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Originally published in 1941 this is a fascinating look at how to build a variety of workshop tools. The book was published during and after World War II and the idea was to show craftsmen how to cope with shortages of metal and other materials and still build useable machinery. Included are plans for table saws, thickness planer, cordwood saw, hydraulic press, drill presses, jigsaws, and many other handy tools.
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Revised by Thomas L. Elliott. This is the definitive guide to American wooden planes. It covers the earliest individuals, from before the ARevolutionary War to the last few manufacturers of the twentieth century. This fourth edition contains a tremendous amount of new information. Over 4000 biographical entries, 5000 imprints, and almost 2700 wedge outlines. Includes almost 3000 individual rating for judging relative scarcity and value.
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This was one of the most influential books on tools and had an impact on the current interest in tool collecting. There are over 180 pen and ink drawings by the author. Originally published in 1964, Sloane illustrates the uses of many of the tools and covers such diverse crafts as logging, carpentry, wheelmaking, tanning, splitting, tools with legs and much more.
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The only price guide to factor in prices realized from tool sales on the Internet. Contains a staggering 12,000+ individual and chart combinations for prices. Prices cover tools that are available in the market place, with explanations for each tool group to help the reader classify condition. Chapters include buying antique tools, tool wood indentification, clubs to join and reference books.
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This is a major new reference work that broadens our range of understanding of the history of technological innovation. This encyclopedic volume provides the collector, user, and researcher with invaluable information on over 330 lathe builders. More than 1000 illustrations are included.
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This is the first book to identify American builders of planers, shapers, and slotters, who operated throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. The author provides valuable information on over 300 makers, many of which are little known. More than 1000 illustrations, taken from original catalogs and periodicals, show how these machines developed. Includes a glossary of terms. Of great interest to the collector, the industrial archeologist, and the industrial historian.
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"Crafting 16 Artistic Mosaics with Your Scroll Saw". Instructions for each pattern include enlargement dimensions, size, and thickness of wood to use, gluing and sawing details, and stainding and finishing advice. Moore also includes detailed instructions for completing the wood frame to fit the finished project.
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Featuring dozens of wildlife patterns for scroll saw woodworking, this book goes beyond other pattern books by providing instructions for altering patterns so carvers can create a unique piece of art every time. Also included are helpful instructions on the basics of scroll saw woodcutting, as well as more difficult techniques like converting a traditional fretwork woodworking into a 3-D relief or fashioning a shadow box pattern. Among the 91 exciting patterns provided are eagles, owls, cougars, bobcats, wolves, bears, and whales. Tips on how to build a display for newly completed pieces are also included.
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Patterns for 25 projects are included. Full-size patterns for boxs, lids, and lid inserts are presented for all projects. Projects include hinged and lift off lids, boxes with drawers, laminated boxes, recipe boxes, tissue boxes, knitting trays, desk organizers, and much more are also included.
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A Complete Guide to Set Up, Troubleshooting and Maintenance. The book is an excellent reference guide for anyone who owns tools and want to lean how to assemble, tune, maintain and repair them.
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Includes circular saw technology, efficient use of saws, motors and drives, saw tooth profiles, grinding carbide saws, general maintenance, panel saws, stellite tipped and IT saws, diamond saws and tungsten carbide tipped saws.
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The dovetail is the hallmark of fine woodworking. This unique and comprehensive handbook unlocks the intricacies of the classic joint. Woodworkers will learn exactly how to design and lay out the four major forms of dovetail, and how to saw and chisel the mating parts to a perfect fit. An excellent reference work.
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Uniting form and function without complicated joinery or the need for a shop full of tools, this crafting guide offers step-by-step instructions and patterns for 26 unique, keepsake boxes, made exclusively with the scroll saw. Incorporating popular scrolling techniques like fretwork, segmentation, intarsia, and layering, the projects include a holiday card holder, a desktop organizer, a patriotic flag box, and themed ideas for hikers, patriots, cowboys, and poker players. Favorites from pattern designers such as John Nelson, Gary Browning, and Rick and Karen Longabaugh are included as well as many other celebrated favorites from the pages of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts.
