Still the undisputed champion of router how-to guides! Inside Woodworking with the Router learn the best ways to: Cut decorative edgings and moldings Surface wood and joint edges for glue-ups Shape furniture parts Cut curves, circles, and ovals Make cope-and-stick frames, and raise panels Cut stron...

Build furniture in the legendary Craftsman style! 61 classic furniture pieces with complete working shop drawings Full perspective views, elevations, sections, details, & cutting lists, plus additional inlay designs and hardware drawings Original Stickley furniture pieces were measured to create th...

Everything you need to use your handplanes! No woodworking tool is more satisfying, quick and precise to use than a handplane. Planes can process timber in its rough state, bring boards up to a glimmering smoothness, cut rabbets, dados, grooves and other joints, and trim wood with a precision that h...

Working Wood, Not Machining It If you're more interested in working with wood rather than machining it, you will be relieved to learn that expensive powered machinery isn't required to build furniture. You can also forget the dust masks, face shields and hearing protection since many of the safety c...

Sharp tools work better!If you've never experienced the pleasure of using a really sharp tool, you're missing one of the real pleasures of woodworking. In The Perfect Edge, the mystery of the elusive sharp edge is solved by the long-time sharpening expert and tool maker Ron Hock. You'll soon find ho...

The first operator's manual for the router tableIf you don't have a router table in your shop yet, you should! The router table opens up a whole new world of using the router that simply can't be done using it any other way. Operations such as edge profiling, making mouldings, cutting lock-miter joi...

The First Book a Woodworker Needs!Professional woodworker Jim Tolpin offers solid instruction on the principles of measurement and proportion, walking you through every step of the woodworking process. From design and layout to developing a cutting list, his easy-to-follow style introduces a variety...

Roy Underhill brings to woodworking the intimate relationship with wood that craftsmen enjoyed in the days before power tools. Combining historical background, folklore, alternative technololgy, and humor, he provides both a source of general information and a detailed introduction to traditional wo...

Learn the simplicity of using hand tools, while you build!Traditional woodworking using hand tools can offer a more satisfying relationship with the wood and the creative woodworking process. It's quieter, cleaner and maybe even a little spiritual. It's no surprise that many "plugged-in" woodworkers...