The Complete Book of Woodworking

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

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