Tool Making Projects for Joinery & Woodworking: A Yankee Craftsman's Practical Methods

Tool Making Projects for Joinery & Woodworking: A Yankee Craftsman's Practical Methods

This practical and comprehensive handbook presents detailed instructions for making 20 essential hand tools for joinery and general woodworking at all skill levels. Take a step beyond fine woodworking and make your own custom hand tools. With a cursory nod toward safety concerns, first-time author Olesin jumps right into instructions for making woodworking and joinery tools such as gages, hand planes, saws, knives, and mallets. The beautifully finished pieces can be customized to fit the wielder's hands. Oddly, the instructions are accompanied by somewhat crudely drawn illustrations and black-and-white photos; measurements and instructions are mostly textual. This book is only for advanced woodworkers with a lot of confidence in tool use and basic design. ― Library Journal Take your woodworking to a new level by making your very own handmade tools. Here is a fully illustrated, hands-on guide to making 20 essential hand tools. All of them can be made using common tools in your workshop and easy-to-learn techniques suitable for all skill levels. With these humble but effective tools and the techniques that come with them, you'll be able to create the frame and box joints that form the core of many pieces of furniture or other woodworking projects. You can even craft your own tool tote to carry your new creations! And going forward, you'll have the confidence to experiment and build your skills even further with your very own handmade tools. Shows you how to cut joints and make a fine tool tote using the hand tools you've made yoruself! Woodworkers love to use fine hand tools to make projects. The only thing more staisfying than that is working wood with hand tools the craftsperson has made for him- or herself. This practical and comprehensive handbook presents detailed instructions for making 20 essential hand tools for joinery and general woodworking. ALl the tools can be made using common workshop tools and techniques. These tools include everything the craftsman needs to cut the frame and box joints that are at the ehart of furniture and interior woodworking. Readers will learn how to cut mortise-and-tenon joints and dovetail joints using the tools they have made. Steve A. Olesin teaches woodworking and builds stringed instruments and furnishings in Acton, MA. Trained as an engineer, Olesin is a lifelong woodworker. Used Book in Good Condition