Mastering hand tool techniques : a comprehensive guide on how to sharpen, tune and use classic hand tools to add power to your woodworking

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Mastering hand tool techniques : a comprehensive guide on how to sharpen, tune and use classic hand tools to add power to your woodworking

Alan & Gill Bridgewater

Betterway Books, 1997

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Includes index

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Description

Mastering Hand Tool Techniques will enable you to get the best out of your hand tools. It introduces you to the full range of hand tools from rules and tapes, to saws and planes, and gives step-by-step illustrated instruction on how to use them. There is advice on what tools to buy, how to sharpen and tune them and how to care for and store them. In addition, the book is packed with tips on workshop layout, working wood, safety, measuring and marking, clamping, gluing, repairing and renovating tools and ways of combining power tool working with hand techniques. Finally, a directory of over 40 of the most popular woods provides guidance on the best wood for your particular project.

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  • NCID
    BA43334271
  • ISBN
    • 1558704574
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Pages/Volumes
    144 p.
  • Size
    29 cm
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