Woodwork for Beginners (4th Edition)

Written by a university Professor of Industrial Education, this classic woodworking textbook introduces all the basics about woodworking you will start with, using a great number of photo illustrations.

Contents Covered:

• Lumber Terms, Working Drawings and Estimating Stock
• Laying-out Tools and Their Uses
  • The rule
  • Pencil and knife
  • The try-square
  • The framing square
  • The bevel
  • The marking gage
  • The dividers
• Saws and Their Uses
  • Hand or crosscut-saw and rip-saw
  • Sawing with hand or crosscut-saw and with rip-saw
  • The back-saw
• Planes and Their Adjustment; Face Side and Face Edge
• Squaring-up Stock
  • Mill-marks
  • Methods of squaring-up stock
  • Squaring-up mill-planed Stock, first method
  • Squaring-up mill-planed stock, second method
  • Squaring-up rough stock
  • Planing a chamfer
• Boring Tools and Their Uses; Chisels and Chiseling
  • Brace or bitstock
  • The auger-bit
  • The drill bit, awls and the gimlet bit
  • Countersink bit and screwdriver bit
  • Chisels
  • Chiseling
  • The gouge
  • Whetting Chisels and plane irons
• Additional Tools and Appliances, and Their Uses
  • Sandpaper
  • Hammer and nailset
  • Nails and nailing
  • The screwdriver, screws and Fastening with screws
  • Clue and clamps
  • The spokeshave and working curved edges
• Simple Joinery
  • Joinery and general directions
  • Directions for making a dado
  • Cross-lap joint
  • Directions for cross-lap joint
• Wood Finishing
  • Materials for wood finishing
  • General directions for using brush
  • Simple finishes for close grained woods
  • Simple finishes for coarse grained woods
  • Painting