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From learning about the right tools for the right jobs to looking at a plan and beginning your own project, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Woodworking" teaches the novice woodworker all there is to know about this wonderful hobby. This step-by-step book takes you through the workshop, whether it's a shed in the backyard or a three-foot space in a one-bedroom apartment, showing you how to create beautiful pieces of furniture and decorative items with the right tools. You'll learn how to set up a workspace, buy hand and power tools, set goals within a realistic budget, work with plans and put the finishing touches on your project. Basic plans for a variety of projects are included.

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From learning about the right tools for the right jobs to looking at a plan and beginning your own project, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Woodworking" teaches the novice woodworker all there is to know about this wonderful hobby. This step-by-step book takes you through the workshop, whether it's a shed in the backyard or a three-foot space in a one-bedroom apartment, showing you how to create beautiful pieces of furniture and decorative items with the right tools. You'll learn how to set up a workspace, buy hand and power tools, set goals within a realistic budget, work with plans and put the finishing touches on your project. Basic plans for a variety of projects are included.

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If your only tool is a hammer, the world starts to look like ... a nail? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
carcass joinery, bridal joints, multiple spline joints, mechanical locking action, linear grain pattern, grain glue surface, carcass members, traditional drawers, consecutive boards, conversion finishes, carcass joints, biscuit jointer, flake board, carcass construction, paste wood filler, platform stock, lac beetle, frame joinery, butt chisels, spraying finish, plastic resin glues, catalyzed lacquers, marking knife, biscuit joints, overlay doors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tricks of the Trade, Wood Words, Woodn't Do That, The Least You Need, Make Parts That Fit, Surface Prep, The Skeleton, Choosing Finishes, Knowing Fact, Tage Frid, The Subtle Art, Use Fasteners, Woodworking Art, Hank Gilpin, Rhode Island School of Design New!
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