With expert advice, color photos, drawings, and exploded diagrams, Popular Mechanics reveals exactly what the endlessly versatile and extremely popular scroll saw can do. By first explaining how the scroll saw works, then offering basic techniques, and finally presenting simple projects, this invaluable manual provides an education that woodworkers can draw on for years to come. Everything about this must-have tool is covered: cutting wood to precise dimension, enlarging and reducing patterns, pattern and template placement, inside and outside cuts, and advanced techniques, such as bevel and compound sawing. There's even a visual "anatomy" of available scroll saws, along with guidance on maintenance and troubleshooting. The great projects include a potpourri box, collapsible basket, plate holder and compound-cut chess set.
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Rick Peters is the author of many woodworking titles from Sterling including "Great Decks & Porches: A Step by Step Guide" (0806966432), "Controlling Dust in the Workshop" (0806936894), "Woodworker's Power Tools" (0806966599), "Woodworker's Hand Tools" (0806966610) and "Popular Mechanics Workshop: Router Fundamentals" (1588163660).
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This review is from: Popular Mechanics Workshop: Table Saw Fundamentals: The Complete Guide (Paperback)
This book is one of the best for beginners. It goes into detail on choosing a saw, accessories, and teaching you some basic and advanced techniques, maintaining and troubleshooting. The last 30 pages are seven projects you can work on. Almost 90% of the book goes into the major topics, and the most information is regarding saw techniques and making jigs and fixtures.But keep in mind this is a beginner's book, nothing too fancy. There are other books for that. I also like Jim Toplin's Table Saw Magic too.
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I bought this book for my husband because he checked it out from the library & couldn't stop raving about it. He is so thrilled that I bought it for him. He really loves this book!
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fell apart the next day,
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This review is from: Popular Mechanics Workshop: Scroll Saw Fundamentals: The Complete Guide (Paperback)
this book is good for beginners like me, but it fell apart the day after I got it and needed to pull out the old glue gun. if you are a beginner and want to get started right away I recommend the scroll saw work book, it really does get you started on projects your first time out. this book is good to get a little deeper into understand your machine and the blades and basic cuts. I don't like that you have to enlarge all the projects in this book, and many of the projects require other bench tools that you may not have as well. if you are looking to dive right in and are new, this is not the book, but I think anyone with a scroll saw should have it if you don't know how to maintain your saw, etc
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