Download or read book Handsaw Basics written by Andrew Zoellner and published by . This book was released on 2020-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you need to use your handsaws! There is no woodworking tool that's more satisfying, quick, and precise to use as a handsaw. This tool can process timber in its rough state, bring boards up to a glimmering smoothness, cut rabbets, dados, grooves and other joints, and trim wood with a precision that has yet to be matched by power tools. Yet many woodworkers--both beginners and professionals--are intimidated by choosing the right tool, sharpening its cutter and putting it to use. Handsaw Basics contains everything you need to choose the right tool for your budget and projects, take it out of the box, sharpen it, and use it successfully. The chapters in this book have been compiled from more than 10 years of the author's writing on the subject of handsaws in magazines, trade journals, and blogs.
Download or read book Essential Woodworking Hand Tools written by Paul Sellers and published by . This book was released on 2016-03 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Keeping the Cutting Edge written by Harold H. Payson and published by WoodenBoat Books. This book was released on 1983 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harold H. "Dynamite" Payson is a professional boatbuilder who specializes in light plywood construction, though in the past he build traditional plank-on-frame craft. Most of his boats-among them the famed Gloucester Light Dory and the Instant Boat series-are from the board of Philip C. Bolger. Many of the prototypes of Bolger's small boats have been built by Payson as part of their continuing association. Dynamite is a retired lobster fisherman, a saw sharpener, and the proprietor of H.H.Payson & Co., which offers boatbuilding plans for sale to the average boatbuilder. He is the author of Instant Boats, How to Build the Gloucester Light Dory, Go Build Your Own Boat!, Build the New Instant Boats, and a number of magazine articles. He lives and works in South Thomaston, Maine.
Download or read book The Woodworker written by Charles Hayward and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hand Saw Makers of North America written by Erwin L. Schaffer and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handsaw Essentials written by Christopher Schwarz and published by Popular Woodworking Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once you master the use of handsaws, you'll be awed by the simple power of this humble tool. If you can see and follow a line - any line - you can cut the line. There's no need for crazy setups or jigs; just grab the right saw and start cutting - any angle, any shape. Complex joinery becomes no more than a series of lines to cut on your stock. Yet many woodworkers - both beginners and professionals - are intimidated by handsaws. Handsaw Essentials - compiled from more than a decade's worth of blog entries and magazine articles - will change that. Christopher Schwarz and the editors and contributors to Popular Woodworking help you choose the right saw for your budget and project, use it successfully and keep it cutting like new.
Download or read book Everyday Woodworking written by Rex Krueger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get started with simple, useful, handcrafted woodworking projects for everyday people—with only 12 basic tools! Lots of people want to try woodwork, but they get intimidated by dangerous power tools and difficult techniques. Good news: there are lots of ways to work with wood and anyone can get a few tools and start making projects. Everyday Woodworking starts at the very beginning—with wood. How can this common material make everything from furniture to houses? What makes it so strong? Why does it break? More importantly, what can you do to a piece of wood? Sometimes we cut it with a saw. Other times, we split it with an ax or shave it with a knife. This book explains why we choose each tool and how to pick the right cut for any project. As Rex likes to say: "Trust me, it’s not hard." Once you get a few tools and learn some simple techniques, you’ll start making things right away. You’ll begin with a simple mallet and some wooden wedges and then advance to splitting green logs into usable lumber. Next you’ll pick up a knife and a drill and after just a little practice, you’ll be making things you can give to your friends; things they’ll actually use: A wooden butter knife A desk organizer A few pieces of sturdy furniture Sawhorses A small workbench Each project is shown step-by-step with the beginner in mind. The projects are simple but not primitive. Everyday Woodworking will give you skills that you can build on as you grow as a craftsperson.
Download or read book Saws Planes and Scorps written by David Heim and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saws, Planes, and Scorps is an exploration and celebration of high-quality hand tools for woodworking and the stories of the people who make them. Organized by the basic tools and beautifully presented with gorgeous photographs from the boutique makers and small factory makers, this book is an engaging, inspiring, and informative exploration. Saws, Planes, and Scorps is a celebration of splendid, high-quality tools from the best woodworking hand-tool makers active in North America, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand.
Download or read book Made by Hand written by Tom Fidgen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-12-04 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the simplicity of using hand tools, while you build! Traditional woodworking using hand tools can offer a more satisfying relationship with the wood and the creative woodworking process. It's quieter, cleaner and maybe even a little spiritual. It's no surprise that many "plugged-in" woodworkers are returning to the roots of this treasured skill. Where some hand-tool books focus solely on the use of hand tools, Made By Hand takes you right to the bench and shows you how to start building furniture using these tools. By working through the six projects in this book, you'll learn the basics of hand-tool woodworking and how to use the tools effectively and efficiently, then add joinery skills and design complexity. The accompanying DVD includes valuable insight into the tools themselves and a look at the techniques that make these tools work so well. If you're interested in hand tools, start here!
Download or read book Anarchist s Tool Chest written by Christopher Schwarz and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Woodworking with Hand Tools written by Editors of Fine Woodworking and published by Taunton Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For woodworkers, hand tools put the emphasis on the process of woodworking rather than the result. Yet hand tools also are essential to the highest level of craftsmanship, bringing a refinement to work that machines alone cannot produce. Whether using hand tools alone as a source of pleasure, quality, or efficiency, or in combination with machines, woodworker can trust the information in Woodworking with Hand Tools, a collection of 35 articles from the experts at Fine Woodworking magazine. In Woodworking with Hand Tools, expert craftsmen explain how they choose, sharpen, and use every kind of hand tool. There's advice on tool maintenance, techniques for getting the most from the tools, and projects made using hand tools. With clear photographs, drawings, and step-by-step instructions, Woodworking with Hand Tools will be a useful and necessary resource for anyone who works wood.
Download or read book Grimshaw on Saws written by Robert Grimshaw and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Saws. Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1880.
Download or read book Hand Saws written by Frederick Thomas Hodgson and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Saw Dictionary written by Charles Levi Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Workshop Book written by Scott Landis and published by Taunton Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This may be the first and only (book) to take a hard look at the layout of the woodworker's workshop".--"Booklist". 301color photos. 70 drawings.
Download or read book Japanese Woodworking Tools written by Toshio Ōdate and published by Stobart Davies Limited. This book was released on 1998 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text shows how to use Japanese tools effectively and maintain them properly, and explains the role they play in traditional Japanese craftsmanship. It describes how to create razor-sharp cutting edges and introduces almost 50 different planes.
Download or read book Microshelters written by Derek “Deek” Diedricksen and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you dream of living in a tiny house, or creating a getaway in the backwoods or your backyard, you’ll love this gorgeous collection of creative and inspiring ideas for tiny houses, cabins, forts, studios, and other microshelters. Created by a wide array of builders and designers around the United States and beyond, these 59 unique and innovative structures show you the limits of what is possible. Each is displayed in full-color photographs accompanied by commentary by the author. In addition, Diedricksen includes six sets of building plans by leading designers to help you get started on a microshelter of your own. You’ll also find guidelines on building with recycled and salvaged materials, plus techniques for making your small space comfortable and easy to inhabit.
