Router Joinery
Gary Rogowski
The versatile router can be used to cut many different woodworking joints, here chronicled in great detail. Good photos and drawings. Excellent refernce for the novice to advanced woodworker. We also carry the companion DVD. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Using the router to build fine furniture Introduction Part One: INTRODUCTION TO ROUTER WORK 1. ROUTERS Router types Choosing a router 2. BITS & COLLETS Router-bit design Bit types Collets Inserting and removing bits 3. ROUTER CUTS Depth of cut Feed direction Feed rate 4. GUIDING THE CUT Router bases Fences Templates Router tables Part Two: INTRODUCTION TO JOINERY 5. THE MECHANICS OF JOINERY Mechanical resistance Expansion and contraction of wood 6. JOINERY IN FURNITURE CONSTRUCTION Choosing the right joint Structural systems Planning the joinery Part Three: JOINERY WITH THE ROUTER 7. CARCASE CONSTRUCTION Butt joints Rabbets Dadoes and grooves Stopped rabbets, dadoes, and grooves Dado rabbets Miter joints Finger joints Sliding dovetails Rabbeted dovetail Through dovetails Half-blind dovetails 8. FRAME-AND-PANEL CONSTRUCTION Half-lap joints Bridle joints/slot mortises Tongue-and-groove joints Frame work Panel work 9. STOOL & TABLE CONSTRUCTION Mortise-and-tenon basics Stopped mortises Through mortises Tenons Through tenons Haunched tenons Mitered and notched tenons Multiple tenons Loose tenons INDEX
160 pgs, 9x11, b&w illus, hardcover
$24.95
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