Tool Making for Woodworkers

This practical text describes how to make and tune your own woodworking tools. Skills include: how to choose the right steel; how to set up a forge and anvil; how to heat, cut and shape steel; how to anneal, harden and temper tools; and how to finish tools and fit handles. Four illustrated tool-making projects demonstrate the basic skills and show how to produce a heavy mortising chisel, a skew chisel, a curved adze for woodcarving and a woodturner's hook.