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The Woodwright's Shop. A Practical Guide to Traditional Woodcraft.
Roy Underhill
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Paperback. Woodwright's Shop: A Practical Guide to Traditional Woodcraft Num Pages: 260 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: WD; WF; WKDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 712.
Roy Underhill brings to woodworking the intimate relationship with wood that craftsmen enjoyed in the days before power tools. Combining historical background, folklore, alternative technololgy, and humor, he provides both a source of general information and a detailed introduction to traditional woodworking. Beginning with a guide to trees and tools, The Woodwright's Shop includes chapters on gluts and mauls, shaving horses, rakes, chairs, weaving wood, hay forks, dough bowls, lathes, blacksmithing, dovetails, panel-frame construction, log houses, and timber-frame construction. More than 330 photographs illustrate the text.
Roy Underhill brings to woodworking the intimate relationship with wood that craftsmen enjoyed in the days before power tools. Combining historical background, folklore, alternative technololgy, and humor, he provides both a source of general information and a detailed introduction to traditional woodworking. Beginning with a guide to trees and tools, The Woodwright's Shop includes chapters on gluts and mauls, shaving horses, rakes, chairs, weaving wood, hay forks, dough bowls, lathes, blacksmithing, dovetails, panel-frame construction, log houses, and timber-frame construction. More than 330 photographs illustrate the text.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
Number of Pages
211
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807840825
SKU
V9780807840825
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Roy 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
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