Roy Underhill is America's best-known master of traditional woodcraft. Creator of the popular PBS series The Woodwright's Shop, Roy has inspired millions--from professional craftsman to armchair woodworker--with his talent, knowledge, and enthusiasm. Roy returns here with his third book. The Woodwright's Workbook features step-by-step instructions for a selection of projects from his television series. All projects are illustrated with photographs and measured drawings. Included here are plans for tool chests, workbenches, lathes, and historical reproductions of items for the home: a six-board chest, rustic chairs with cattail seats, a churn for the kitchen, and the Rittenhouse hygrometer. Roy also explores building barns, forges, boats, and even colonial fortresses. A wonderful feature of this book is Roy's own translation of the humorous fifteenth-century poem The Debate of the Carpenter's Tools. He also provides a fascinating and useful 'field guide' to American tool marks that shows how to identify the specific tool used by the marks it left. Whether Roy is an old friend or a new acquaintance, let him be your guide to the world of traditional woodworking.
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Followers of The Woodwright's Shop TV series on PBS will be interested in Underhill's third book (prior titles: The Woodwright's Shop ; The Woodwright's Companion ), which details in text, photos, and drawings some projects covered in the 1986-87 series. Handicraft projects range from small things like a reading stand to chairs and tool chests. There are also general descriptions of major projects from a workbench and lathe to a rowboat and barn. Underhill is master housewright at Colonial Williamsburg and the work is done with hand tools in the manner of early Americans. The chatty style and TV tie will appeal to more than those with woodworking as a hobby or profession. W.T. Johnston, Coastal Plain Regional Lib., Tifton, Ga.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Roy's third book features step-by-step instructions for such projects as tool chests, workbenches, lathes, wood barns, forges, boats, and even colonial fortresses. He also provides a fascinating and useful 'field guide' to American tool marks that shows how to identify a specific tool by the marks it left.
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The Woodwright's Workbook: Further Explorations in Traditional Woodcraft,
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Roy Underhill continues his exploration of traditional American woodworking techniques in this title and helps preserve what would otherwise be a rapidly-disappearing art form. In this day and age of power tool mania, Roy reminds us what life used to be like - and not really all THAT long ago. As someone who is new to woodworking myself, I have found Roy's style and wealth of information both refreshing and formidable. In addition to presenting techniques in ways that are easy to understand both by way of description and a wealth of pictures, he continously provides European historical sources that helps place into perspective the techniques that our European/ American ancestors brought here with them. If you are in any way at ALL interested in woodworking as a relaxing hobby or want to make traditional pices, this series, and this book in particular is a great place to start. For example, Roy provides n this volume a fabulous chapter on how to make a traditional wood working bench equipped with vices, hold fasts and bench dogs. He references similar benches dating back to the Middle Ages to show the development of this type of bench - this book is an absolute MUST to any collection!
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Part How-To, Part History,
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This review is from: The Woodwright's Workbook: Further Explorations in Traditional Woodcraft (Paperback)
A fun book to read and study, it reminds us (woodworkers) that having the proper power tool isn't necessarily needed for achieving the end goal of finishing a project. The book is not so much a How-to but a How-was, informing the reader that although 200 years ago our forefathers didn't have a 3 HP table router or a 12 inch Jointer, they were able to produce furnishings that are still highly prized and beautiful today. Roy's conversationalist style of writing is often more like talking with a 200 year old carpenter and is as informative an enjoyable. Rather than giving specific plans with cutout diagrams and where to nail/screw the work he provides us with the inspiration and basic techniques for making our own unique pieces that will stand the test of time.
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This is more hands-on than the first two in Underhill's Woodwright series. I'm particularly intrigued by the lathes - and we get more here than in the last book.
As always, these are great relaxing reads rather than run to the shop and build something books.
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