The Complete Book of Woodworking: Step-by-Step Guide to Essential Woodworking Skills, Techniques, Tools and Tips (Landauer) 40+ Easy-to-Follow Projects and Plans, 1,200+ Photos, and Carpentry Basics - Softcover

Tom Carpenter; Mark Johanson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0980068878 ISBN 13: 9780980068870

Publisher: Landauer, 2001

Synopsis

The ultimate step-by-step guide to essential woodworking skills, techniques, tools, tips, and tricks!

Spanning everything from small home accessories to full-scale furnishings, outdoor builds, and workshop projects, this comprehensive guide shows how core woodworking skills apply across a wide variety of real-world applications. By working through complete projects while learning essential techniques, you'll build confidence and practical know-how you can carry into any future woodworking challenge.

• Comprehensive guide filled with information for woodworkers of all levels
• 40+ projects, with detailed plans and materials lists for both indoor and outdoor furnishings
• Over 1,200 full-color photographs, step-by-step instructions, helpful diagrams, and illustrations throughout 480 pages
• Expert advice on setting up shop, safety, using tools, making jigs & joints, applying finishes, and more
• Projects include chairs, sun loungers, picture frames, mantel clocks, and more

The Complete Book of Woodworking features a wide range of detailed plans for woodworkers of all levels, supported by extensive step-by-step illustrations. 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 design principles, 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 hands-on techniques and a gallery of more than 40 complete plans for fabulous woodworking projects, this thorough and attractive book provides all the information you need to build lasting woodworking skills and create 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

About this title

About the Author

Tom Carpenter is the bestselling author of The Complete Book of Woodworking. He lives in Minnetonka, MN.

From the Back Cover

The Complete Book of
WOODWORKING

• Essential Skills
• Techniques
• Expert Tips
• All About Tools
• All About Wood
• Shop Set-up and Safety
• Making Jigs
• Detailed Plans
• More Than 40 Fabulous Projects
• 480 Pages

Dream it. Design it. Build it.

The woodworking process isn't all that difficult. The only requirements are information, a little experience, a few tools and a stack of boards.

The Complete Book of Woodworking gives you all the information.

From the principles of basic design to essential woodworking techniques to a gallery of 40 complete plans for fabulous woodworking projects, this thorough and attractive book will guide you to becoming a master woodworker. And you will have a houseful of fine furnishing to show for your effort.

• More than 40 projects
• Shop set-up
• Shop safety tips
• Table saw techniques
• Perfect wood finishing
• How to use tools
• How to make jigs
• How to make joints
• All about wood

Edition details

• Publisher: Landauer
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0980068878
• ISBN 13: 9780980068870
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480