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Woodworking 101 for Women: How to Speak the Language, Buy the Tools & Build Fabulous Furniture from Start to Finish

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I'm a man and I'm getting into woodworking. I'm good with my hands and have built basic furniture pieces but never learned technical stuff. I've been reading magazines and looking for a good woodworking book. I came across this one by "accident". It was mis-shelved. Curiosity got me and I flipped through it. I was really impressed.
1. It's very clear. 2. It comes from good experience. 3. It's concise. 4. This lady has some creative touches in her furniture design. 5. It's no-nonsense construction. This is fine woodworking made simple. 6. It's more than 101...I'd say it's 101-401. 7. This book is better than several I have seen or purchased. It is a good book as a compliment to other books.
This is not your encyclopedia. It's not a large book with 20 projects. It's small with only a few.

My wife wanted this book, as she liked some of the designs. Furniture building is not for beginners! There are too many pitfalls to cover, and this book doesn't cover them. The author does start with a shop bench, but she calls for 2 x 4 spruce, which is not run of the mill.

The designs are excellent, but to call this Woodworking 101 is rather misleading. "Woodworking 305" would have been a better title. Being a fairly accomplished woodworker, I found some interesting comments.

I bought this book for a friend who loves do-it-yourself projects and has some experience with woodworking. She found this to be a great resource, and has already applied some of what she learned about tools in particular. It's not just for women!

As a beginning woodworker I found this book extremely helpful. Techniques and tools are explained clearly and in detail. The projects look doable and useful. My biggest problem has been understanding the language of woodworking - what the ... is a "kerf"? The terms are all explained in the chapters but I would have appreciated a glossary to be able to access these "foreign" terms without having to find them again in the book.

I bought this for my girlfriend. Now she loves to help when I decide to do a project. She has made 2 things, by herself, from this book so far and she loves it. I love it too I made the platform bed and it turned out awesome.

I purchased this book for the furniture projects. The projects (too modern) are nothing that I would build for myself or as a gift.
The rest of the book is informative.