Roy Underhill looks over the rim of his beer at the City Tap – the bar behind his woodworking school – and asks me the following left-field-what-are-you-doing-inside-my-skull question. “You built your first bench at 11,” he asks, “what were you building there?” In addition to my crappy crafty projects and pseudo-furniture projects, that workbench is … Read more
The Woodwright’s Shop
Here you’ll find articles featuring Roy Underhill from the PBS woodworking TV show “The Woodwright’s Shop,” which has been brought back to streaming video and DVD by Popular Woodworking Magazine. Get everything you can from this master traditional craftsman – because Roy can build just about anything (and in front of the camera!), so also can you. Undertake traditional woodworking projects featured in his hit TV show, as well as those covered in Roy Underhill’s books. With 30-plus years of shows, there’s just no way to exhaust the resource!
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Roy Underhill’s 3 Favorite Books
In the June 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine we have a fun article that lists all of the woodworking books that the magazine’s staff consider to be “classics.” It’s a great list, but the best part of the article is that we went to many of our contributors and asked them which books they … Read more
Roy Underhill’s Treadle Lathe Sketchup Model
This is a model of a foot-powered lathe (with a scroll saw attachment) that was featured in an article in the October 2000 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. Read more
Roy Underhill’s Toolchest Sketchup Model
This is a model of a tool chest featured on the cover of the June 2009 issue of Popular Woodworking magazine. Read more
Woodworking in America 2011: My Favorite Classes
I would be flat-out lying to you if I said we planned out Woodworking in America for you, our beloved readers. That’s crap. The truth is that we plan out Woodworking in America for us, the staff of the magazine. We sit around our conference table and wonder: Who would we like to meet? What … Read more
Roubo Bookstand: Another Way to Do It
Yes, I thought the saga of the Roubo Bookstand article from the February 2011 issue was over (“It’s awesome!” “It’s crap!” “I like mushy peas!”). But no. Here we are weeks later, and there is still more to write. Reader William Smith has built a version of the bookstand using a novel method. Instead of … Read more
End Grain: ‘Put Yer Ass Into It’
A boring task turns into a history lesson. By Roy Underhill Page: 64 From the April 2010 issue #182 Buy this issue now One day in Williamsburg, a message reached me at the carpenter’s yard that the cabinet shop was shorthanded and needed help. I figured it was some high-end task like dovetailing a chest … Read more