| Essentials of Woodworking - A Textbook for Schools Contributor(s): Griffith, Ira Samuel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1444685511 ISBN-13: 9781444685510 Publisher: Osler Press OUR PRICE: $28.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - House & Home | Do-it-yourself - Carpentry - Crafts & Hobbies | Woodwork - General |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.57 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book contains an introductory guide to woodworking, originally designed for use in schools and proudly republished here as a handbook for modern students of carpentry. Comprehensive yet concise and easy-to-digest, this book will be of much value to the novice woodworker and to those looking to embrace woodworking as an avocation. The chapters of this book include: 'Laying-out Tools - Their Uses'; 'Saws'; 'Planes'; 'Boring Tools - Boring'; 'Chisels and Chiselling'; 'Form Work - Modelling'; 'Laying Out Duplicate Parts - Scraping and Sandpapering - Fastening Parts'; 'Type Forms'; 'Elementary Cabinet Work'; 'Wood'; 'Lumbering and Milling'; et cetera. This text has been chosen for republication due to its timeless educational value, and we are proud to republish it here complete with a new introduction to woodworking. |