Exercises in Wood-Working: With a Short Treatise on Wood

162 Pages·2010·6.048 MB·English

by  Ivin Sickels

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advanced with the necessities and First printed in 1889, this book was written to educate college C EXERCISES IN
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customs of nations, until at present it students in the craft and business of woodworking. Here, the S
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of modern requirements. Through- late 19th-century practices in woodworking, but to help you make WORKING
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out all wood-working trades we fi nd the most of traditional hand tools in the modern shop. As you work N
certain general principles regarding through a series of 39 exercises, you’ll discover how to:
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the cutting action of tools on wood, (cid:2)
Set up your shop and identify the
and the joining of the different O Just about every week, I am asked
tools every well-stocked hand-tool
pieces; and, since those principles O this question: “How can I get
shop needs
are more easily taught by carpentry (cid:2) started in working with hand tools?”
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and joinery, these branches have There is an astonishing amount
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been generally adopted as educa- (cid:2) W of information out there on the
tional skills …. Use the various marking gauges Internet, in books and in magazines.
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like a professional cabinetmaker But a lot of it is disorganized and
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Sharpen your tools – from plane contradictory. And that’s why I’m
to be aimed at: First, accuracy, which K
blades to saw teeth particularly pleased that we are
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Mark and cut the most-used N reprinting this classic but little-
marking and cutting; second, fi nish,
joints in furniture making G known book.
or smoothness; and third, quickness (cid:2)
of execution.” Use a frame saw (the quiet answer to the modern band saw) Published in 1889, Exercises in
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Make a door and drawer Wood-Working is the answer to that
— Dr. Sickels, 1889 (cid:2)
Install cabinet hardware including hinges and locks diffi cult question. This book begins
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by teaching you the most essential
And more
woodworking operations – how hand
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Plus, there are chapters on home building and repair of wooden
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fi xtures, basic boat building, wood and traditional woodworking
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trades and more. E need to build furniture. It is well-
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and easy to digest.
From the publishers of So now I have a simple answer to the
above question – get this book, do
Y0639 US $17.99 the exercises and practice, practice,
(CAN $20.99) practice.
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Exercises in Wood-Working. Copyright © 2010 by Popular Woodworking Books.
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in a review. Published by Popular Woodworking Books, an imprint of F+W
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Original edition published in 1889.
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