Dewey Decimal684.1/04
SynopsisThe Complete Illustrated Guide to Joinery by Gary Rogowski is the definitive resource for woodworkers seeking to master the art of joinery. This comprehensive guide features over 1,400 full-color photographs and detailed step-by-step photo essays that demonstrate how to create every practical woodworking joint. From simple butt joints to angled tenons and complex scarf joints, Rogowski covers a wide range of techniques, providing solutions for projects of all complexities. Key Features: In-Depth Techniques : Explore various joinery methods, including both common and advanced techniques, to enhance your woodworking skills. Visual Learning : Over 1,400 color photos and drawings make learning straightforward and engaging, ensuring you can visualize each step. Project-Based Guidance : Learn how to approach joinery decisions based on the function of your piece, available tools, time constraints, and your skill level. Interchangeable Joints : Discover how many joints can be used interchangeably, allowing for greater flexibility and creativity in your projects. Modern Approach : Stay up-to-date with the latest tools and methods in joinery, making this guide relevant for today's woodworkers. This book is not just a reference; it's an essential companion for your woodworking journey, ensuring that it will always be within reach in your workshop., There's no more thorough and readable guide to joinery than this new book from expert woodworker Gary Rogowski. The Complete Illustrated Guide to Joinery uses full-color, step-by-step photo essays to show you how to make every practical woodworking joint. Over 1,400 color photos and drawings illustrate the methods, from simple butt joints to angled tenons and complex scarf joints. A project as simple as a box, for example, has a dozen ways to solve the joinery question. And, since many joints can be used interchangeably, Joinery leads you through making the right choice for your project based on the function of the piece, the time you have to work on it, your skill level, and your tooling. Perhaps best of all, Joinery features an appealing, modern visual approach and is completely up-to-date regarding tools and methods. This book will not gather dust on your bookshelf; it will be a permanent fixture in your shop. You will learn multiple ways to master: dovetails and finger joints mortises and tenons rabbets, dadoes, and grooves scarf joints lap and bridle joints The Complete Illustrated Guides Introducing a new series of books in the tradition of Tage Frid. All the techniques and processes you need to craft beautiful things from wood are compiled into three comprehensive volumes: The Complete Illustrated Guides. Highly visual and written by woodworking's finest craftsmen, these three titles -- Furniture and Cabinet Construction, Shaping Wood and Joinery establish a new standard for shop reference books.