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"Mastering the Essentials of Craftsmanship. An Integrated Approach with Hand and Power Tools". Korn is the director of the Center of Furniture Craftsmanship in Camden, Maine. This book is an excellent introduction to the traditional approach to teaching woodworking. It is based on a two week course offered at the school. It covers all of the bases from working with hand tools to cutting dovetails. Included are two projects, a bench and a small cabinet.
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Everyone who works with wood is guaranteed to find a wealth of invaluable ideas in this huge and extremely practical compendium. Areas of interest, organized by subject matter and illustrated in color, cover every possibility: hand and power tools, machines, marking and measuring, materials, joints and fixings, abrasives, finishing, storage, and safety. This is the complete solution for inspired woodworking.
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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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Dedicated to providing integral information about woodworking tools and techniques that other manuals overlook, the books in this series contain safety facts, explanations about basic project setup, and tips for maximizing tool performance. Filled with clear diagrams and instructions, these pocket-sized, durable manuals are ideal for quick reference in the workshop. Using detailed illustrations, this informative guide explores the anatomy and uses of drills and their accessories. Explaining the features of both corded and cordless drills, this survey also contains information on updating old drills, thereby eliminating needless waste and expense. Safety, utility, and maintenance are all addressed in a cohesive, constructive, and clear manner.
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This informative handbook will help every woodworker construct exactly the bench he or she needs. Anyone with basic skills could build either the study and versatile joiners bench or one for cabinetmakers, and adapt them for individual use. Other workbenches have storage drawers and a cabinet, or are designed for specialties like carving, veneering, guitar making, and more. And this book offers more than just plans for building the benchit features information on setting it up, installing the tools, and using it for planning, joinery, power tool operations, and assembly.
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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.