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Great Woodshops - The saw window. The other bay window is for sharpening saws. Under-hilt says that when the local residents see him sharpening saws they try not to interrupt him. One foot-power. The treadle table saw at the school has both a rip fence and a crosscutting guide. It makes remarkably clean cuts with (lust a little) practice. As a result, Underhill wants his new school to educate young and local woodworkers about hand-tool woodworking. Though he knows that the school will attract students from all over, Underhill says he wants toemphasize trainingyoungpeople so thecraft hasa future. And he warns to train locals to help build the community In February 2009, Underhill openedhis school wilh a series of one-day classes on basic joinery. The first set of classes filled up injusi hours. Those classes will lead to classesonbuildinga tool chest. And Underhill says he's going 10 br ing in other i nst ruc-torsas well. Those people wi II teach a c lass for a week and then Underhill will shoot a segment with them during the weekend for "The Woodwright's Shop." The Details What is intoxicating about The Woodwright's School is how much effort Under-hi II put into the details, Theoilstones at the sharpening station look like they're from the right era. The bench planes are a mix of metal- and wooden-bodied ones - again, just what you'd see in a 1930s shop. There's even a portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt hanging on the wall, aslickerin the window for the Works Progress Administration andahuge radio at the back ofthe room. In fact,thelittlebitof technology that Underhill allows looks curious and out of place—Underhill usesadigital camera and television Lo demonstrate work close-up. There are even some details you can't see. For the ivee folk. If you attend the school, be sure to check under the workbench for a coin. "Each workbench comes wilh one of these," he says, pointing toa pile of old English and Irtsh coins. "It's tradition to fasten one of these to t he u nderside of eac h bench They're for the wee folk." So if you're a jolly European tree sprite who happenstostop by The Woodwright's School on your t ravel s, be su re t o look under the benches for the coin that Underhill has lefi for you. And do note how the coins are attached, Underhill has gone the extra mile and used authentic vintage hobnails. But will all this effort pay off? "This whole thinghas been like jumping off a cliff—and then figuring out how to fly," he says. "We'll see if it works." PW Ifyouwant to learn moreabout UndcrhiU's new school, visit woodwrightschool.com. Chris is the editor of this magazine and has recently republished loseph Moxon's "The Art of joinery" with his modern commentary. For details, visit his web site at LostArtPress.com. Ready lo work. All the tools on all the benches are sharp, proper and ready to go. This is a big leg up for beginning woodworkers who might never have worked with a properly set saw or chisel. Sharpening station. One ofthe bay windows of the shop has a table with plenty of sharpening stones and natural light for sharpening edge tools. 64 m Popular Wood working August 2009 |
