Joinery /
Taunton Press,author.
This comprehensive and practical book demystifies the all-important subject of choosing, designing, and cutting woodworking joints. It's packed with insightful information and tricks of the trade that will advance the work of novices and seasoned craftsmen alike. Because whatever your skill level, there's always room for improvement when it comes to joinery. Topics covered: - Lay out and cut accurate dovetails - Fix common joinery mistakes - Cut a mortise in minutes - Create a versatile jig for miters - Join curved parts with ease - Build strong pocket-hole joints.
Includes index.
This comprehensive and practical book demystifies the all-important subject of choosing, designing, and cutting woodworking joints. It's packed with insightful information and tricks of the trade that will advance the work of novices and seasoned craftsmen alike. Because whatever your skill level, there's always room for improvement when it comes to joinery. Topics covered: - Lay out and cut accurate dovetails - Fix common joinery mistakes - Cut a mortise in minutes - Create a versatile jig for miters - Join curved parts with ease - Build strong pocket-hole joints.
Introduction -- Part one. Basic joints: Cut precise joints on the tablesaw -- Pocket-hole joinery is fast and strong -- Make stong, simple joints with dowels -- Fine furniture with biscuit joints -- Double Bridle joint -- Joinery shoot-out -- The secret to making perfect joints -- Fast fixes for joinery mistakes -- Part two. Miters: The miter joint for casework -- Precision jig for precise joints -- Pinned miter combines strength and beauty -- Superstrong three-way miter -- Part three. Mortises and tenons: Cut a mortise in minutes -- Precise tenons by machine -- Try this versatile mortising jig -- Self-centering mortising jig -- Drawbore your tenons -- Straightforward joinery for curved work -- Housed double tenons, a powerful new joint -- Juice up your joinery -- Part four. Dovetails: Laying out dovetails -- Don't fear the hand-cut dovetail -- Cut and fit perfect pins -- A trip to the dovetail doctor -- Dovetails on the tablesaw -- Half-blind dovetails in half the time -- Better way to attach the tabletops -- Perfect dovetails on a curve -- Easier joinery for curved drawer fronts -- Miter your dovetails -- Half-blind mitered dovetails.
Woodwork.
Furniture making.
Furniture making.
Woodwork.