Keep the Great Book of Woodworking Tips close by your workbench for a ready source of inspired, shop-tested advice for woodworking success on any project! This ultimate collection of tips includes how to:
- Rout perfectly fitting edge joints every time
- Sharpen every kind of blade and bit, including carbide router bits
- Move, store, and saw 4x8 sheets all by yourself
- Make drawer slides that really glide and never wear out
- Joint and plane to thickness without maddening snipe
- Clamp and glue awkward miters and curved parts
- Flatten warped wood-it's easier than you think!
This is the essential DIY reference, packed with reader-written woodworking tips and techniques from American Woodworker magazine, the premier publication for woodworkers. This comprehensive guide offers more than 650 ingenious solutions to common woodworking problems. Supplemented with clear workshop photography, each insightful pointer has been workplace-tested by the editors.
Whether you are an accomplished woodworker or just beginning to set up your workshop, you'll find quick answers to all of your most challenging questions:
- Sharpen your woodworking skills for drilling, sawing, routing, clamping, gluing, joinery, finishing, and much more
- Avoid common pitfalls and solve everyday problems with materials, tools, techniques, shop organization, and maintenance
- Benefit from the experience of others, and share their secrets for making woodworking easier and more efficient
Even the most experienced woodworker doesn't have all the answers, but this big, well-organized book is the place to find them.