Woodwork Techniques

Taunton Press,Fine Woodworking   The New Best of Fine Woodworking Series reprints articles from recent issues of Fine Woodworking magazine, indexed so you can access the... [read more]

Jim Tolpin   Whether you're a begginer or advanced woodworker, you can learn secrets, tips and tricks from a master that will help you with... [read more]

Popular Woodworking   Here's a basic reference text from the editors at Popular Woodworking. Filled with tips and tricks for novice to advanced woodworkers who... [read more]

Taunton Press   Here are three of Taunton's excellent reference volumes that provide overviews as well as details of the best woodshop practices. Lots of... [read more]

Andy Rae   How to select, season, and build with any kind of wood This well organized and comprehensive volume on selecting, seasoning, and building with... [read more]

Kenneth S. Burton   Here's a book that illustrates how important and efficient the most versatile tool in your workshop can be. Dozens of tricks, techniques... [read more]

The Best From FURNITURE and CABINETMAKING Magazin   This collection of articles from the British magazine Furniture & Cabinetmaking emphasizes skill with planes and chisels, joint-making, and other professional-level techniques.... [read more]

David Charlesworh   David Charlesworth caused a big stir among furniture makers with his first book of techniques, and here is the eagerly-awaited Volume 2.... [read more]

Patrick Spielman,Ernest Joyce,Joyce Ernest   The basic British reference on furniture making. Want to know how when to use a bridle joint or what is the best... [read more]

Aime Ontario Fraser   Build five useful projects for your home: a simple box, an outdoor easy chair, an old world coffee table. a bookcase and... [read more]

Fine Woodworking Series,Taunton Press,Fine Woodworking,Rodney Crosby   Fine Woodworking magazine sometimes makes a fetish of jigs, whose construction and detailing overtakes the project they were intended to support. If... [read more]

Robert Wearing   Even woodworkers with the most fully equipped shops sometimes need a special tool or apparatus. This book offers over 200 ingenious and... [read more]

Jim Richey   Lots of tips from the "Methods of Work" column in 25 years of Taunton Press' Fine Woodworking magazine to help you make... [read more]

Fine Woodworking,Fine Woodworking Magazine,Editors of Fine Woodworking magazine   Design describes everything from thinking up and executing a whimsical chair to planning and creating a Shaker table. Here some of the... [read more]

Jim Richey   The tablesaw is the heart of the workshop-- probably your best shop buddy. Treat it to this book, and you'll come away... [read more]

Tage Frid,Peter Chapman   With Frid's comprehensive textbook on your bench, there are few hand and machine techniques you won't know. Frid, a Dane who emigrated... [read more]

Purdy Strother,Taunton Press,Rodney Crosby,Fine Woodworking Magazine   Craftsmanship adds up to what tools and materials you choose, and how well you use them. Here Fine Woodworking authors tackle the... [read more]

Lon Schleining   This detailed technical manual takes all the guesswork out of the wood-bending process. The design elements of curved wood never fail to... [read more]

Danny Proulx   Learn about the available jigs, and how to build one of your own, for this new type of joinery that requires no... [read more]

Anthony Guidice   This book presents seven basic skills the author judges essential for success as a woodworker. They are:1. Buy a good handsaw.2. Measure... [read more]

Sandor Nagyszalanczy   If you hate to sand, and who doesn't, you'll love this technical handbook. It covers sanding strategies and techniques, and shows every... [read more]

J. Churchill   Here's a good book to keep close at hand in the shop. Lots of information on topics including wood, hardware, shop math,... [read more]

Roy Underhill,Rod Underhill   In his second book Underhill has done it again-- written a folksy and yet information-packed text. (You'll have to pick up a... [read more]

Roy Underhill,Rod Underhill   The prolific Underhill here suggests you turn off the power tools and pick up your hand tools. With history, humor, tips, and... [read more]

Zachary Taylor   Here are simple, effective techniques for bending wood for furniture, musical instruments, decorative accessories, boats, or sporting goods.Covers steam bending, cold bending,... [read more]

Ken Horner   Every workshop operation requires knowing some kind of measurement, formula, fact, or calculation. Workshop problems usually can be solved with mathematics, but... [read more]

Stephen Corbett  

Peter Korn   Peter Korn has taught hundreds of people over the last twenty years in his introductory woodworking course. Novices will learn the right... [read more]

