The Woodwright's Guide: Working Wood With Wedge and Edge - Rilegato

Underhill, Roy

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ISBN 10: 0807832456 ISBN 13: 9780807832455

Casa editrice: Univ of North Carolina Pr, 2008

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Each chapter of a new woodworking reference from the host of the popular PBS series The Woodwright's Shop explores one of the nine trades of woodcraft and includes hundreds of detailed drawings that illustrate the hand tools and processes for shaping and joining wood. Simultaneous.

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This book is by America's master of traditional woodcraft.For thirty years, Roy Underhill's PBS program, "The Woodwright's Shop," has brought classic hand-tool craftsmanship to viewers across America. Now, in his seventh book, Roy shows how to engage the mysteries of the splitting wedge and the cutting edge to shape wood from forest to furniture.Beginning with the standing tree, each chapter of "The Woodwright's Guide" explores one of nine trades of woodcraft: faller, countryman and cleaver, hewer, log-builder, sawyer, carpenter, joiner, turner, and cabinetmaker. Each trade brings new tools and techniques; each trade uses a different character of material; but all are united by the grain in the wood and the enduring mastery of muscle and steel.Hundreds of detailed drawings by Eleanor Underhill (Roy's daughter) illustrate the hand tools and processes for shaping and joining wood. A special concluding section contains detailed plans for making your own foot-powered lathes, workbenches, shaving horses, and taps and dies for wooden screws."The Woodwright's Guide" is informed by a lifetime of experience and study. A former master craftsman at Colonial Williamsburg, Roy has inspired millions to "just say no to power tools" through his continuing work as a historian, craftsman, activist, and teacher. In "The Woodwright's Guide", he takes readers on a personal journey through a legacy of off-the-grid, self-reliant craftsmanship. It's a toolbox filled with insight and technique, as well as wisdom and confidence for the artisan in all of us.

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• Editore: Univ of North Carolina Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0807832456
• ISBN 13: 9780807832455
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 182
• Disegnatore: Underhill Eleanor