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While this book was written for any beginning woodworker, it has a special appeal for women. The projects, based on popular items found in fashionable stores and catalogs, are attractive, relatively simple to build, and have obvious appeal. And they are far less expensive to build than to buy. Each project is graded from simplest to most difficult, with each one teaching a set of skills that build on the skills learned in previous projects.
The book is written in a friendly, encouraging tone and includes not only a wealth of practical information, but also humorous tales of woodworking misadventures aimed at relieving beginners' worry about making mistakes.
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It doesn't take a big investment to get started in woodworking. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Just what I've been looking for -,
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This review is from: Getting Started in Woodworking: Skill-Building Projects That Teach the Basics (Paperback)
This book is wonderfully accessible to someone who knows very little about woodworking. I have had trouble finding a book that I can actually understand and use. This one has helped me with fundamentals and I was able to complete the box project for a mother's day gift for my mother. It's nice to see that a company like Taunton Press respects the idea of women doing woodworking and is publishing a book like this.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great so far. Good layout,
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This review is from: Getting Started in Woodworking: Skill-Building Projects That Teach the Basics (Paperback)
I have an interest in woodworking as a hobby. I am coming from *zero* experience with woodworking and I really wanted a book that would hold my hand. The beginning of the book starts you pretty easily down the path explaining the layout of your shop and talking about workbenches and the various features you should look for. Then there is a large section on tools, what they are and what they do. Then it talks about wood. After reading these sections I feel like I have a good working knowledge of what I am in for. This is A+.I haven't started the first project yet. I need to get some more tools and what not. This hobby can be very expensive. The projects are laid out in a progressive order. You start out making a simple box and then each of the 5 projects gets more and more complex. I really like how well this book is laid out. The projects have very clear illustrations and shopping lists. Each section has a "skill builder" of excercises you can practice on scrapwood when any new skill is introduced. This will help you a lot in reducing mistakes along the way. I will edit my review again after I finish the first project.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Doesn't get any better than this!,
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This review is from: Getting Started in Woodworking: Skill-Building Projects That Teach the Basics (Paperback)
Getting started in woodworking is the ideal book for an introduction to woodworking. The book is written in a concise and clear manner with many helpful color illustrations. The first chapter reviews tools needed for projects in the book (the author does a good job of keeping your initial tool purchases to a minimum) and the second chapter discusses wood related topics. The remainder of the book is hands on project construction. A nice feature is that at the start of each project there is a complete list of tools and wood needed to complete the project. Within each project are skill builder sections that teach skills needed on the project. Skills such as planing, clamping, routing. I can't imagine a better intro to woodworking book exists or that any future book will be better than this one. Lets all hope that volume 2 is in the works!
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