The Woodwright's Shop

A Practical Guide to Traditional Woodcraft

By Roy Underhill

216 pp., 8.5 x 11, 339 illus

  • Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-4082-5
    Published: October 1981
  • E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-0-8078-6980-2
    Published: January 2012
  • E-book PDF ISBN: 979-8-8908-6727-8
    Published: January 2012

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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.

About the Author

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 North Carolina at Chapel Hill and holds a master's degree from Duke University.
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