A channel to watch to learn for beginners?

[edma194]

I don't think it appeals to everyone but I have learned a lot about the basics of woodworking watching The Woodwright's Shop on PBS. Roy Underhill uses some very old tools to show not just in demonstrating their use but also in explaining why tools are made and used in a certain way as well as explaining the nature of wood and how tools work in relation to that. I don't do much woodworking the way he does, I have power tools and limited patience, but I have still learned a lot about how to best use those tools. Whenever I get out a hand saw, or mallet and chisels, or a hand plane, I think back to the episodes those techniques.

[Chad]

I don't think it appeals to everyone but I have learned a lot about the basics of woodworking watching The Woodwright's Shop on PBS. Roy Underhill uses some very old tools to show not just in demonstrating their use but also in explaining why tools are made and used in a certain way as well as explaining the nature of wood and how tools work in relation to that. I don't do much woodworking the way he does, I have power tools and limited patience, but I have still learned a lot about how to best use those tools. Whenever I get out a hand saw, or mallet and chisels, or a hand plane, I think back to the episodes those techniques.

Ah, good ol' Roy Underhill. His show is excellent for the history of woodworking, and not just here in North America. He's covered so much history over the years. If I ever get the time; I'd love to go down to North Carolina and attend his school.