The Woodwright's Companion: Exploring Traditional Woodcraft

Exploring Traditional Woodcraft

By Roy Underhill

Format: Paperback

SKU# U1990

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Roy Underhill brings the present and the past together, one woodworking project after another. Roy’s approach to traditional woodworking is far more than a courtesy nod to the “old ways;” it is based and built on the “old ways” of woodworking. In The Woodright’s Companion you’ll find Roy’s unmatched wit and wisdom at work as he covers the following aspects of woodworking:

Helves and handles

Saws

Searching for whetstone quarry

Crow chasers and turkey calls

Whimmy diddles

Snaplines and marking gauges

Candle stands

Planes

Window sash

Riven shingles

Plus, Roy provides you with an exciting glimpse into the world of Colonial Williamsburg housewrights, where traditional woodworking techniques are used every day.

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SKU	U1990
Author/Speaker/Editor	Roy Underhill
File/Trim Size	8.6 x 11
Format	Paperback
ISBN 13	9780807840955
Number Of Pages	203

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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.