How to Get Started With Woodworking:  The Woodworker Starter's Ultimate Guide

Have you ever wanted to begin woodworking at home? Woodworking can be a fun, yet dangerous experience if not performed properly. In The Art of Woodworking – Beginners Guide, we will show you how to choose everything from saws to hand tools and how to use them properly to avoid ending up in the ER.Do you know the difference between softwood and hardwood? Which wood is better for indoor projects and which wood is better for outdoor projects? We will discuss the properties of wood and how they will affect various woodworking techniques and projects you may want to work on.Wouldn’t it be nice to have all those questions about woodworking for beginners offered in one place? You could spend hours on the internet looking for answers or you could spend hundreds of dollars taking a class or seminar that would show you details that are enclosed all in one place, The Art of Woodworking – Beginners Guide.Books are expensive and much of the content is full of fluff and not th (more…)

Woodworking with the Router: Professional Router Techniques and Jigs Any Woodworker Can Use (American Woodworker)

More than 10 years after its original publication, this clear and accessible guide continues to serve woodworkers of all skill levels with a comprehensive offering to the router and its many uses. Packed with the techniques and tricks needed to unleash the router’s incredible potential, this manual includes the best ways to cut decorative edgings and moldings, surface wood and joint edges for glue-ups, shape furniture parts, and cut curves, circles, and ovals. With chapters on how to make cope-and-stick frames; raise panels; and cut strong, practical joints of all kinds—including dadoes, rabbets, laps and half-laps, dovetails and sliding dovetails, and mortise-and-tenon—this updated full-color offering complements each step-by-step, instruction-based exercise with hundreds of large, clear photos and drawings that teach crafters about using a router safely and productively.

About the Author

Bill Hylton is the author of Country Pine Furniture P (more…)

Bill Hylton's Ultimate Guide to the Router Table (Popular Woodworking)

The router is one of the most versatile tools in any shop, and router tables make it even more versatile by incorporating it into a stationary platform. The router table opens up a whole new world of using the router that simply can’t be done using it freehand. Ultimate Guide to the Router Table starts by giving the reader the option of building their own router table (with plans) or buying a manufactured table (with suggestions on what to look for when buying). In either case, this book gives the woodworker all the information they need to use their router table. Basic router-table knowledge is covered in the first chapter: safety issues, setup fundamentals, feed direction and workpiece control. The next chapters cover specific operations unique to the router table. The woodworker is not only how to do an operation, but why to do it in the way explained (and the pitfalls of trying to do it another way). Sidebars and tip boxes will highligh (more…)

DELTA 28-276 Professional 14-Inch 3/4-Horsepower Open Stand Woodworking Band Saw, 120-Volt 1-Phase

Amazon.com Review

Delta’s 28-276 band saw is a smart buy for the serious hobbyist interested in curve cutting and light resawing. The 3/4-horsepower 120-volt motor delivers smooth, quiet, reliable power, while the saw’s nine-spoke wheels deliver more accurate tension on the blade, greatly reducing vibration. The heavy cast-iron trunnions likewise minimize vibration to the blade. For curve cutting, the large 16-by-16-inch table provides excellent support for workpieces, and tilts to 45 degrees for bevel cuts. The saw handles stock up to 6-1/4 inches thick with a throat capacity (the distance from frame to blade) of 13-3/4 inches. The lower blade guide on this saw rests only 3/4 inch below the table, which significantly minimizes deflection in the blade, a big plus. When the saw is not in use, the tension-release lever extends the life of the blade. It also makes switching blades quick and easy. The saw comes equipped with a 4-inch dust port, a smart feature you won’t fin (more…)

Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking Set: Three Step-By-Step Guidebooks to Essential Woodworking Techniques

As a tribute to Tage Frid who passed away in 2004, combined with the 30th anniversary of The Taunton Press, this three-volume slipcase set is the most complete, authoritative guide to woodworking for readers of all skill levels. The books in the slipcase include: “Book 1: Joinery,” “Book 2: Shaping, Veneering, Finishing,” and “Book 3: Furnituremaking,” The techniques illustrated in these books are demonstrated step by step, with clarity and organization that allows readers to understand and carry out virtually any woodworking project. This is a limited edition.

(more…)

The Small Wood Shop (Best of Fine Woodworking)

Outfitting and maintaining a shop is something every woodworker wants to know more about. They are always looking for new ways to improve their shops, and this practical book is packed with innovative ideas and projects. The subjects included in this book cover a wide range of techniques and ideas. Projects include how to make a cabinet maker’s tool box, build a chop saw stand and put together an easy-to-build work bench. There is information on buying used hand tools, cutting sheet products, mobile machine bases, computers and repairing and tuning workshop machinery. Advice is also given on wiring a shop, collecting dust, using and maintaining shop equipment and running a small commercial shop. In addition, practical solutions are offered for solving a host of workshop problems.

(more…)

TD Industrial 1

TD Industrial 1″ x 5″ Belt Disc Sander * A powerful 300, Watt, 2.6 amp, 120V motor * 1″ x 30″ Belt, 5″ Disc * Disc speed: 3400 RPM * Disc table tilts 0 – 45 degrees * Belt speed: 16m/sec. * UL listed * Use this powerful and versatile belt / disc sander for all sorts of jobs around your home or shop!

(more…)