Shaping Wood

305 Pages·2001·13.015 MB·English

by  Lonnie Bird

The COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED Guide to
Shaping Wood
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Text © 2001 by Lonnie Bird
Photographs © 2001 by Lonnie Bird
Illustrations © 2001 by The Taunton Press,Inc.
All rights reserved.
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The Taunton Press,Inc.,63 South Main Street,PO Box 5506,Newtown,CT 06470-5506
e-mail:[email protected]
DESIGN:Lori Wendin
LAYOUT:Suzi Yannes
ILLUSTRATOR:Mario Ferro
PHOTOGRAPHER:Lonnie Bird
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The complete illustrated guide to shaping wood / Lonnie Bird.
p.cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-13:978-1-56158-400-0
ISBN-10:1-56158-400-2
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Acknowledgments
Writing a book is a team effort that requires the ideas,
support, and work of many people.Through this work, new
friendships are often forged and old friendships are deepened. With this
in mind, I want to say thanks to the many people who helped me with
this project:
Mike Foster of Freeborn Tools, for providing custom shaper cutter-
heads. Brian Boggs, for allowing me to photograph his steam-bending
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Contents
Introduction • 2
How to Use This Book • 3
Tools and Materials
PART ONE • 6
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SECTION 1 Tools • 8
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Cutting Shapes
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SECTION 3 Straight-Edged Shapes • 34
45 Milling 46 Tapers 51 Octagons 54 Chamfers
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SECTION 6 Template Shaping • 117
123 Cutting with 125 Flush 127 Profile/Trim 129 Shaping Inside
Templates Trimming Corners
Edge Treatments and Moldings
PART THREE • 130
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SECTION 9 Simple Moldings • 154
159 Machine-Cut 162 Hand-Cut
Molding Molding
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SECTION 10 Complex and Built-Up Moldings • 164
172 Solid Complex 180 Built-Up 183 Dentil
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Other Decorative Shapes
PART FOUR • 202
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SECTION 12 Coves • 204
209 Machine-Cut 211 Hand-Cut
Coves Coves
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