The Woodwright's Shop: A Practical Guide to Traditional Woodcraft

About this book

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 Woodwrights 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.