Hand Tools: Their Ways and Workings - Brossura

Watson, Aldren A.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0393322769 ISBN 13: 9780393322767

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2002

Riassunto

For those who would like to have the benefit of a woodworker's extensive experience with hand tools, this is the book to own. Crammed with practical information, it is the next best thing to looking over a craftsman's shoulder as he works with his tools, asking questions and getting straight answers in plain language, seeing how each tool is held and manipulated to get the best work out of it. From bit brace, chisel, and mallet to saws, specialized planes, drawknife, and spokeshave, Aldren Watson describes in detail the actions of the tools basic to good woodworking. All the procedures are explicitly illustrated with handsome line drawings, and an appendix gives plans and dimensions for making a workbench and other necessary pieces of shop equipment.

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A longtime woodworker's illustrated guide to the tools of the trade and how to use them. For those who would like to have the benefit of a woodworker's extensive experience with hand tools, this is the book to own. Crammed with practical information, it is the next best thing to looking over a craftsman's shoulder as he works with his tools, asking questions and getting straight answers in plain language, seeing how each tool is held and manipulated to get the best work out of it. From bit brace, chisel, and mallet to saws, specialized planes, drawknife, and spokeshave, Aldren Watson describes in detail the actions of the tools basic to good woodworking. All the procedures are explicitly illustrated with handsome line drawings, and an appendix gives plans and dimensions for making a workbench and other necessary pieces of shop equipment. Softcover, 7.3 × 10 in, 416 pages, 450 original illustrations, copyright 2002.

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• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0393322769
• ISBN 13: 9780393322767
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 416