Table of Contents
Welcome 6
Introduction 8
GENERAL WORKSHOP
Setting Up Shop 10
Safety Equipment 12
Tips for Dust Collection 15
General Tips for Shop Tool Maintenance 17
Defining- Hardwoods & Softwoods IB
Buying Lumber 22
Common Hardwoods , 26
Common Softwoods 28
Introduction 31
MEASURING, MARKING & LAYOUT
Tip for Scribing and Laying Out 33
Tricks for Measuring & Layout 34
Drawing Curves & Arcs 35
CUTTING
Choosing & Using Handsaws 37
Band Saw & Jig Saw Blades 38
Cutting with Circular Saws 40
Two Techniques for Making Plunge Cutouts 40
Tips for Making Curved Cutouts 41
Tips for Cutting with a Power Miter Box 42
Resawing Stock on a Band Saw 43
Tips & Techniques for Using Your Table Saw 44
Cutting with Wood Chisels 48
Cutting Project Par ts 50
Making Rip Cuts 52
Rip Cutting with a Circular Saw 54
Wood Working for Amateur Craftsman
THIS book is one of the series of Handbooks on industrial subjects being published by the Popular Mechanics Company. Like Popular Mechanics Magazine, and like the other books in this series, it is written so you can understand it. The purpose of Popular Mechanics Handbooks is to supply a growing demand for high-class, up-to-date and accurate text-books, suitable for home study as well as for class use, on all mechanical subjects. The textand illustrations, in each instance, have been prepared expressly for this series by well known experts, and revised by the editor of Popular Mechanics.
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