Getting Started In Woodworking
Skill Building Woodworking Projects That Teach The
Basics of Woodworking
By Aime
Ontario Fraser
Here is an up-beat and
accessible introduction to woodworking. You'll learn
basic skills while building attractive and useful
furniture. Aim Ontario Fraser, a former Fine
Woodworking editor, employs a friendly tone that
will inspire you and give you confidence --
especially if you have little or no experience using
tools. Each project teaches specific skills, which
can be applied later on, and results in a piece of
furniture that you will be proud to have made.
Among the projects you will
learn to build are a rustic coffee table, two-shelf
bookcases, and a funky outdoor easy chair.
Throughout the book, Fraser explains in detail the
key operations or techniques that are needed to
build the project. Helpful photos and drawings guide
you along the way.
About the Author:
Aim Ontario Fraser began her
woodworking career during high school while working
in a state-of-the-art boatbuilding shop. Since then
she has been a professional woodworker and
boatbuilder. A former editor of Fine Woodworking,
she has written dozens of articles that have
appeared in woodworking magazines and WoodenBoat.
Introduction:
Wood is an antidote to the
stresses of modern life. From the rough-hewn beams
of an old barn to the elegant simplicity of a
handmade box, we're drawn to wood. Luxury car makers
know this and accent the interiors of their
highest-priced models with bird's-eye maple and
walnut burl.
Wood is a material with a
wholly human scale. Trees are part of our lives, and
we watch them through the seasons. We understand how
they live and grow. Their wood is not too hard to
work but is strong enough to accomplish almost
monumental human tasks such as building bridges and
shoring up hillsides, yet delicate and soulful
enough for making a cradle. Unlike the heroic scale
of steelmaking or the hurtling electrons in a
microchip, the processes of woodworking are familiar
in scale and easy to accomplish using tools that
have changed very little over the centuries.
Woodworking is satisfying on
many levels. It's a physical activity, with lots of
lifting, carrying, planing, and using your arm, leg,
and back muscles. It's work that connects you with
real life, not with a screen. It's working in a
medium where nothing is a given. Each piece of wood
is different, and you must see how it acts and work
with it. This requires a great deal of creativity
and resourcefulness.
Doing woodworking connects you
with the real world in a new way. As you learn to
use tools and materials, you'll have a new
understanding of the way things work. You're able to
shine the light of knowledge on some of the
mysteries of everyday life, such as why floors
squeak (the joints move), the reason drawers stick
in the summer (high humidity causes wood to swell),
and why the coat rack fell off the wall (the screws
were not long enough to anchor the weight in the
soft drywall).
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Tools for Woodworking
Materials
Simple Handmade Box
SKILL BUILDERS:
Sharpening
Clamping
Accurate Crosscuts
Paring with a Chisel
Using a Handsaw
Using a Block Plane
Drilling Holes
Outdoor Easy Chair
SKILL BUILDERS:
Crosscutting Multiples to the Same Length
Countersinking for Screws and Plugs
Installing and Trimming Plugs
Rustic Old-World Coffee
Table
SKILL BUILDERS:
Making and Using a Beading Tool
The Pocket-Hole Screwed Joint
Clamping Up a Wide Panel
Making an Accurate Circular Saw Guide
Rounding Edges with a Plane
Classic Bookcase
SKILL BUILDERS:
Router 101--Rabbeting
Template Routing with a Straightedge
Making a Dado Cutting Jig
Top-Drawer Lateral File
SKILL BUILDERS:
Ripping on a Table Saw
Building a Crosscut Sled
Resources
Glossary
Index
Soft-cover, 8-1/2 x 10-7/8
in., 208 pages with color photos and drawings
Published 2005
ISBN: 978-1-56158-610-3 |
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