With The Woodwright's Companinon , Roy Underhill continues to demonstrate ""how to start with a tree and an axe and make one thing after another until you have a house and everything in it."" 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. The final chapter offers a glimpse of traditional woodworking techniques still used by ...
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With The Woodwright's Companinon , Roy Underhill continues to demonstrate ""how to start with a tree and an axe and make one thing after another until you have a house and everything in it."" 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. The final chapter offers a glimpse of traditional woodworking techniques still used by the Colonial Williamsburg housewrights. More than 260 photographs complement the text.
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New. Woodwright's Companion: Exploring Traditional Woodcraft Num Pages: 226 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: WKDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 694. 1983. Later Printing. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Very Good. Size: 10x8x0; Good book. Some wear to cover edges and corners. Light crease on front cover along spine. Small tear in top layer of cover on spine. Different cover art than shown.
A quaint book taking you back to the old ways of building and preparing a house from a true "by scratch" way approach of construction. Told by the author in print and photo, a sometimes humorous fashion and comfortable style.