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Readers searching for unique and interesting box projects for the scroll saw need look no further! Carole Rothman, author of the best-selling Wooden Bowls from the Scroll Saw, returns to offer her creative spin on box projects. She's surveyed the most popular boxes in woodworking and shows you how to make bandsaw-style boxes, jewelry boxes, and lidded boxes on the scroll saw. Inside, you'll find 29 beautiful and creative designs for boxes you'll love to make and love to use. Rothman also walks you through the creation of her scroll-sawn bow technique, which she adapted from cake decorating. You'll love the chapter on Fun with Food: make a box that looks like a pie, a cupcake, or an ice cream sundae. These creative projects are useful, surprisingly easy-to-make, and make great gifts.
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Part of the "Cutting Edge" series. Jim Stack is the editor of Popular Woodworking Books and here he gives you the tools and techniques you need to get the very best out of your router. Included are over 20 jigs and fixtures to boost your router's utility. Stack shows not only how to make the jigs but how to use them. Plans are included as well as three projects. Shown are a circle and arc routing jig, self-centering jig, face-routing system, routing a groove in a curved rail, routing a cavity, dovetail routing, template routing, and more.
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With a focus on traditional and modern hand tools, acclaimed craftsman David Charlesworth presents an indispensable guide for all levels and abilities. Lively writing and more than 300 photographs show how to select and use equipment such as chisels, planes and peen hammers to make high-quality furniture. Covering everything from plans for making a spokeshave adjustor to age-old dovetailing techniques and ways to keep tools in top shape, this is the ideal workshop accessory. Theres also instruction on finishing techniques, and lots of inspiration and encouragement.
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This is an innovative book on making even more use of your router. Jack Cox's recent inventions, the Pivot Frame jig and the Pivot Frame Ellipse jig, now make it possible for all woodworkers to achieve superb decorative work , inlaying, routing circles and small ellipses and scalloped patterns based on the circle and ellipse. The book includes many other jigs by the author and all of them can be easily made in the home workshop. A number of projects involving ornamental routing are discussed in detail.
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This is the definitive reference work on woodworking tools. Indispensable to woodworkers, antique dealers, collectors, and researchers. Salaman describes and explains the tools of the cabinetmaker, shipwright, cooper, coachbuilder, coffin maker, window maker, wheelwright and many other allied trades. This is the revised and updated edition. Thousands of illustrations.
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Written specifically for the woodworker seeking new adventures in the world of wood. Awaken your modern design aesthetic with 27 striking contemporary designs for the home. The fusion of nature's elegant shapes and modern architecture's bold symmetry yields a dynamic and engaging collection of designs for scroll saw woodworking. Your imagination will be captured by the bold lines, sinuous curves, and captivating shapes of these dynamic pieces. Patterns, easy-to-understand instructions, and step-by-step photography make crafting these projects attainable, no matter your skill level. Perfect for beginners looking to progress their scroll saw abilities with interesting and compelling projects; learn the ropes of scroll sawing with seven step-by-step photo-illustrated instructional projects. Advanced woodworkers can master joinery, 3D cutting, and inlay with advanced projects such as Nesting Boxes, the Zigzag Business Card Holder, and the Flower Abstraction Wall Mirror. The chapter on designing your own patterns means you'll never again be without a project to create. Whether you're a beginner or an expert, no woodworker's library is complete without this dynamic book. Each completed project is a conversation piece, and you'll have a constant stream of visitors who won't be able to resist picking up these engaging works of art. Inside, find everything you need to create these exciting and dynamic projects—New York City Wall Art, Beautiful Branches Wall Art, Cat-shaped Mantle Clock, Retro Modern Wall Clock, Radial Design Box, Oak Leaf Box, Flower bud vases, Business card holders, Picture frames, And more!
