
Bob Clagett: This Old House Makers Channel
Bob and his friend Anthony design a modern wood and steel stair railing.

Bob and his friend Anthony design a modern wood and steel stair railing.

Bob builds a treehouse; he uses treehouse attachment bolts and wooden support posts.

Tyler transforms a classic British luxury vehicle into a James Bond-ready, rallycross challenger.

Tyler creates a hydraulic launch pad for movie stunts and builds an animatronic hand.

Jimmy makes a double-chambered blacksmith bellows for his forge.

Jimmy builds a new basement door for his 1790 farmhouse; he welds the door frame from steel.

Self-taught furniture maker Keith Johnson has built his maker career over thirty years.

Whether designing or teaching, for Erik Curtis furniture making is a form of storytelling.

April and her crew frame the deck and roofing for an outdoor kitchen.

April builds a horizontal board-on-board fence and then replaces troublesome double doors.

Paul designs a kid-sized Adirondack chair and builds a second floor in his new workshop.

Paul embarks on a project he's been dreaming about for decades: building a kayak.

Laura designs and builds heavy-duty shelving; Laura makes the ultimate tape dispenser from steel.

Laura re-purposes discarded materials; she builds prototypes for storing tools using old seat belts.

Tyler experiments with firing a resin-filled tennis ball from an air cannon.

Teams receive feedback from a focus group, then fine-tune their prototypes.

The teams go to the hardware store to gather materials; the prototyping process begins.

The 48-hour invention competition begins; the brainstorming process; patent searches.

Products are shown at the National Hardware Show in Las Vegas; the final prototypes meet the public.

Professional marketing companies help create product videos for the newly redesigned prototypes.