Lay a foundation for hand tool excellence! Now you can learn the hand tool skills used by the best woodworkers to achieve handcrafted excellence in all your woodworking projects. Hand Tool Fundamentals introduces you to all the key tools and techniques you need to learn for sterling work, then shows you how to incorporate them into the modern woodworking shop. You'll learn: What to look for when buying new precision hand tools. How to tune your tools so they perform well. The time-tested hand tools everyone should own. How to make a smoothing plane, infill jointer plane and dovetailing tools. 10 hand-tool projects you can build to improve your skills. More than 75 hand-tool tips and techniques. And more! This book is jam-packed with trustworthy advice and instruction from top editors and contributors to American Woodworker , including Toshio Odate, Frank Klausz, Mario Rodriguez, Andy Rae, Ellis Walentine and Tom Caspar.
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