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"Reading HAND TOOLS is like having a chat with an old master". Fine Woodworking Magazine. This classic, authoritative, and beautifully illustrated guide to hand woodworking tools will enhance the pleasure of all woodworkers. Virtually all hand woodworking tools are covered, spokeshaves, chisels, planes, etc. This book has just recently been returned to print, having been unavailable for a number of years.
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There is no woodworking tool that's more satisfying, quick and precise to use as a handplane. Planes can process timber in its rough state, bring boards up to a glimmering smoothness, cut rabbets, dados, grooves and other joints, and trim wood with a precision hat has yet to be matched by power tools. t Yet many woodworkers both beginners and professionals are intimidated by choosing the right tool, sharpening its cutter and putting it to use. And that's why Christopher chwarz, the editor of Woodworking Magazine, wrote this book. S "Handplane Essentials" contains everything you need to choose the right tool for your budget and project, take it out of the box, sharpen it and use it successfully. The chapters in this book have been compiled from more than 10 years of the author's writing on the ubject of handplanes in magazines, trade journals and blogs. s This is a sizable book 312 pages and is printed on high-quality paper. The hundreds of photos in the book have been sepia-toned, just like the photos in Woodworking Magazine. The book is hardbound, covered in black cloth with a copper embossing and a heavy full-color dust jacket. And best of all the book is produced and printed entirely n the United States. Here's what you'll find inside: i The Basics: Learn what the different handplanes are used for. Decode their crazy numbering system so you can focus instead on what each tool does. And figure out what specific planes you need in your shop. Sharpening: Learning to hone your cutters to a keen edge is the secret to getting your planes to work. "Handplane Essentials" shows you how to get this done no matter what ort of sharpening system you use now. s Continued Techniques: Learn how to flatten individual boards, panels and even enormous tabletops with just a few bench planes. Learn to use specialty planes to cut grooves, abbets and other joints. r History & Philosophy: If you understand historical practice, you'll be a better handplane user even if you choose to reject the traditional methods. Learn to pick a ell-made old tool based on how it is made. w Reviews: Find out who makes the best high-quality tool, whether it's a $50 plane from India or a $5,000 plane custom-made by a machinist in Scotland. The author has tried them all.
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Working wood with hand tools is one of the most satisfying, relaxing and rewarding activities available, and adding planes to a woodworking regimen augments it in several ways. When we plane the face or edge of a board, we slice across cells, exposing a multitude of voids. When we sand, we fill up those voids with dust, the residue of crushed cell walls. As a finish is applied, the difference is immediately obvious. A planed surface has a deep, rich, translucent quality that is missing in a sanded piece. This is a book for the average woodworker of every skill level (except for the very advanced) a simple, straightforward shop manual for people who own a few bench planes and would like to know how to use them. This book dispenses with the lore and legend of planes, and treats them simply as tools while still preserving their dignity. The book contains how-to photography that is in step-by-step support of the text. Each image visually represents hard facts that are alluded to in the text. For example, a page on sharpening an iron will show the reader four images that illustrate flattening the requisite area of the back; grinding a primary bevel; honing a secondary bevel; and testing for sharpness.
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SET OF 3 IAN KIRBY BOOKS: The Complete Dovetail (14-400), Sharpening with Waterstones(14-312), The Accurate Table Saw (14-315). Regular $44.85 Our Price $35.88. YOU SAVE 20%
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Woodworking Handtools, Devices & Instruments is the first volume in Graham Blackburn’s paperback Illustrated Workshop series. It’s a comprehensive pictorial index of the woodworking handtools common in the Western civilization from eighteenth century to the present. Not only a fascinating record of trades and skills – from cabinetmakers to wheelwrights – in an age before powertools became the norm, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Woodworking Handtools is also a remarkable tribute to man’s technological ingenuity. More than 600 tools are listed and described, both alphabetically and fully cross-referenced for easy access, from the adze, awl, bevel, and bit to the wrest, yardstick, and zig-zag rule, complete with explicit definitions, interesting etymologies, and fascinating historical information. This classic reference contains more then 570 of Blackburn’s trademark detailed line drawings, accompanied by an expert’s authoritative text. Whether used a handy guide to identify a tool and its use, or read simply for enjoyment, this book stands alone in capturing the sophisticated beauty and inventiveness of handtools.
