
    Season 22Episode 2Shaker Work Table30 min
    Season 22Episode 3Craftsman Wall Cabinet30 min
    Season 22Episode 4Scandinavian Milking Stool30 min
    Season 22Episode 5Spill Plane & Book Stand30 min
    Season 22Episode 6Canadian Cradle30 min
    Season 22Episode 7Shutter Dogs from the Blacksmiths30 min
    Season 22Episode 8Rustic Furniture Maker Dan Mack30 min
    Season 22Episode 9Williamsburg Wheelwright30 min
    Season 22Episode 10Limberjacks & Dancing Dolls30 min
    Season 22Episode 11Plymouth Plantation Woodworkers30 min
    Season 22Episode 12The Colonial Carpenters30 min
    Season 22Episode 13Craftsmen of Old Sturbridge Village30 min
    Season 23Episode 1The Boy Mechanic30 min
    Season 23Episode 2Making the New Workbench, Pt. 130 min
    Season 23Episode 3Making the New Workbench, Pt. 230 min
    Season 23Episode 4Inlay with Steve Latta30 min
    Season 23Episode 5Using Planes30 min
    Season 23Episode 6Roundabout Chair30 min
    Season 23Episode 7Carving with Calvo30 min
    Season 23Episode 8Woodcraft of the Southern Highlands30 min
    Season 23Episode 9Woodcraft at Conner Prairie30 min
    Season 23Episode 10The Turning Triangle Table30 min
    Season 23Episode 11Child's Rocker & Sliding Dovetail Stool30 min
    Season 23Episode 12The First American Woodworkers30 min
    Season 23Episode 13Paneled Cedar Chest30 min
    Season 24Episode 1Shaving Horse30 min
    Season 24Episode 2Tinsmithing with Anne Pederson30 min
    Season 24Episode 3Acadian Chair30 min
    Season 24Episode 4White Cooperage with Norm Pederson30 min
    Season 24Episode 5The Foot Power Lathe30 min
    Season 24Episode 6Wooden Thread Cutter30 min
    Season 24Episode 7Woodworking at the North House Folk School30 min
    Season 24Episode 8Turned & Hewn Bowls & Spoons30 min
    Season 24Episode 9Norwegian Pram & Snow Skis with Mark Hansen30 min
    Season 24Episode 10One Piece Woodworking30 min
    Season 24Episode 11Turning Chess Pieces30 min
    Season 24Episode 12Chess Board & Box30 min
    Season 24Episode 13Inlaid Legs with Steve Latta30 min
    Season 25Episode 1Garden Bench30 min
    Season 25Episode 2Wooden Puzzles30 min
    Season 25Episode 3Jeff Headley, Cabinetmaker30 min
    Season 25Episode 4The Melencolia Plane30 min
    Season 25Episode 5Three Chests of Tools30 min
    Season 25Episode 6Woodturning Wisdom30 min
    Season 25Episode 7Niddy Noddy & Weaver's Swift30 min
    Season 25Episode 8Cabinet Workbench30 min
    Season 25Episode 9Workbench Doors & Drawers30 min
    Season 25Episode 10Nora Hall: Woodcarver30 min
    Season 25Episode 11Country Chair Seats30 min
    Season 25Episode 12The Museum of Appalachia30 min
    Season 25Episode 13Restoring Jefferson's & Madison's Homes30 min
    Season 26Episode 1A Ship in a Bottle30 min
    Season 26Episode 2Barley Twist Table, Pt. 130 min
    Season 26Episode 3Barley Twist Table, Pt. 230 min
    Season 26Episode 4Rustic Chairs with Skye Gregson30 min
    Season 26Episode 5Windsor Highchair with Curtis Buchanan, Pt. 130 min
    Season 26Episode 6Windsor Highchair with Curtis Buchanan, Pt. 230 min
    Season 26Episode 7The Spirit of Woodcraft30 min
    Season 26Episode 8Japanese Planes with John Reed Fox30 min
    Season 26Episode 9An English Garden Wheelbarrow, Pt. 130 min
    Season 26Episode 10An English Garden Wheelbarrow, Pt. 230 min
    Season 26Episode 11Upholstering Your Seat30 min
    Season 26Episode 12Old Woodworking Machines30 min
    Season 26Episode 13The Dovetail Variations30 min
