Woodworker's Guide to Joinery (Back to Basics): Straight Talk for Today's Woodworker

Description

Get Back to Basics with the core information you need to succeed. Learn what is important to know in Woodworker's Guide to Joinery from Butt Joints, Miter Joints, and Lap and Groove Joints, to Mortise-and-Tenon, Dovetail, and Box Joints. Learn how to master the various families of joinery - from themost basic butt joints to half-blind dovetails, tongue-and -groove joints, and beyond.

John Kelsey is a journalist and editor specializing in woodworking and furniture making. He has a degree in woodworking and furniture design from the School for American Craft at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a former editor in chief of Fine Woodworking magazine and a publisher of woodworking and home building books at the Taunton Press. He is the author of Furniture Projects for the Deck and Lawn. He lives in Newtown, Connecticut.

Excellent joinery skills are paramount when it comes to woodworking and every woodworker must be able to execute precision joinery skills where needed. This book not only covers a myriad of woodworking joints and their variations, it explains how to become proficient at making them. It also includes countless tips on successful joinery through the use of shop built and store bought jigs. Gluing and clamping techniques are discussed along with joint stress and how to deal with it. How to cut perfect fitting joinery on the table saw, table mounted or hand held router or even by hand, it's all covered here, presented in a clear and concise manner with hundreds of illustrations. This book happens to be my favorite of this series and one that I'm constantly going back to. This 190 page book not only covers just about every wood joint known but it illustrates just how to make them. Sure, the standard mortise and tenon joints and dovetail joints are covered but there are variations of these illustrated as well. The author's show how to make an M&T joint with a router, drawer lock joints, rabbet joints, half lap joints and many others are detailed with construction details to go with them.