Fine Woodworking,Fine Woodworking Magazine,Editors of Fine Woodworking magazine   A collection of the best articles on construction techniques from Taunton Press' Fine Woodworking magazine, this book serves up the meat and... [read more]

Chris Marshall,Creative Publishing International,The editors of Creative Publishing international   Novice woodworkers will find this an excellent resource for setting up their shops, designing projects, choosing the best tools, techniques, joinery, finishing... [read more]

Eric Ebeling,Cheryl Sobun   Here's a beginning level woodworking book that begins with an illustrated guide to hand and machine tools. It next provides clear, step-by-step... [read more]

Fine Woodworking Magazine,Taunton Press,Editors of Fine Woodworking Magazine   Collected articles excerpted from Taunton's Fine Woodworking magazine. Woodworking techniques, advice, and tips in a good reference format. 6 paperbacks in a... [read more]

Fred Holder   How to cut threads in wood, using hand tools, taps, screw boxes, or the wood lathe. Includes several projects: wooden bolt, threaded... [read more]

Jim Tolpin   The woodworkers' maxim is developed here for novice to expert craftsmen. In this guide to measuring tools you'll learn what they are... [read more]

Willis H. Wagner,Clois E. Kicklighter   A workbook to go along with the classic Wagner text for woodworking students. Provides a wide variety of activities to help students... [read more]

Nick Engler   Lots of basic woodworking information, especially for the novice. Learn about tools, techniques, design, and materials. Includes a full-color section of 55... [read more]

Jim Richey,Fine Woodworking   Tips excerpted from Taunton's Fine Woodworking Magazine that were contributed by readers. Includes sharpening; router, bandsaw, lathe, and tablesaw jigs; measuring and... [read more]

Anthony Guidice   Here is a rough but workable method for making basic plywood cabinets using biscuit joints and countersunk screws. The method is somewhat... [read more]

Declan O''Donoghue   Lots of information here for the novice to intermediate woodworker. Get advice from eight experts on all those troubling woodworking techniques.Learn about... [read more]

Landauer Corporation   Excellent and complete beginner's guide to woodworking-- setting up a shop, techniques, tips, and tools. The second half of the book gives... [read more]

Ralph Laughton  

Stephen Corbett,John Freeman   A lot of valuable material for the novice woodworker, including the setting up of a shop. Plans, with step by step instructions,... [read more]

Chris Simpson   In combining practical information with stylish and original ideas, this book is an excellent starting point for beginners and a source of... [read more]

David Pye,John Kelsey   In a mechanized age, does it make any sense to work with hand tools when machines can do the same job? Cutting... [read more]

Fred T. Hodgson   A reprint from 1910, with lots of information from, primarily, the 19th Century, on furniture design, construction, and finishing. Very useful for... [read more]

Tom Begnal   Didn't get an "A" in Algebra? And even if you did, you'll find lots of quick information with this handy little book... [read more]

Roger Horwood   Another recent text for beginning to intermediate woodworkers. Includes discussion of popular woods for furniture making, advice on buying and maintaining tools... [read more]

Hamlyn   Covers a wide gamut of hand and power tools. Information to improve your handling of a variety of workshop tasks-- selecting and... [read more]

Jon Arno   Here is an excellent benchtop companion, with more than 1300 illustrations, charts and graphs covering most woodworking materials, techniques, constructions and processes.Jon... [read more]

Albert Jackson,David Day   An excellent guide for the beginning woodworker, that explains how to set up a workshop, use and maintain hand tools, select softwoods,... [read more]

Stephen Corbett  

Anthony Bailey   A collection of over 30 articles by master woodworker Anthony Bailey with practical, essential advice on working with wood. Illustrated with nearly... [read more]

Jack Hill,Ernest Scott   This beautifully illustrated and fact-filled reference covers materials, hand and power tools, design and planning, methods and techniques, fixtures and fittings. It... [read more]

Graham McCulloch   Here are hundreds of tips for techniques, jigs, and shop aids-- great for the novice to intermediate woodworker. Just skim the Table... [read more]

Begun in 1993, this annual provides a forum on American furniture history, technology, connoisseurship, and... [read more]

Here are 24 step-by-step, illustrated projects to help you creatively solve the often daunting problem... [read more]

The popular Danny Proulx provides plans for building toolboxes and workbenches that are both solid... [read more]

The long-awaited treatise on a master's techniques for turning bowls, vessels and spindles. A well-organized... [read more]