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The Woodwright's Eclectic Workshop
Roy Underhill,Rod Underhill
Underhill's wit and charming style is exemplified by this quote about his work: 'How to start with a tree and an axe and make one thing after another until you have a house and everything in it.' In this, his fourth book, he continues with his tales of traditional craftsmen of the past, and then moves to projects featured on his popular PBS series. All projects have full instructions and photographs. TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. WOODWORKING STORIES & ESSAYS Built to Last Axemaker Henry, Go Soak Your Head! [Thoreau the Woodworker] The Woodlot The Carpenter Steeple Story A Connecticut House Frame on a Caribbean Island The Joiner An Unknown Young Man" [William Buckland, America's Master
Joiner] The Brickmaker's Hand The Turner The Wheelwright The Millwright The Cooper's Tale Robinson's Mill The Gunsmith Mayhew and the Dark Side of Woodcraft The Chairmakers The Old Kitchen Table The Carver's Son The Toymaker The Boatbuilders Ishi Three Centuries of Woodworking with Joseph Moxon 2. PROJECTS Felling & Squaring Timber Building Log Cabin Walls Roofing a Log Cabin Hinges & Latches Chinking & Daubing Fireplaces & Chimneys Four-Harness Loom Making Planes Jefferson's Ladder Folding Folk Chairs Tavern Table Butterfly Table Revolving Bookcase Country Comfort-- Making the Adirondack Chair Toys German Rocking Horse A Wood-and-Canvas Kayak North Woods Toboggan Appalachian Dulcimer Walking-Stick Flute Boxwood Recorder
238 pgs, 8.5x11, photos & dwgs, softcover Usually ships in 24 hours
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The Woodwright's Eclectic Workshop
Roy Underhill,Rod Underhill
Underhill's wit and charming style is exemplified by this quote about his work: 'How to start with a tree and an axe and make one thing after another until you have a house and everything in it.' In this, his fourth book, he continues with his tales of traditional craftsmen of the past, and then moves to projects featured on his popular PBS series. All projects have full instructions and photographs. TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. WOODWORKING STORIES & ESSAYS Built to Last Axemaker Henry, Go Soak Your Head! [Thoreau the Woodworker] The Woodlot The Carpenter Steeple Story A Connecticut House Frame on a Caribbean Island The Joiner An Unknown Young Man" [William Buckland, America's Master
Joiner] The Brickmaker's Hand The Turner The Wheelwright The Millwright The Cooper's Tale Robinson's Mill The Gunsmith Mayhew and the Dark Side of Woodcraft The Chairmakers The Old Kitchen Table The Carver's Son The Toymaker The Boatbuilders Ishi Three Centuries of Woodworking with Joseph Moxon 2. PROJECTS Felling & Squaring Timber Building Log Cabin Walls Roofing a Log Cabin Hinges & Latches Chinking & Daubing Fireplaces & Chimneys Four-Harness Loom Making Planes Jefferson's Ladder Folding Folk Chairs Tavern Table Butterfly Table Revolving Bookcase Country Comfort-- Making the Adirondack Chair Toys German Rocking Horse A Wood-and-Canvas Kayak North Woods Toboggan Appalachian Dulcimer Walking-Stick Flute Boxwood Recorder
238 pgs, 8.5x11, photos & dwgs, softcover Usually ships in 24 hours
$22.50 Sale! $17.55
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Furniture Projects
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The Woodwright's Eclectic Workshop
Roy Underhill,Rod Underhill
Underhill's wit and charming style is exemplified by this quote about his work: 'How to start with a tree and an axe and make one thing after another until you have a house and everything in it.' In this, his fourth book, he continues with his tales of traditional craftsmen of the past, and then moves to projects featured on his popular PBS series. All projects have full instructions and photographs. TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. WOODWORKING STORIES & ESSAYS Built to Last Axemaker Henry, Go Soak Your Head! [Thoreau the Woodworker] The Woodlot The Carpenter Steeple Story A Connecticut House Frame on a Caribbean Island The Joiner An Unknown Young Man" [William Buckland, America's Master
Joiner] The Brickmaker's Hand The Turner The Wheelwright The Millwright The Cooper's Tale Robinson's Mill The Gunsmith Mayhew and the Dark Side of Woodcraft The Chairmakers The Old Kitchen Table The Carver's Son The Toymaker The Boatbuilders Ishi Three Centuries of Woodworking with Joseph Moxon 2. PROJECTS Felling & Squaring Timber Building Log Cabin Walls Roofing a Log Cabin Hinges & Latches Chinking & Daubing Fireplaces & Chimneys Four-Harness Loom Making Planes Jefferson's Ladder Folding Folk Chairs Tavern Table Butterfly Table Revolving Bookcase Country Comfort-- Making the Adirondack Chair Toys German Rocking Horse A Wood-and-Canvas Kayak North Woods Toboggan Appalachian Dulcimer Walking-Stick Flute Boxwood Recorder
238 pgs, 8.5x11, photos & dwgs, softcover Usually ships in 24 hours
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