The Woodshop Shed

Roy Underhill: Still an Agent of Subversion

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(from Popularwoodworking.com)


More than 30 years on TV hasn't softened his approach to the craft, tools or peopleBy Christopher SchwarzPages 14-19It's a typical day at The Woodwright's School in Pittsboro, N.C. Sunlight floods the storefront room through two enormous plate-glass windows. Six students carve ball-and-claw feet at their German workbenches while 1930s-era music tinkles through the air.Something crazy, radical and perhaps dangerous is about to happen.Roy Underhill makes the rounds at the benches. He checks on each student, cracks a few jokes and retires to his miter box to crosscut the material for the next day's class.A bell rings. The door to the school opens and in walk two women and a man. They stand at the entrance and look a tad bewildered, as if they accidentally stepped into a small flaw in the space-time continuum in this small Southern town.Classes: Find out what classes are coming up at The Woodwright's School.Video: Start your collection of "The Woodwright's Shop" with DVDs of the venerable PBS television show.Video: Watch episodes of "The Woodwright's Shop" online at our Roy Underhill streaming video channel.To Buy: "The Woodwright's Guide: Working Wood with Wedge & Edge," "The Woodwright's Apprentice: Twenty Favorite Projects from The Woodwright's Shop" and "The Woodwright's Eclectic Workshop."Source

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