I decided that this would be a fun project to make. I wuold be the top just sets onto a dowel pin that is sticking up out of the base. While teaching at roy underhills school in pittsboro, n. Ingenious folding ladder built by roy underhill wood and shop. The only thing that really stuck with me on that set of plans was the instruction to practice in softwood first. As you pull up the leafy driveway to the mill roy and jane underhill call home. Id seen the episode of the woodwrights shop that featured this. Roy underhills folding bookstand popular woodworking. Underhill s article, and i made a fullsize pattern of the elevation of the project. As i stated in the original post, it was the first true hand tools only project i attempted. With his four previous books and his popular pbs series, the woodwrights shop, now in its sixteenth season, roy has inspired millions to take up chisel and plane. Sync your viewing history and pick up where you left off on any device. Plans for thomas jefferson book stand that you can build today.
The bookstand supports up to five books on a rotating base allowing the user to easily move from one open book to another. It was also great to catch up with jamie ward of warwickshire college, matthew platt of workshop heaven, and see a couple of fellow survivors from last years anarchists tool chest. Roy lee jefferson born november 9, 1943 is a former american football player, a wide receiver in the national football league for twelve seasons with the pittsburgh steelers, baltimore colts, and washington redskins. This is a set of thomas jefferson style book boxes based on a chapter of roy underhills the woodwrights apprentice. Feb 20, 2015 heres a fun weekend project that you can do out of a single piece of wood.
Jefferson book stand a monticello classic woodworking network. Sep 30, 2014 how to make solid wood 1800s jeffersonian bookstand. How to make solid wood 1800s jeffersonian bookstand. Woodwrights apprentice twenty favorite projects from the. Learning from roy for a week was an incredible experience, and helped to develop all manner of parallel skills. He needed to reference multiple sources, but found finding, opening and closing books cumbersom. For more than 37years, roy underhill has shared his love of american woodcraft. Jan 21, 2010 heres underhill last week at williamsburg. A few years ago on his pbs show, the woodright built the same jefferson bookstand he recently demonstrated at colonial willamburgs working wood in the 18th century conference, and you can watch that tv episode for free. Roy underhill shows in his writing that he enjoys his work and sharing his knowledge of the woodwright craft with his readers. Roy underhill used walnut in his episode, although it looks like he used cherry for another stand he has.
This picture is taken from the smithsonian web site showing the original jeffersonian bookstand on display. The woodwrights shop thomas jeffersons bookstand season. I had the pleasure of meeting both peter follansbee and tom fidgen, as well as taking roy underhills woodworking with thomas jefferson class. Heres a fun weekend project that you can do out of a single piece of wood. Monticello revolving bookstand, a replica of a stand used by thomas jefferson. Tomorrow i start the woodworking with thomas jefferson course with roy underhill. I believe that the stand was placed in the parlor in the 1980s but was later moved to his study.
Its in the domestic devices chapter of that book, which is a must read if you are interested in hand tool woodworking as are all his books. Shutter dogs from the blacksmith roy learns how to make shutter dog that is used to hold open shuttles when not to use. Oct 26, 2017 a while back i stumbled on to a set of plans to build the roubo book stand. Thomas jefferson s desk, 1776, one of numerous inventions jefferson devised for his own convenience, was designed in may 1776 and built by benjamin randolph, a philadelphia cabinetmaker and prominent patriot. The master woodwright returns here with instructions for handcrafting an appealing selection of projects from the american woodworking tradition. Roys design is based on a folding ladder used by thomas jefferson at monticello. The series was first broadcast only on north carolinas pbs channel. Twenty favorite projects from the woodwrights shop by roy underhill 1996, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Jeffersons bookstanda total geekgasm by naomi weiss. He began with a discussion on what we know today as the dos and donts of dovetailing, and proceeded to show us an early 19th c.
This is a list of episodes for the pbs television series the woodwrights shop starring roy underhill. This jefferson book stand, found in monticello, is reproduced by johnsonarts, a workshop, makeground, imagineering design center and studio, specializing in customdesigned and built furniture. The five sided rotating bookstand, now referred to as the thomas jefferson bookstand, could only make me wonder how curious and studious a man jefferson must have been. In the above quick video bill anderson and i show how roy underhills famous folding ladder works. The typical season is episodes and starts towards the end of september or early october.
