Description: From learning about the right tools for the right jobs to looking at a plan and beginning your own project, CIG to Woodworking teaches the novice woodworker all there is to know about this wonderful hobby. The book takes readers step-by-step through the workshop, whether it's a shed in the backyard or a three-foot space in a one-bedroom apartment, showing them how to create beautiful pieces of furniture or decorative items with only the tools absolutely necessary. There's information on setting up a workspace, buying tools, making a plan or using someone else's -- and the book includes some basic plans to get started.
-- Setting goals within a realistic budget
-- Sample shop layouts
-- Hand tools and how to use them
-- Getting an edge: Sharpening 101
-- Feel the power: portable power tools
-- Jointers, planers, saws, and other stationary machinery
-- The subtle art of buying solid wood
-- A trip to the sawmill
-- Working with adhesives
-- When it's okay to use fasteners
-- Edgings and moldings
-- "Finishing" touches

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