WORKING WITH WOOD

What could be more satisfying than making your own furniture and the sheer pleasure of using hand tools to cut a beautiful piece of wood with the saw, chisel or plane? Learn how the wood responds and become capable of reading the grain and find yourself seeing, imagining and feeling what will happen with each cut. Whether hard, soft, green or seasoned, choose the right wood from oak, ash, cedar, elm, tulip wood, Douglas fir, walnut and how knots make the wood trickier to use. This wonderfully practical book is aimed at anyone looking to balance their busy lives by mastering core woodworking skills. Build your skills and your tool kit as you progress through the five step-by-step projects - a work bench, hook, box, decorative shelf and chest. Learn about drilling and joining with screws, measuring and marking and getting things square, using the drill, marking up brackets, cleaning with herbs, using dowels, making the pegs and locking the surfaces together with joints, all explained in wonderful colour photographic sequences. 128 page extra large sized softback, packed with colour photos.