Jason builds a poured concrete outdoor fire pit with molds made out of pine plywood he mixes the concrete by hand, pours, and after 30 hours, caps his new fire pit with a fire ring insert.
Jason teams up with friend Keith Johnson to make a special-order outdoor octagon bench from Sapele wood for a surprise guest they build the bench in segments for final assembly around a tree base.
Jimmy recaps the last 11 months of tearing down and then rebuilding the front porch of his 1790 farmhouse.
Based in northern Michigan, Jenny Bower of JBower Engraving is an engraver specializing in hand-carving intricate designs into metal, removing tiny pieces of metal one turn at a time.
After becoming friends with his 80-year-old neighbor, a skilled woodworker, Paul Jasper embarked on a journey to master the craft he founded Copper Pig Woodworking to explore his original designs.
April rebuilds an outdoor staircase and installs a mini-split AC unit.
April and her crew take on one of their more challenging projects: building a treehouse that spans a grouping of trees.
Working with his favorite material - pallet wood - Paul carves a wavy vase in keeping with the theme, he builds a set of wavy shelves reminiscent of the sea.
Paul makes a pair of stylish and efficient shoes from wood a unique design evolves into something much bigger.
Laura transforms an old heating expansion vessel into a grill with a leveling jack as a spindle for heat control and carves a cutting board for the topper then Laura configures a tattoo machine by rewiring some old electrical units.
Laura transforms some old vessels lying around her shop into cooking appliances she converts a beer keg into a gas rotisserie grill and a stainless-steel barrel into a pizza oven with fire bricks and a sliding steel drawer.
Tyler recreates an iconic scene from Jurassic Park, trying to hear or feel a T. rex approaching he explores practical archery special effects used before computer-generated imagery.
Patent and trademark attorneys offer advice on the three winning products.
The three teams continue to refine their designs and create new prototypes the mentors weigh in on the designs and prototypes.
The three winning products begin their journey to the marketplace identifying and fixing issues with the designs.
Laura fixes a broken public bench with wood from disposable pallets few weeks later, she fixes it again with welded steel.
Laura designs and builds heavy-duty shelving and then challenges herself to develop a storage system for tools and things Laura makes the ultimate tape dispenser from steel.
Laura gets creative, experimenting with unconventional design ideas by re-purposing discarded materials she builds prototypes for storing her tools using old seat belts.
Self-taught Jason Hibbs of Bourbon Moth Woodworking started by making what he needed for his first home, building his hobby into a full-time business making custom furniture.
Two master craftspeople, Philip Morley and P.J. Fetscher, work from their one-person shops in Texas and Florida.