Hand Tool Essentials: Refine Your Power Tool Projects with Hand Tool Techniques (Popular Woodworking)
by Popular Woodworking Editors
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Author: Popular Woodworking EditorsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-06
ISBN: 1558708154
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Popular Woodworking Books
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Book Review: Excellent contenet, writing and editing!
Summary: 5 Stars
Regardless of your skill level and experience, you will enjoy and appreciate this book. Each author is a seasoned woodworker and student of the craft. Several topics are covered from different points of view by various authors. You won't have to read 3 books and wade through many chapters of "the history of sharpening" to appreciate the strengths of the various techniques for keeping your tools sharp.
Beyond content, "Hand Tool Essentials" stands out for me because it is so well edited. Photography, layout, quality of materials are all there. Usually I buy a "generalist" type book when I'm doing a one off project (building a fence or dry walling) and wish after reading through it that I hadn't wasted my money. These books normally offer no deeper look than you might get by talking to the guy at Home Depot. Not so with "Hand Tool Essentials". Each section is solid in what the author attempts to discuss but does not pretend to be a full treatment of the topic. Shame we can't get this in politics!
My only complaint for this book is that there has been only one from this team. I suspect the editors could produce another one or two of the same quality if given the time. I hope the sales of this books affords them that opportunity.
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Summary of Hand Tool Essentials: Refine Your Power Tool Projects with Hand Tool Techniques (Popular Woodworking)
Hand tools (tools that are not powered, such as hammers and chisels) are currently the hot trend in woodworking purchases.Hand tools require specialized training. Without it, the experience will be disappointing.
Learning to use woodworking hand tools properly makes it easier to understand how power tools work, plus they offer a quieter, safer and more pleasant woodworking experience. This book shows the woodworker how hand tools can be used in tandem with their power tools to produce superior work, improving and enriching their woodworking experience. Readers will learn to use mallets, chisels & gouges, wood- and metal-bodied planes, wood- and metal-bodied spokeshaves, measuring and marking tools, rasps, awls, Eastern and Western handsaws and other hand tool accessories.
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