8%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Woodwrights Companion-exploring Traditi
Underhill
€ 31.99
€ 29.50
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Woodwrights Companion-exploring Traditi
Woodwright's Companion: Exploring Traditional Woodcraft Num Pages: 226 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: WKDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 694.
With The Woodwright's Companinon , Roy Underhill continues to demonstrate ""how to start with a tree and an axe and make one thing after another until you have a house and everything in it."" This volume features chapters on helves and handles, saws, the search for the whetstone quarry, crow chasers and turkey calls, hurdles, whimmy diddles, snaplines and marking gauges, candle stands, planes, window sash, riven shingles, and pit sawing. The final chapter offers a glimpse of traditional woodworking techniques still used by the Colonial Williamsburg housewrights. More than 260 photographs complement the text.
With The Woodwright's Companinon , Roy Underhill continues to demonstrate ""how to start with a tree and an axe and make one thing after another until you have a house and everything in it."" This volume features chapters on helves and handles, saws, the search for the whetstone quarry, crow chasers and turkey calls, hurdles, whimmy diddles, snaplines and marking gauges, candle stands, planes, window sash, riven shingles, and pit sawing. The final chapter offers a glimpse of traditional woodworking techniques still used by the Colonial Williamsburg housewrights. More than 260 photographs complement the text.
Product Details
Publisher
United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
Number of Pages
203
Format
Paperback
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807840955
SKU
V9780807840955
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-99
About Underhill
The longtime master housewright at Colonial Williamsburg, Roy Underhill is the leading authority on old-time woodworking techniques. He created The Woodwright's Shop for public television in 1979. The series, produced by the University of North Carolina Center for Public Television, has aired nationally since 1981, with thirteen new programs introduced each year. Roy is a graduate of the University of ... Read more
Reviews for Woodwrights Companion-exploring Traditi