This book contains an introductory guide to woodworking, originally designed for use in schools and proudly republished here as a handbook for modern students of carpentry. Comprehensive yet concise and easy-to-digest, this book will be of much value to the novice woodworker and to those looking to embrace woodworking as an avocation. The chapters of this book include: 'Laying-out Tools - Their Uses'; 'Saws'; 'Planes'; 'Boring Tools - Boring'; 'Chisels and Chiselling'; 'Form Work - Modelling'; 'Laying Out Duplicate Parts - Scraping and Sandpapering - Fastening Parts'; 'Type Forms'; 'Elementary Cabinet Work'; 'Wood'; 'Lumbering and Milling'; et cetera. This text has been chosen for republication due to its timeless educational value, and we are proud to republish it here complete with a new introduction to woodworking.
| Author: Ira Samuel Griffith |
| Publisher: Osler Press |
| Publication Date: Dec 09, 2009 |
| Number of Pages: 200 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1444685511 |
| ISBN-13: 9781444685510 |