Roy underhill brings to woodworking the intimate relationship. Every week during the season, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, this weeks schedule, top performers, fantasy drops and adds, new debuts and interesting tidbits. Roy underhill shows how to cut bead moldings with hand planes for corners. Woodworking with thomas jefferson over the wireless. Bill barker has played thomas jefferson so many times, he can quote the patriots writings by heart. Folding book stand revisited book stand design, book stands. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Its in the domestic devices chapter of that book, which is a must read if you. This was the case with the greeks and romans, and must be that of every free state. Bible stand revolving bookcase jefferson monticello book stands thomas jefferson libraries furniture big projects jefferson, ever the student, was constantly studying.
May 20, 2012 i believe that the stand was placed in the parlor in the 1980s but was later moved to his study. Buy products related to roy underhill products and see what customers say about roy. This is a book well worth the time and minimal cost. Plans for thomas jefferson book stand view woodworking projects stepbystep blueprints plans for thomas jefferson book stand download guideshow to plans for thomas jefferson book stand for 6 roy underhills sawhorse design pdf. Monticellos stacking bookcases popular woodworking magazine. As i did on last years dovetail death march with chris schwarz, i will be. Five books on thomas jefferson a jefferson expert provides a list of indispensable reads about the founding father five mustread books on thomas jefferson from author marc leepson. Few books in my shop library are as practically useless for me yet so. Roy underhill will present the construction of jeffersons revolving bookstand and ideas about furniture that jefferson likely encountered in france. Roy underhills folding bookstand popular woodworking magazine. Learn how to make a wooden book stand from a single board. Still, he has barely finished his act when a woman challenges him in. Jefferson book stand a monticello classic woodworking. Ive wanted to make the shelves that roy underhill demonstrates in the.
One of the very first posts on this blog was about a folding book stand i made for my wife. Lucky for us, jefferson had a personal library of about 6,700 books an. For more than twenty years, roy underhill has taught the techniques of traditional woodcraft with musclepowered tools. Thomas jeffersons carpenter or alternate methods to try. This jefferson book stand, found in monticello, is reproduced by johnsonarts, a workshop, makeground, imagineering design center and studio, specializing in. Using only the hand tools of early america, roy proves that woodworking.
The hinged bookstand is a project that has been around for hundreds of years. Popular thomas jefferson books goodreads share book. While teaching at roy underhill s school in pittsboro, n. Twenty favorite projects from the woodwrights shop. Roy underhill s dovetail presentation at the wia conference was entertaining, informative, and entertaining. Roy underhill for more than twenty years, roy underhill has taught the techniques of traditional woodcraft with musclepowered tools. Its also available for hockey, basketball and baseball. You can learn more about thomas jeffersons folding ladder here. As always, these demonstrations will concentrate on period methods of workmanship, and close up video monitoring will show the processes in detail. Unctv produces the woodwrights shop with roy underhill in partnership with state farm insurance. Sign up and add shows to get the latest updates about your favorite shows start now. And so i became interested in jeffersons book boxes.
Home chris schwarz blog roy underhill s folding bookstand. For more than twenty years, roy underhill has taught the techniques of traditional woodcraft with. Jan 25, 2011 when opened like a book stand, it looks like 2x12x6. The sage of monticello based his fivesided bookstand on designs he found in paris. Chad stanton shows you every step needed to make this book stand and the tools used are listed below. His years of study are found in each chapter and any reader interested in learning about wood working crafts would be well advised to read his books. Canadian cradle roy shows you how to build a delightful rocking cradle for a newborn baby.
During 162 regular season games, he had 451 receptions for 7,539 yards and 52 touchdowns. Pack up your tools in this little dovetailed chest of pine. How to make an andre roubo roy underhill folding book stand. After two years, the series was broadcast nationally. Jul 19, 20 bob self, director of restoration, describes the history of the revolving bookstand and process of making reproductions for the shops monticello collection. Simple woodworking projects woodwrights shop with roy underhill tricks of the trade blog. Mahogany 16th century gothic book cabinet in medium cherry c0141b thomas jefferson s revolving bookstand in natural walnut c022. Still, he has barely finished his act when a woman challenges him in a hallway at the college.
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