Great Book of Woodworking Tips: Over 650 Ingenious Workshop Tips, Techniques, and Secrets from the Experts at American Woodworker (Fox Chapel Publishing) Shop-Tested and Photo-Illustrated
Great Book of Woodworking Tips: Over 650 Ingenious Workshop Tips, Techniques, and Secrets from the Experts at American Woodworker (Fox Chapel Publishing) Shop-Tested and Photo-Illustrated
Keep the Great Book of Woodworking Tips close by your workbench for a ready source of inspired, shop-tested advice for woodworking success on any project! This ultimate collection of tips includes how to: Rout perfectly fitting edge joints every time Sharpen every kind of blade and bit, including carbide router bits Move, store, and saw 4x8 sheets all by yourself Make drawer slides that really glide and never wear out Joint and plane to thickness without maddening snipe Clamp and glue awkward miters and curved parts Flatten warped wood-it's easier than you think! This is the essential DIY reference, packed with reader-written woodworking tips and techniques from American Woodworker magazine, the premier publication for woodworkers. This comprehensive guide offers more than 650 ingenious solutions to common woodworking problems. Supplemented with clear workshop photography, each insightful pointer has been workplace-tested by the editors. Whether you are an accomplished woodworker or just beginning to set up your workshop, you'll find quick answers to all of your most challenging questions: Sharpen your woodworking skills for drilling, sawing, routing, clamping, gluing, joinery, finishing, and much more Avoid common pitfalls and solve everyday problems with materials, tools, techniques, shop organization, and maintenance Benefit from the experience of others, and share their secrets for making woodworking easier and more efficient Even the most experienced woodworker doesn't have all the answers, but this big, well-organized book is the place to find them.
- UPC: 858924003375
- ASIN: 1565235967
- ISBN: 9781565235960
- Brand: Design Originals
- Manufacturer: Fox Chapel Publishing
The Complete Manual of Woodworking: A Detailed Guide to Design, Techniques, and Tools for the Beginner and Expert
The Complete Manual of Woodworking: A Detailed Guide to Design, Techniques, and Tools for the Beginner and Expert
With more than 1,800 drawings, diagrams and photos, this authoritative guide encompasses the whole art and craft of woodworking. Designed to instruct and inspire every woodworker from the beginner to the most exacting expert, it has become a classic. It includes a discussion of all the principal hardwoods and softwoods, how to choose and use hand tools, detailed information on every woodworking technique--jointing, bonding, fastening, laminating, and much more.
- ASIN: 0679766111
- ISBN: 9780679766117
- Brand: Penguin Random House
- Manufacturer: Knopf
The Complete Book of Woodworking: Step-by-Step Guide to Essential Woodworking Skills, Techniques and Tips (Landauer) More Than 40 Projects with Detailed, Easy-to-Follow Plans and Over 200 Photos
The Complete Book of Woodworking: Step-by-Step Guide to Essential Woodworking Skills, Techniques and Tips (Landauer) More Than 40 Projects with Detailed, Easy-to-Follow Plans and Over 200 Photos
The ultimate step-by-step guide to essential woodworking skills, techniques, tools, tips and tricks.Comprehensive guide filled with information for woodworkers of all levelsMore than 40 projects, with detailed plans and materials lists for both indoor and outdoor furnishingsOver 1,200 photographs, step-by-step instructions, helpful diagrams, and illustrations throughout 480 pagesExpert advice on setting up shop, safety, using tools, making jigs & joints, applying finishes, and moreProjects include chairs, sun loungers, picture frames, mantel clocks, and moreThe Complete Guide to Woodworking features detailed plans for 40 stunning projects for woodworkers of all levels, plus more than 1,200 step-by-step illustrations across 480 pages. For beginners and experienced woodworkers alike, this is the ultimate step-by-step guide.New woodworkers will learn how to set up shop, understand the tools, learn the principles of basic design, and practice essential woodworking techniques while creating home accessories, furnishings, outdoor projects, workshop projects, and more. Experienced crafters will enjoy enhancing their skills and learning something new.From the principles of basic design to techniques to a gallery of 40 complete plans for fabulous woodworking projects, this thorough and attractive book provides all the information you need to become a master woodworker and have a houseful of fine furnishings to show for the effort!"If you are going to buy only one woodworking book, this should be it."—Library Journal
- UPC: 748628112308
- ASIN: 0980068878
- ISBN: 9780980068870
- Brand: Design Originals
- Manufacturer: Landauer Publishing LLC
The Joint Book: The Complete Guide to Wood Joinery
The Joint Book: The Complete Guide to Wood Joinery
The Joint Book features illustrated instructions for over 70 joints—providing easy-to-follow step-by-step directions for creating edge and scarf joints, lapped and housed joints, mortise and tenon joints, miters and bevels, dovetails, dowels and biscuits, and detailed descriptions of fasteners, hardware, and knockdown joints. This book is the perfect companion for any woodworker interested in improving their joint-making skills. This hardcover book with internal spiral binding is 6.5" × 8", the perfect size for carpenters and woodworkers to keep near their workbench or toolbox for quick access.The design of this book allows it to lay open flat for easy and frequent reference. The interior photographs, illustrations, and diagrams make the learning process simple and fun for beginners, while advanced readers will gain insight from the book's useful tips. Within, you'll find:Step-by-step illustrated instructions for making all the basic joints in every joint family—mortise and tenon, dovetails, miters, and more—and their variations.Both hand tool methods and power tool techniques, plus a variety of easy-to-build jigs.How the nature of wood and its properties affect joinery, glue, and furniture design.The Joint Book is the ultimate workshop reference, providing woodworkers with the knowledge to choose the right joint for the job.