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Odate was trained in Japan. In this book he covers the history and use of each tool. Planes, saws, chisels, sharpening stones, etc. The philosophy and techniques of Japan's masters are dealt with. This is the best book dealing with Japanese tools and techniques. Invaluable if you treasure fine tools and the emotions that go with them.
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26 ingenious jig and fixture projects from the pages of Woodworkers Journal magazine. Each project is accompanied by detailed plans, expert instructions, and helpful tips to ensure your finished project is well-built and a productive enhancement to your table saw and router. Includes technical and exloded drawings, materials lists, and more.
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Tolpin covers a wealth of information on the use of the table saw and numerous jigs and fixtures that can make your table saw an extraordinarily productive tool. Tolpin covers blades and cutters, ripping, crosscutting, grooves, dadoes and rabbets, sheet stock, curves and mouldings, and joinery. This is a good, comprehensive book on the subject.
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Whelan lays out clear, step by step instructions that will enable any woodworker to make a plane. Each chapter, covering 20 different types of planes and spokeshaves, is fully illustrated. In addition, there are chapters on alternative methods of planemaking, plane irons, and the tuning and using of wooden planes. John Whelan is a recognized authority on wooden planes and their construction.
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Duginske shows you how to choose, set up and tune common shop machines for safety, precision and efficiency. Duginske's systematic approach shows you how to diagnose machine problems and spans all common brands. Detailed discussions of tablesaws, radial-arm saws, routers, shapers, bandsaws, drill presses, jointers, planers. A Fine Woodworking book. REGULAR $24.95 OUR PRICE $19.95. You save 20%. Companion video available 22-54 $19.95.
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The collection of articles from the magazine covers all you need to know about hand tools, from choosing the right ones for the job, to marking and measuring, using chisels, sharpening edge tools and saws, and essential hand tool techniques.
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Advice on choosing, tuning, sharpening, and using this classic handtool. With a sharp, well-tuned handplane you can quickly adjust the fit of parts or joints, flatten a panel or produce a glass-smooth surface for finishing. But learning to use this classic handtool can be something of a challenge. This book offers advice on how to choose handplanes and tune and sharpen them for top performance. There is also in-depth information on specialty planes and spokeshaves. Sections include: # Choosing the right bench planes # Flattening wide panels # Planing difficult grain # Making and using a shooting board # Using rabbet planes # Tuning up a spokeshave # Making wooden planes
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Router basics, bits and cutters, joinery, jigs and router based machines, router tables, template routing. All of the best articles from recent Fine Woodworking magazines that dealt with the router.
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Learn basic tablesaw operations as well as special tasks. The tablesaw is the work horse of the modern wood shop. Peerless at ripping stock, this verastile tool can also crosscut accurately and cut a wide variety of joints. This book covers basic tablesaw operations as well as special tasks like cutting coves. Expert woodworkers also offer advice on tablesaw joinery, dust control, and making jigs. Sections include: # Sawing joint-quality edges # Cutting box joints # Tablesawn dovetails # Shopmade tenoning jigs # Building extension tables # One-stop cutting station # Dustproofing a tablesaw
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Advice you can use on all the stationary machines used in a woodshop. Machines make woodworking more efficient, but to perform at their peak they need to be tuned up and maintained. In these articles, expert woodworkers offer advice on set-up, choosing blades, bits, and cutters, and building jigs. This book covers all of the stationary machines used in a woodshop, including tablesaws, bandsaws, jointers, planers, shapers, and drill presses. Sections include: # Choosing machines # Machine tune up # Selecting blades # Milling stock square # Restoring used machines # Taming shop noise # Protecting surfaces
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What shoes are to women, tools are to men--and while guys want them all, they need to know which ones are really essential for their arsenal. Welcome to Popular Mechanic's ultimate toolkit guide, filled with facts on 75 tools that every man should own. It covers not only the expected choices (a sledgehammer, drill, and circular saw), but also some surprises that make perfect sense when you think about them-like earmuffs, a cold chisel, and a chalk line. Purchase tips, plus details on what each tool does and how to use it, make this book as indispensable as a hammer and wrench.
