All of the pieces presented here are based on projects featured in past and upcoming seasons ofThe Woodwright's Shoptelevision show. In six books and on his popular, long-running PBS series, The Woodwrights Shop, Americas leading authority on old-time woodcraft has inspired millions to take up chisel and plane. 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. For more than twenty-five years, Roy Underhill has taught the techniques of traditional hand-tool woodworking. Each successive project builds new skills for the apprentice woodworker-from frame construction to dovetailing, turning, steam-bending, and carving. 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 Apprenticebegins with directions for building a workbench.
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