    Season 27Episode 1Peter & the Box30 min
    Season 27Episode 2Ball & Socket Embroidery Stand, Pt. 130 min
    Season 27Episode 3Ball & Socket Embroidery Stand, Pt. 230 min
    Season 27Episode 4Screw Box for Wooden Threads30 min
    Season 27Episode 5French Work Bench, Pt. 130 min
    Season 27Episode 6French Work Bench, Pt. 230 min
    Season 27Episode 7Violin Maker Joe Thrift30 min
    Season 27Episode 8Candle Box with Secret Drawer30 min
    Season 27Episode 9Parallelogram Plant Stand30 min
    Season 27Episode 10German Woodcraft in America30 min
    Season 27Episode 11Woodworking with Tillers International30 min
    Season 27Episode 12The Sordid Blacksmith30 min
    Season 27Episode 13Henry Ford's Museum Village30 min
    Season 28Episode 1The Governor's PoBoy30 min
    Season 28Episode 2Joiner's Tool Chest, Pt. 130 min
    Season 28Episode 3Joiner's Tool Chest, Pt. 230 min
    Season 28Episode 4Thomas Jefferson's Bookstand30 min
    Season 28Episode 5Classical Carving30 min
    Season 28Episode 6File Philosophy30 min
    Season 28Episode 7A Very Boring Program30 min
    Season 28Episode 8Lumberjack Fan Carving30 min
    Season 28Episode 9Animated Wooden Toys30 min
    Season 28Episode 10Hammer Veneer30 min
    Season 28Episode 11Holly Wood Spectaculars30 min
    Season 28Episode 12A Viking Tool Chest30 min
    Season 28Episode 13Woodworking in Berea30 min
    Season 29Episode 1Dovetailed Grease Pot30 min
    Season 29Episode 2Secrets of the Whirlygig30 min
    Season 29Episode 3Shaker Rocker Frame30 min
    Season 29Episode 4Shaker Rocker Seat30 min
    Season 29Episode 5Mary May, Woodcarver30 min
    Season 29Episode 6Wood & Water30 min
    Season 29Episode 7Steam Power Sawmill30 min
    Season 29Episode 8Harvard Side Table30 min
    Season 29Episode 9A Crutch in Time30 min
    Season 29Episode 10Hancock Pedestal Table30 min
    Season 29Episode 11Brian Boggs, Chairmaker30 min
    Season 29Episode 12Corner Cupboard, Pt. 130 min
    Season 29Episode 13Corner Cupboard, Pt. 230 min
    Season 30Episode 1Case of the Corner Cupboard30 min
    Season 30Episode 2Making Marvelous Moldings30 min
    Season 30Episode 3Mind Over Miter30 min
    Season 30Episode 4The Till in the Tool Chest30 min
    Season 30Episode 5Continuous Arm Rocking Chair, Pt. 130 min
    Season 30Episode 6Continuous Arm Rocking Chair, Pt. 230 min
    Season 30Episode 7Who Wrote the Book of Sloyd30 min
    Season 30Episode 8The Case for Books30 min
    Season 30Episode 9Sawing Secrets30 min
    Season 30Episode 10The Tiny Tool Kit30 min
    Season 30Episode 11Thomas Day, Cabinetmaker30 min
    Season 30Episode 12Oak Field Gate30 min
    Season 30Episode 13Field Gate Hinges30 min
    Season 31Episode 7Elizabethan Joint Stool with Peter Follansbee30 min
    Season 31Episode 12Offset Turning30 min
    Season 31Episode 13Simple Sash30 min
    Season 32Episode 1Rise of the Machines!30 min
    Season 32Episode 2The Eleven Grooved Box30 min
    Season 32Episode 3Table Joints Rule!30 min
    Season 32Episode 4The Anarchist's Tool Chest30 min
    Season 32Episode 5Two Screws for You!30 min
    Season 32Episode 6Screw Cuttin' Lathe30 min
    Season 32Episode 7The Troublesome Triangle Stool30 min
    Season 32Episode 8Wretched Ratchet Reading Rack30 min
    Season 32Episode 9Raising Panel-Zona30 min
    Season 32Episode 10Carving the Camellia30 min
    Season 32Episode 11Forging the Hold Fast30 min
    Season 32Episode 12The Enfield Cupboard30 min