- ASIN: 0785822275
- ISBN: 0785822275
- Brand: Brand: Chartwell Books
- Manufacturer: Chartwell Books
The Homemade Workshop: Build Your Own Woodworking Machines and Jigs
The Homemade Workshop: Build Your Own Woodworking Machines and Jigs
Less cost! More features! Bragging rights!Let's face it: Woodworking isn't cheap. Wood and materials alone can cost a small fortune. And well-designed commercial woodworking machines are often so expensive that they are beyond the reach of many home woodworkers. So what's a woodworker to do? Do what Stumpy Nubs does and build your own!In The Homemade Woodshop, James Hamilton, creator of the popular Stumpy Nubs website and editor of Stumpy Nubs Woodworking Journal, shows you how to build woodworking machines for a fraction of the cost of store-bought models--and with more features to boot! You'll discover 12 detailed projects for building precise, durable shop-made machines including:Sliding-top router table that makes joinery safe and easyMulti-function downdraft table that combines dust collection with countless workholding applicationsSliding crosscut table that gives your table saw the precision and convenience of a high-end European saw24" band saw that offers all of the throat capacity of an industrial model in a size that will fit on a benchtopCrosscut "super-sled" that allows you to create box joints, splined miters, tenons and moreTable saw workstation that affords you a complete workshop in a 4' x 8' footprintAnd 7 more!The projects in this book not only save you money, but they allow you to add more features and, ultimately, greater precision and more versatility to the machines in your shop. And let's face it: Having a shop outfitted with machines that you built yourself is just cool.
- UPC: 035313663833
- ASIN: 1440341664
- ISBN: 1440341664
- Brand: Popular Woodworking Books
- Manufacturer: Popular Woodworking Books
The Big Book of Weekend Woodworking: 150 Easy Projects (Big Book of ... Series)
The Big Book of Weekend Woodworking: 150 Easy Projects (Big Book of ... Series)
Every woodworker will want to own this colorful, information-packed, mammoth resource for weekend crafting. It's filled with 150 classic projects, and features an introductory section that walks readers through the various planning stages. It's all covered: selecting the right wood, working with patterns, gluing, and finishing. Novices can effortlessly make simple mirrors, shelves, clocks, and jewelry boxes, while those with slightly more advanced skills can try the small cupboard, blanket chest, or side table. For outdoors, there are whimsical weathervanes, whirligigs, plants stands, and trellises. Some of the sweetest items are just for kids, such as animal pull toys, wheeled cars, puzzles, a winged rocking chair, and vintage-style doll accessories. Every project include finishes or surface decoration options, plus drawings and patterns.
- ASIN: 1579906001
- ISBN: 1579906001
- Brand: Lark Books NC
- Manufacturer: Lark Crafts
Understanding Wood Finishing: How to Select and Apply the Right Finish (Fox Chapel Publishing) Practical & Comprehensive with Over 300 Color Photos and 40 Reference Tables & Troubleshooting Guides
Understanding Wood Finishing: How to Select and Apply the Right Finish (Fox Chapel Publishing) Practical & Comprehensive with Over 300 Color Photos and 40 Reference Tables & Troubleshooting Guides
Take the mystery out of wood finishing! Inside you will find: The latest technical updates on materials and techniques—from spray guns to French polishing Detailed instructions and explanations that take the mystery out of the science More than 300 color photos that help you distinguish between products, make decisions, and solve problems More than 40 must-have reference tables and troubleshooting guides For more than 18 years, Bob Flexner has been inspiring woodworkers with his writings and teachings on wood finishing. Now, from this best-selling author comes the long-awaited and completely updated second edition of Understanding Wood Finishing—the most practical, comprehensive book on finishing ever published. The first edition of Understanding Wood Finishing is widely regarded as the bible of wood finishing. "We use Understanding Wood Finishing as the textbook for our students training to go into the furniture industry," says David Miles, wood technology professor at Pittsburg State University. "It's the best written, most accurate, and most thorough wood finishing book in print—by far." With its clear writing and engaging style, this is "without a doubt the best researched, most authoritative, and easy-to-follow book on the subject," notes Steve Shanesy, Popular Woodworking magazine editor. As professional finishers know and as amateurs will surely realize, "finishing is easy once you know what you are doing," says Frank Klausz, a professional cabinetmaker. "Understanding Wood Finishing makes the science of finishing understandable."
