tool by tool skill by skill

  1. Preface
    1. What You Need to Use This Book
    2. Why Hand Tools?
    3. Who am I to Teach You?
    4. How to Use This Book
    5. A Few Things This Book Doesn’t Cover
    6. Buying Tools
      1. "A poor workman blames his tools"
      2. Where to buy tools
    7. Buying Wood
    8. Safety
    9. Beyond This Book
    10. Help This Book Grow
    11. Acknowledgments
    12. Status of this Book
  2. The Workspace
    1. You
    2. Shelter
    3. Light
    4. Dry
    5. Heat and Cooling
    6. Cleaning
    7. Safety
    8. Work Surfaces
      1. Vises and Other Workholders
      2. Clamps
    9. Patience
    10. Dreams
    11. For More Information
  3. The Knife
    1. Choosing a Knife
    2. Holding Your Work Safely
    3. Handling a Knife
      1. Paring Cuts
      2. Lever (or Push) Cuts
      3. Stop Cuts
      4. Stab Cuts
      5. Chip Cuts
      6. A Critical Playtime
    4. Dreams
    5. For More Information
  4. Sandpaper
    1. Choosing Sandpaper
    2. Sanding
    3. Dreams
  5. Making a Plant Marker
    1. Choosing Wood
    2. Cutting a Rough Piece
    3. Shaping the Marker
    4. Final Steps
    5. Adventures
  6. Crosscut Saws
    1. Crosscut Blades
    2. Choosing a Saw
    3. Using a Saw
    4. Dreams
  7. Making a Tip Cat and Bat
    1. Carving a Tip Cat
    2. Carving the Bat
    3. Adventures
  8. Compass, Dividers, and Straightedge
    1. Choosing a Compass, Dividers, and Straightedge
    2. Using a Compass
      1. Drawing a circle
      2. Creating a parallel line
      3. Creating a perpendicular line
      4. Bisecting an angle
      5. Dividing a circle
      6. Creating Arcs from a Chord
      7. Dividing a line
    3. Using Dividers
    4. The power of 12
    5. The power of 13
    6. Dreams
    7. For More Information
  9. Carving a Geometric Border
    1. The Dreischnitt
    2. Patterns
    3. Adventures
  10. Carving a Rosette
    1. Smooth Sharp Cuts
    2. Laying Out a Rosette
    3. Adventures
  11. The Gouge
    1. Choosing a Gouge
    2. Using a Gouge
    3. Dreams
  12. The Mallet
    1. