How to Use and Care for Woodworking Tools

From Library Journal
The Bridgewaters, a husband-and-wife team, are known for creating excellent, easily understood woodworking books directed mainly towards beginners and hobbyists (e.g., Beautiful Wooden Gifts You Can Make in a Weekend, LJ 3/1/98). This title is no exception?it provides a pragmatic introduction to woodworking tools of all types. Although they lean toward hand tools, the Bridgewaters show how to use power tools when they feel there is no substitute (the lathe) or that the power tool will work better (the drill press). The text and illustrations are excellent, providing instructions for using and caring for chisels, planes, drawknives, saws, and carving tools with an unusual degree of depth. Instructions for selecting and tuning used tools are included?great for those on a budget and sometimes the only way to acquire certain tools. This excellent title is appropriate for all public libraries.?Jonathan N. Hershey, Akron-Summit Cty. P.L., Akron, OHCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.


Book Description
& 400 drawings & 8 x 11. Helpful for the expert, indispensable for the beginner& Instructive line drawings Everything woodworkers need to know about every kind of tool--saws, planes, chisels, power tools, marking and testing tools, boring tools, knives, hammers, and clamps. Learn how they are made, how they function, and how to condition them. Step-by-step exercises show proper use of each tool, and easy projects demonstrate the application of techniques. Alan and Gill Bridgewater, authors of Boxes and Chests (see page 79), have written and illustrated more than 40 books on woodworking, carving, and crafts. They live in England.


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