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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