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"The Complete Guide". Detailed, exhaustive information on how to use the router, including lots of sidebars and tips. Includes information on hand-held and table mounted techniques, what accessories are available and how to use them, along with plans for shop made jigs and fixtures. Maintenance and trouble shooting are covered as well as a couple of projects.
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No duplication between this and the Fine Woodworking on Series. Details on how to choose table saws, carbide blades, rip fences, radial arm saws, fine tune thi ckness planers.
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Features over 200 tools from classics to the most inventively engineered newcomers. The author takes the reader inside power tools and explains what makes them tick and compares the features that make some tools great. Each category discusses design, accessories, cut-away drawings of the mechanics, a look at the future.
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"Power Tools" features over 200 tools from classics to the most inventively engineered newcomers. The author takes the reader inside power tools and explains what makes them tick and compares the features that make some tools great. Each category discusses design, accessories, cut-away drawings of the mechanics, a look at the future: cutting edge tool technology. Tools covers include jig saws, routers, circular saws, drills, table saws, cut- off saws, bandsaws, jointers, planers, and other portable as well as benchtop tools.
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This is a compilation of articles from "The Router" an English publication. Wearing is an old hand at woodworking and has published a number of books. Here he covers vice jaws for routing, trimming keys and dovetails, router setting gauge, cleaning off dowels and tenons, fielding and beveling, cross halving joints, and more. Regular $12.95 OUR PRICE $10.50 YOU SAVE 20%
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Valuable advice on using this most popular tool to its full advantage. Improve your woodworking skills by learning proper setup and maintenance. Learn to make router dovetails, mortises, and cavities. Fixtures for curved and circular work, fluting, reeding, and milling. The best tips from the "Methods of Work" column in Fine Woodworking for the last 25 years.
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Second revised and expanded edition. Includes an additional chapter on router accessories, 2 new on projects and greater coverage of North American routers. There are a number of projects for the workshop such as cutter selection boards and router tables. This is a good book for the first time router enthusiast.
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How to turn a photograph of a loved one, pet, or movie star into a strikingly accurate portrait in wood is detailed in this woodcutting workbook. Guiding readers through converting an image via computer into a woodcutting pattern, this book provides strategies for creating a wood portrait that maintains the essential attributes of the original subject. Tips are provided for investing in computer software, finishing and framing a portrait, and cutting a piece without weakening the wood. This second edition charts current advances in software and provides fascinating patterns of many famous faces for readers who do not wish to design their own.
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his woodworking guide compares the 15 scroll saw models available in today's market and offers 25 exercises-with patterns and step-by-step cutting instructions-that will turn a novice into a pro. Beginning with the basics such as cutting straight, curved, and jagged lines, the book details progressively more advanced techniques including stack cutting; cutting metal, plastic, and paper; relief cutting; inlay; segmentation; and puzzle making. Project patterns include die-cut stationery, a fish silhouette, a butterfly with interior cuts, a hummingbird ornament, and a collapsible wooden basket. The content has been updated to include information on new scroll saw manufacturers.
