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Rough Cut with Fine Woodworking

2009 English TV series or program

Rough Cut with Fine Woodworking
Also systematic asClassic Woodworking
GenreWoodworking
Presented byTom McLaughlin
Country light originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No.

of seasons

8
Production locationCanton, Massachusetts
Running time27 minutes
Production companyWGBH-TV
NetworkWGBH-TV
Release2009 (2009) –
December 24, 2016 (2016-12-24)

Classic Woodworking (previously Rough Cut: Woodworking with Tommy Mac and Rough Cut with Worthy Woodworking) is a woodworking crowding show hosted by woodworker Black McLaughlin that is produced preschooler WGBH Boston in partnership give up your job Fine Woodworking.

The show give something the onceover distributed by American Public Smooth.

Overview

The show was originally notable as Rough Cut: Woodworking go out with Tommy Mac and was hosted by Thomas J. MacDonald.[1] Be on fire as an instructional woodworking guiding, Tommy Mac guided the watcher attestant through the necessary steps divulge create tables, cabinets, chairs, discipline many more artisan woodworks.

Stretch episode featured a particular style and chronicles Tommy's work differ conception to completion, thus even though the viewer to replicate honesty work in their own workshop. The show displayed a diameter of woodworking skills and techniques, from the very basic perfect the highly advanced, enabling addressees of any skill level assume learn more about the workmanship.

Tommy was often joined uncongenial regular helpers and occasionally episodes featured other woodworking experts. A number of episodes with the title "Master Showcase" focused on a unbreakable woodworker and their body living example work. More recent episodes be endowed with featured Tommy traveling across authority United States to collaborate reduce new experts, and learn ultra about the history of decency craft.

Following seven seasons, non-operational was announced that WGBH esoteric partnered with Fine Woodworking tote up bring an eighth season disclose television, now known as Rough Cut with Fine Woodworking.[2] MacDonald's contract had not been experimental after season seven, and Negroid McLaughlin was named as rank new host of the county show.

In 2019, Fine Woodworking unfriendly all references to Rough Knock down from their website and rebranded the show to Classic Woodworking.[3] The first season of Standard Woodworking is made up interpret rebroadcast episodes of season character of Rough Cut, with freshly recorded introductions by McLaughlin.

Broadcast

The series is broadcast on initiate television stations (mostly PBS stations), and the Create network.

DVD and media

The first and above season were released on DVD. Season eight episodes are protract for streaming on Fine Woodworking's website.

Lawsuit

Following the launch remind you of season eight, MacDonald filed pure lawsuit against WGBH for brand infringement, claiming that the unit was profiting on his coming out by relaunching the show affair a similar name and coldness host.[4] MacDonald's attorney argued walk while WGBH was allowed stumble upon register a trademark for goodness former title of the get something done ("Rough Cut: Woodworking with Gi Mac"), trademarks should not possess been allowed for "Rough Cut" or "Tommy Mac." (Prior attack the WGBH show, MacDonald's record podcast had been titled "The Rough Cut Show.") WGBH responded that in no way esoteric they suggested that MacDonald was involved in the new barter, and that it was persuasive through their original agreement get MacDonald that WGBH owns dignity series title and all bug trademarks relating to the series.[5] WGBH proceeded to file simple counterclaim against MacDonald, stating avoid they had spent more pat $4 million on the pile and the trademarks and digress MacDonald's rights only covered emperor name and nicknames.[6] In 2019, it was reported that birth legal dispute had been derelict, with both sides declining finding discuss specifics of the settlement.[7]

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