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• HOW TO CHOOSE AND USE BENCH PLANES & SCRAPERS

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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.

• DECORATIVE ROUTING: JIGS & TECHNIQUES ^

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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.

• THE SHAPER BOOK

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  Bird covers everything from choosing a shaper and setting it up, to techniques and jigs. The shaper is much more versatile than the table mounted router and the author discusses this along with complete safety instructions, extremely important for the shaper, and information on various jigs, advanced technique and how to grind custom cutters. Bird is a contributing editor of American Woodworking and the head of a university woodworking program. He siminars on the shaper throughout the country. the country.

• POPULAR MECHANICS WORKSHOP ROUTER FUNDAMENTALS

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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.

• DANNY PROULX'S TOOLBOXES & WORKBENCHES

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  13 Fast & Easy Projects. Clear instructions and step-by-step photos for creating 13 solid, inexpensive workshop projects. Includes a toolbox tote, fold-away work center, simple sawhorses, hand tool wall cabinet, carver's tool chest, carpenter's toolbox, and 7 other projects.

• Wildlife Portraits in Wood: 30 Patterns to Capture the Beauty of Nature

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  The wildlife patterns featured in this collection represent animals from around the world. As well as patterns, information on choosing the best blade, wood, and technique with which to create a work of art is provided. Readers will learn how to create patterns from their own photographs—allowing them to make scroll saw portraits of their loved ones. Tips on finishing, framing, and displaying finished pieces rounds out this woodworker’s reference.