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Woodworking: The Complete Step-by-Step Manual Hardcover – April 7, 2020
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Complete and easy directions for key skills, from simple joinery techniques to more involved woodworking projects, with clear helpful photographs. Key carpentry skills, from simple joinery techniques to fine woodworking projects, through clear, step-by-step instructions and photographs.
New carpenters will learn about the essential tools needed and the principles of basic design and practice crucial techniques like wood joints, finishing, woodturning, and furniture restoration.
Experienced crafters will enjoy enhancing their skills and learning something new. We’ll make sure you choose the right wood for the job and find more than 100 hard and softwoods, plus their properties, in our handy directory.
Put your skills into practice with 28 DIY woodworking projects. This carpentry book will show you how to create home accessories, furnishings, outdoor projects, workshop projects, and more. This reference book provides all the information you need to become a master carpenter and have a houseful of fine furnishings to show for the effort!
Everything You Need to Know About Woodworking
Woodworking is a complete illustrated carpentry course with comprehensive and extensive photos to show you how to become a craftsman. You’ll have all the information you need to start your projects right away with simple step-by-step instructions. It also makes a fantastic gift for hobby carpenters.
Inside, you’ll discover:
• Tools: Understand how to use hand, power, and machine tools, and choose the right wood for every job.
• Techniques: Follow clear, step-by-step instructions to master all key woodworking techniques.
• Projects: Put your skills into practice to create well-crafted and practical objects, from a wine rack to a chest of drawers.
- Print length400 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherDK
- Publication dateApril 7, 2020
- Reading age13 - 17 years
- Dimensions8.75 x 1.23 x 11.13 inches
- ISBN-101465491112
- ISBN-13978-1465491114
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- Publisher : DK; New edition (April 7, 2020)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 400 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1465491112
- ISBN-13 : 978-1465491114
- Reading age : 13 - 17 years
- Item Weight : 4 pounds
- Dimensions : 8.75 x 1.23 x 11.13 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #24,583 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3 in Carpentry
- #10 in Woodworking Projects (Books)
- #754 in Crafts & Hobbies (Books)
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I wondered that as I flipped through this book that my well-meaning family gave me, an avid beginner hobbyist, as a gift. While I wouldn’t have bought this on my own, I am nevertheless enjoying it enough to write this review. And I will say this type of book does deserve its place alongside the endless information and content steam of the internet.
As a beginner hobbyist woodworker, YouTube is my primary instructor but this book is useful for just flipping through the pages and reading about tools and joints in a relaxed way, with plenty of high quality photos, when I don’t want to look at an electronic device. Therefore this book is an excellent complement to online videos. It’s a good introduction to the basics. If and when I want to lean more, then of course I’ll do that on the internet. But this book serves as a good starting point and as a resource to return to for basic fundamental.
If you paid full retail price then this is a bit expensive and you can probably find equally educational books at a used bookstore for a fraction of the price. But many of the used books from years past are older with fewer and poor quality photos, or longer narrative whereas readers of today (including this reader) demand clear photos with explanation. I really do want to give credit to the excellent and thorough photo quality of this book. It’s evident that the internet and its abundance of easy pics and videos has required book makers to work harder to stay relevant and this book does it well.
Half of the book is devoted to 28 typical projects, from cutting boards to more complex pieces like dressers and beds. While I might not build any of these, and instead find exactly the plans I want on the internet, nevertheless the plans are very detailed with excellent photos that you rarely see in any plans. As such, I often read through these plans just for the techniques.
There is a preference for hand tools but they do cover lower tools and machines a bit as well.
As an American (US) reader, be aware that this is a UK book with British authors so there is a fair amount of terminology differences that can be confusing, although not indecipherable, if you are an American. Brits and Americans do work with mostly the same tools and techniques but sometimes use different words. Fortunately the book uses both inches and metric so everyone will be happy. And the section on wood species contains woods from all over the world including North America.
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I have just rekindled my love of woodwork, mainly because of Covid and I am stuck at home all the time and I needed a book like this to refresh my understanding of the differnt subjects.
This book is well written and well organised, so you can either read it cover to cover, or do what I always tend to do with books and that is look at certain subjects that interest me at the time, although I do admit I did read one chapter fully, it was that enjoyable.
The author is very knowledgeable and covers each subject in an easy to understand manner.
No matter how much you think you know, it is amazing how you find things you have forgotten over the years and that was certainly the case for me,
Whether you are a beginner or fairly competent, there will be something in here for you, and will be a great addition to your library, although I buy very few physical books these days, you will definitely benefit by buying the hardback version in this case.