- ASIN: 1565235665
- ISBN: 1565235665
- Brand: Design Originals
- Manufacturer: Fox Chapel Publishing
Woodworking Basics - Mastering the Essentials of Craftsmanship - An Integrated Approach With Hand and Power tools
Woodworking Basics - Mastering the Essentials of Craftsmanship - An Integrated Approach With Hand and Power tools
Woodworking Basics presents an approach to learning woodworking that has proven successful for hundreds of people who have taken the author's introductory course over the past 20 years. Peter Korn's method helps new woodworkers learn the right techniques from the beginning. More experienced woodworkers can use it to master the classic furniture-making skills key to fine craftsmanship. Korn includes two attractive and useful projects -- a small bench and a side table with a door and drawer ― providing you the opportunity to practice skills and develop confidence with tools. This book provides a step-by-step introduction to all aspects of woodworking, including: Safe use of woodworking machinery Correct use of hand tools Milling a board four-square Cutting a mortise-and-tenon joint Cutting dovetails
- ASIN: 156158620X
- ISBN: 156158620X
- Brand: imusti
- Manufacturer: Taunton Press
Great Book of Woodworking Projects: 50 Projects for Indoor Improvements and Outdoor Living from the Experts at American Woodworker (Fox Chapel Publishing) Plans & Instructions to Improve Every Room
Great Book of Woodworking Projects: 50 Projects for Indoor Improvements and Outdoor Living from the Experts at American Woodworker (Fox Chapel Publishing) Plans & Instructions to Improve Every Room
Shop-tested expert advice for woodworkers on how to build 50 attractive and functional woodworking projects for every room in your home! This ultimate collection of functional & attractive projects includes: Handy kitchen upgrades including drawers, shelves, racks, and trays Convenient storage solutions from bookcases to wall shelves Sturdy Adirondack chairs and garden benches to enhance any outdoor living space Classic furniture pieces in the Shaker, Stickley, and Craftsman styles Frames, puzzles, jewelry boxes, and more for gifts, heirlooms, and fun Small projects that can be done in just a few hours or a weekend Step-by-step illustrated instructions and workshop tips An ideal resource for woodworkers looking for a new project or wanting to spruce up their home! From kitchen improvements and storage solutions to classic furniture in the Craftsman and Adirondack styles, the experts at American Woodworker have provided plans and instructions for building 50 great-looking projects that will improve every space inside and outside your home. With a variety of styles covering every skill level, the Great Book of Woodworking Projects has something for everyone. Whether you want a challenging project that will beautify your home, such as a stunning Stickley chest of drawers, or you need a quick and easy project for a gift, such as a keepsake box or picture frame, you will find plans that will take a few hours or a weekend to complete. The step-by-step illustrated instructions, workshop tips, and detailed, shop-tested expert advice from American Woodworker will help you achieve woodworking success so your entire home and outdoor living space can be furnished with well-designed, handmade projects in no time.
- UPC: 884346184057
- ASIN: 1565235045
- ISBN: 9781565235045
- Brand: Design Originals
- Manufacturer: Fox Chapel Publishing
Woodworking 101: Skill-Building Projects that Teach the Basics
Woodworking 101: Skill-Building Projects that Teach the Basics
This title is suitable for absolute beginners looking to become confident woodworkers. It combines the best material from Taunton's Getting Started in Woodworking Series. It includes detailed step-by-step photos, illustrations, shop schematics and exploded drawings. For beginners looking to become confident woodworkers relatively quickly, this self-teaching guide will do the trick. Woodworking 101 combines the best material from the four books in Taunton's Getting Started in Woodworking Series (Getting Started in Woodworking, Your First Workshop, Projects for Your Shop, and Furniture You Can Build). Gathered here in a single volume, it's a powerful instructional tool. Highly visual and easy to follow, the book includes detailed step-by-step photos, illustrations, shop schematics, and exploded drawings.
- ASIN: 1600853684
- ISBN: 1600853684
- Manufacturer: Taunton Press