CONTENTS:
1. The Carpenter's Art
- The Carpenter's Material: Wood from Tree or Factory
- A Clean and Simple Cut across the Grain
- The Versatile Radial Arm Saw
- Sawing with the Grain for a Rip Cut
- The Angle Cuts: Miter, Bevel and Compound
COLOR portfolio: Masterpieces of the Woodworker
- Panels: Awkward Sizes and Difficult Materials
- The Tricks of Putting Curves into Wood
- The Old timer's Techniques of Saw-Sharpening
2. Making a Multitude of Holes
- How to Bore Holes Straight, Clean and True
- Four Ways to Make Large Holes
- The Rectangular Holes Called Mortises
- Professional Methods for Sharpening Drill Bits
3. The Knack of Shaping Wood
- Planing a Board to Lie Flat and Fit Tight
- Shaving and Shaping to Angles and Curves
- Notches: Rough Passageways and Smooth joints
- The Ins and Outs of Rabbets and Dadoes
- Routing a Custom Molding
- Sharpening a Shaper to a Fine Cutting Edge
4. Making Perfect Joints
- An Arsenal of Specialized Metal Fasteners
- Trim joints: Tests of Expert Craftsmanship
- Intricacies of the Old-time Woodworker's joints
- Setting a Tenon into a Mortise
Credits and Acknowledgments
Index/Glossary
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Ron Roszkiewicz, the chief consultant for this book, is an accomplished wood craftsman who develops tool specifications and prepares catalogs and instructional guides for a hand-tool supply company W Flinn Settle is a carpenter specializing in custom made home interiors Marc Shapiro, an amateur potter and glassblower, is a professional carpenter who specializes in the design and execution of home remodeling projects.
Danny J Smith is an instructor of residential carpentry at the Arlington,
Virginia. Career Center Roswell Ward is a consulting structural engineer and a professional home inspector in northern Michigan He has written professional papers on wood frame construction techniques.
Harris Mitchell, special consultant for Canada, has worked in the field of home repair and improvement for more than two decades He is editor of the magazine Canadian Homes and author of a syndicated newspaper column, "You Wanted to Know," as well as a number of books on home improvement.
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Working with wood (Home repair and improvement, 18)
Includes index.
1. Carpentry-Amateurs' manuals; 2. House construction Amateurs' manuals; 3. Dwellings-Maintenance and repair Amateurs manuals
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