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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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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.
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How to apply the workstation approach to your shop and how to protect your valuable tools. Some of the subjects covered include; roll-away workshop, clamp storage, stack and saw lumber rack, vacuum hold down table, chisel cabinet, heirloom tool chest, and more.
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Still the Undisputed Champion of Router How-to Books More than 10 years after its original publication, WOODWORKING WITH THE ROUTER remains the most highly regardedand best-sellingrouter manual available. Clear, comprehensive, and readable, it's packed with the techniques and tricks you'll need to unleash your router's incredible potential. You'll find the best ways to . . . - Cut decorative edgings and moldings - Surface wood and joint edges for glue-ups - Shape furniture parts - Cut curves, circles, and ovals - Make cope-and-stick frames, raise panels - Cut strong, practical joints of all kindsdadoes, rabbets, laps and halflaps, dovetails and sliding dovetails, mortise-and-tenon - Make simple, accurate jigs and fixtures - Design, make, and use templates to cut joints and shape parts - Design, build, and use a router table All that and more is covered in this expanded, thoroughly revised and updated edition. Hundreds of large, clear photos and drawingsnow in full colorshow you everything you need to know about using a router productively and safely. The information is specific, tested, and accurate, making this crackerjack manual almost as indispensable as the router itself!
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Using a vacuum press is the most efficient method of veneering flat and curved panels and making bent laminations, which add decorative options to fine woodwork that cant otherwise be made using hardwood. Even the smallest of shops can produce high-design wood pieces with the vacuum press because its components can be disassembled and stored in a small space. In this step-by-step book and DVD, Darryl Keil explains and demonstrates how the vacuum press works; how to use it for veneering, wood bending and clamping; how to troubleshoot problems with the press; and how to maintain the equipment for effective, long-term use. With an expert like Keil walking woodworkers through these processes, theyre guaranteed consistently predictable results.
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Special four-book, paperback collection of WORKSHOP, TABLESAW, ROUTER, AND FINISHING.