The Shakemaker
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Genre: Television
Year Published: 1958
Creator: KQED San Francisco Bash Kennett Kathleen Rawlings Richard Moore Robert Nissen Matt Lehmann
Format: 16mm
Description: Bash takes a trip to the mountains to watch a man make shakes for roofs, in the same manner that shakes were made when the first house were settled. The method hasn’t changed, except for the use of power saws instead of chopping with an axe. The skakemaker fells an 85-foot sugarpine tree, then with wedges and saws, reduces it to shakes for roofing homes. He demonstrates how he uses the same tools which have been in use for hundreds of years, and how carefully he measures and splits the shakes to make even roofs. Songs include “Hush Little Baby” and “Knick Knack.”
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