    Season 32Episode 13The Shaker Bend30 min
    Season 33Episode 1Rachell's Standing Desk, Pt. 130 min
    Season 33Episode 2Rachell's Standing Desk, Pt. 230 min
    Season 33Episode 3The Venerable Bead30 min
    Season 33Episode 4Carving Away with Mary May30 min
    Season 33Episode 5Swinging Saw Vise30 min
    Season 33Episode 6Sharpen That Saw!30 min
    Season 33Episode 7Combination Planes30 min
    Season 33Episode 8Joined Chest with Peter Follansbee30 min
    Season 33Episode 9Paneled Chest with Peter Follansbee30 min
    Season 33Episode 10Early Iron with Peter Ross30 min
    Season 33Episode 11Try Square with Christopher Schwarz30 min
    Season 33Episode 12Dutch Tool Chest with Christopher Schwarz30 min
    Season 33Episode 13Big Ash Mallet!30 min
    Season 34Episode 1Taming the Timber Bench30 min
    Season 34Episode 2Pinch Rods and Squeezy Blocks30 min
    Season 34Episode 3Tapered Tail Tripod Table, Pt. 130 min
    Season 34Episode 4Tapered Tail Tripod Table, Pt. 230 min
    Season 34Episode 5Viceless Devices30 min
    Season 34Episode 6Daring Diagonal Dovetails30 min
    Season 34Episode 7Shop Class Tabouret30 min
    Season 34Episode 8Campaign Furniture30 min
    Season 34Episode 9Fitting Brass30 min
    Season 34Episode 10The Crotch and the Horse30 min
    Season 34Episode 11Dovetail Saw30 min
    Season 34Episode 12Tempered Steel30 min
    Season 34Episode 13Woodwright! - The Musical30 min
    Season 35Episode 1Rocky Bentwood Baby Cradle, Pt. 130 min
    Season 35Episode 2Rocky Bentwood Baby Cradle, Pt. 230 min
    Season 35Episode 3Stamp Out Cookie Carving!30 min
    Season 35Episode 4Double Drawer Shaker Table30 min
    Season 35Episode 5Groovers & Shakers30 min
    Season 35Episode 6Turning Shaker Knobs30 min
    Season 35Episode 7Cross Cut Conundrum30 min
    Season 35Episode 8Bowl Carving with Peter Follansbee30 min
    Season 35Episode 9Hollows & Rounds30 min
    Season 35Episode 10Welsh Stick Chair, Pt. 130 min
    Season 35Episode 11Welsh Stick Chair, Pt. 230 min
    Season 35Episode 12Tool Smithing with Peter Ross30 min
    Season 35Episode 13Plain Pine Box30 min
    Season 36Episode 1Van Gogh's Chair30 min
    Season 36Episode 2Sliding Lid Boxes30 min
    Season 36Episode 3Carved Oak Desk Box30 min
    Season 36Episode 4Waving Arm Whirligigs30 min
    Season 36Episode 5Wedged Tusk Tenon30 min
    Season 36Episode 6Swedish Shrink Box30 min
    Season 36Episode 7Saw Like a Butterfly!30 min
    Season 36Episode 8Firewood Carrier30 min
    Season 36Episode 9Double Casement Window30 min
    Season 36Episode 10Roman Work Bench30 min
    Season 36Episode 11Staked Furniture30 min
    Season 36Episode 12Tool Chest Hinges & Latch30 min
    Season 36Episode 13Tool Chest from Bristol30 min
    Season 37Episode 1Who Wrote the Book of Sloyd?!30 min
    Season 37Episode 2Holly Wood Spectaculars!30 min
    Season 37Episode 3The Roubo Bookstand30 min
    Season 37Episode 4Rise of the Machines30 min
    Season 37Episode 5Hand Plane Essentials with Chris Schwarz30 min
    Season 37Episode 6Big Ash Mallet!30 min
    Season 37Episode 7Carving Away with Mary May30 min
    Season 37Episode 8Dovetailed Grease Pot30 min
    Season 37Episode 9Lumberjack Fan Carving30 min
    Season 37Episode 10Forging the Hold Fast30 min
    Season 37Episode 11Brian Boggs, Chairmaker30 min
    Season 37Episode 12Combination Planes30 min
    Season 37Episode 13The Venerable Bead30 min
    • Roy Underhill

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