Synopses & Reviews
For more than twenty years, Roy Underhill has taught the techniques of traditional woodcraft with muscle-powered tools. With his four previous books and his popular PBS series,
The Woodwright's Shop, now in its sixteenth season, Roy has inspired millions to take up chisel and plane.
The master woodwright returns here with instructions for handcrafting an appealing selection of projects from the American woodworking tradition. The Woodwright's Apprentice begins with directions for building a workbench. Each successive project builds new skills for the apprentice woodworkerfrom frame construction to dovetailing, turning, steam-bending, and carving. Among the twenty items featured are an African chair, a telescoping music stand, a walking-stick chair, a fireplace bellows, and a revolving Windsor chair.
Designed both for woodworking novices and for more seasoned woodworkers looking for enjoyable projects, the book includes step-by-step directions, complete with easy-to-follow photographs and measured drawings, and an illustrated glossary of tools and terms. All of the pieces presented here are based on projects featured in past and upcoming seasons of The Woodwright's Shop television show.
About the Author
Roy Underhill, former master housewright at Colonial Williamsburg, lives in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Folding Workbench
2. Tool Tote
3. Jefferson's Book Box
4. Sailor's Sea Chest
5. Standing Desk
6. New Mexico Chest
7. Civil War Quilting Frame
8. Sawbuck Trestle Table
9. Standing Embroidery Hoop
10. Screwdrive Candle Stand
11. Shaker Sewing Stand
12. English Walnut Music Stand
13. Man's Chair from the Ivory Coast
14. Jefferson's Walking-Stick Chair
15. Moravian Chair
16. Revolving Windsor Chair
17. Spiral Carving
18. Bellows
19. Wooden Lock and Key
20. Gunpowder Shovel
Appendix A: Sharpening Tools
Appendix B: Contents of the Woodwright's Shop Books
Appendix C: Complete Listing of the Television Series
Appendix D: Cost of Tools
Appendix E: Clubs, Organizations, and Sources
Glossary
Bibliography
Index