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The scrollsaw is a versatile machine, which lends itself to a host of practical and decorative projects. It is not difficult to use, and good results can be obtained in a short time, even if you have little or no prior experience of woodworking. In Scrollsaws: A Woodworker's Guide, scrollsaw experts Julie and Fred Byrne tell you all you need to know to get started on this absorbing hobby, from choosing the right equipment and materials to coloring and finishing your completed work. You will learn how to set up your scrollsaw to get the best possible results from it, and how to work safely and efficiently. Plans and instructions are included for a series of attractive projects, themed to suit different rooms?including the garden. Once you have seen for yourself what the scrollsaw is capable of, you may well be hooked! Projects include: •Kitchen: key holder, trivets, letter rack, doorstop, blackboard •Bathroom: fish mobile, peg rail, towel rail, door plate •Child's room: bookends, coat hooks, name plate, wall hanging •Garden: birdhouse, boot rack, house name, seed organizer
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Hundreds of techniques are carefully explained in step by step photo-filled detail. Cliffe discusses freehand shaping, jigs and fixtures, and cutting stick joinery. Maintenance, tune-ups and trouble-shooting are covered as well as how to purchase the best shaper for your needs. A complete work on this valuable and versatile machine.
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Kirby, a master woodworker educated in England, shows the reader how to put a perfect edge on chisels, plane irons, and knives. The author advocates using Japanese waterstones in conjunction with the ordinary electric grinder as the best route to a sharp edge, yet he also shows how to get excellent results from traditional oil stones. Kirby also includes a discussion of diamond hones.
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This new title explores the many creative possibilities of floor-standing, stand-mounted, and portable bench-top bandsaw models. With these practical instructions and color photographs, woodworkers can quickly master basic skills such as ripping, cutting angles, and mirror cutting, then practice advanced procedures like making dovetail, mortise and tenon joints and cutting variable-curve edgesand even make their own money-saving jigs and templates.
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An in depth guide to the router and how it is used. Includes information on a box-combing jig, flush-trimming jig, small circle jig, end-trimming jig, housing jig, and trammel jig. Also what to look for in a router, how to buy a dove-tailing jig, how to keep your router running smoothly.
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The first in the "Success with Woodworking" series. An introductory guide that makes the theory and mechanics of sharpening easy to understand. Covers both hand and machine sharpening and the sharpening of specific tools such as turning, carving, scrapers, planer blades, household items, and much more.
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This indispensable handbook explains how to choose and set up the right table saw for any shop, and demonstrates basic and advanced techniques for ripping, crosscutting, and cutting bevels and mitered edges. Various jigs and auxiliary miter fences are outlined as well, all designed to maximize safety and efficiency. Filled with practical information and more than 250 color photographs and illustrations, this in-depth introduction provides innovative uses for specialty blades, and great tips for controlling dust, maintaining your saw, working with imperfect lumber, and much more.
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Includes setup, maintenance, safety, switches, mobile bases, dollies, joinery, raising panels, shaping, outfeed tables, and much more. Contains the best tips from the "Methods of Work" column in Fine Woodworking over the last 25 years.
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Don’t buy a tool without reading this. Every year, the annual Tool Guide from Fine Woodworking and Fine Homebuilding is the go-to guide for anyone looking for unbiased reviews of tools for woodworkers, builders, and do-it-yourselfers. Now the 2014 Tool Guide is available – the 11th edition in this acclaimed series. Shop smart and work smarter. Having the right tool is the difference between fine work and frustration. And because you’ll do better work with better tools, the annual Tool Guide is money well-spent. Packed with hard-hitting tool reviews from Fine Woodworking and Fine Homebuilding magazines, Tool Guide 2014 will cut through the hype to highlight the best tools in every category.
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This is the second in Kirby's series of handbooks. He tells how to get the most out of low priced saws, what blades and accessories to buy and what to avoid, how to set up each of four basic saw operations, how to build simple, inexpensive and accurate jigs, and how to make excellent wood joints straight from the saw. Kirby was trained in the British Arts and Crafts tradition and teaches and writes in Connecticut. This is his sixth book.