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How to Make Carpentry Tools: An Illustrated Manual

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If you're like me and you like the sound of hand tools working wood, developing fine motor skills, saving money by making things yourself and the challenge and reward of making your own tools, then this book is for you. If you believe that happiness is another power tool then you'll be dissapointed. If you value ingenuity, creativity and simplicity in the workshop then you'll be impressed with the design of the tools in this book as well as the materials that are used.

This book has detailed plans for hand planes, clamps, and many other critical tools for the carpenter and cabinet maker.

There is also a little bit of history/context for this book. The authors explain that they developed these tools to stimulate the economy of rural Africa. Local artisans could not afford to buy expensive factory made tools, so by showing them how to make their own tools they helped these people earn a living.

Tim H