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"...this friendly guide gets you started in the basics...choose your step by step project and away you go..." (Prizes Galore, February 2004)
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You've seen a few shows on TV, and working with wood looks like it could be quite entertaining and rewarding. After all, you get to create something that you can proudly display to your friends and family. But where and how do you begin to move from expressed interest to hands-on experience?
Woodworking For Dummies shows you how your raw building materials stack up, with everything you wood need to know about hardwood, softwood, plywood, veneer wood, plain-sawn wood, rift-cut wood, quarter-sawn wood, solid wood, man-made wood, and more. This down-to-earth guide gives you the goods on how boards are made from trees and the characteristics of hardwood and softwood species, plus all the buzz on
- Gearing up with the right tools
- Putting safety first in your workshop
- Using adhesives and glue
- Working with wood joints
- Smoothing it out by sanding and filling
- Adding color with stains and paints
- Protecting your work with topcoats
Whether you want to put together a simple plywood bookcase or an incredible solid oak dining table, Woodworking For Dummies can help you get organized as you craft your plans for a piece that'll reflect your personal touch. You'll discover how to
- Measure and mark your wood
- Distinguish among saw designs
- Choose and use sharpening tools
- Hone in on hot melt glue
- Speed things up with modern frame joints
- Get down to the nitty-gritty on nails
- Apply water-based polyurethanes
This handy reference packs in essential information for the novice woodworker and some advanced tips and tricks to jumpstart any woodworker's existing skills. Detailed illustrations, how-to photos, and a color insert defining the look of different woods and the effects of finishes are sure to inspire a sawdust storm in your busy workshop.
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If you're like me (and all the other woodworkers I know), you became interested in woodworking because you wanted to use your hands to build something of lasting value. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
If you're like me (and all the other woodworkers I know), you became interested in woodworking because you wanted to use your hands to build something of lasting value. Read the first page
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2.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Woodworking For Dummies (Paperback)
This book is pretty much useless: not enough illustrations, covering too much subjects in a shallow manner. Save your money for a real good book.
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3.9 out of 5 stars (15 customer reviews) 49 of 52 people found the following review helpful
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Only for the Dummy that already has $10K worth of power tools.,
By D. Guillermo "Maker" - Published on Amazon.com
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I think the Dummies series really dropped the ball on this one. Woodworking for Dummies is written by a guy that tells you that he wants to start from scratch; later in the introduction he refers to himself as a tool collector and a gear junkie. That might be ok, I thought; surely he'll start from the bottom and explain the basic techniques before he gets into using the specialized equipment - the Dummies books are good at that sort of thing. Right?Wrong. Although there's a whole mini-chapter listing his assumptions - among which he tells you that he assumes that you want to learn woodworking from scratch - he never tells you that the entire book depends entirely on your already having a basement or garage workshop full of power tools. He assumes at every step that you have a table saw, a router, a router table, a compound miter saw, a drill press, a jointer, and a 12' planer. Not once does he mention the simple, traditional way of doing things with handheld tools, except to snidely deride it and say he does it "the faster, easier way." Everything in this book is written for an audience that has already accreted ten thousand dollars worth of power machinery. But here's the catch: how many people do you know that buy that many specialized power tools before knowing how to cut a straight line on a table saw? As far as I'm concerned this book is fairly worthless. Dummies, my faith in you is shaken - I'm returning this book. 10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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And all 10 fingers intact,
By Jeffry J. Schanbacher "svpizza" - Published on Amazon.com
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Great for the starter or occasional woodworker and a resource for the rest of us. As with all "Dummies" books, it is clearly written and gets right to the point of using tools, design, and choosing what wood and joints to use.This is a good book to get into the hobby, but then join a woodworking group in your area to really learn. Worth the money in my opinion. 16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A good addition to my Dummies library,
By Charles S. Holzheimer "durnik150" - Published on Amazon.com
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Being a late in life beginning woodworker, I needed something that didn't assume I knew all there was to know about the tools I had and how to bend the wood to my will in order to end up with items I could be proud of. This book helped a lot in that regard. While I won't always use some of the shortcuts and techniques the author recommends, knowing that you can get from point A to point B professionally was a big help. This is a valuable addition to my woodworking reference library and I will refer to it often.
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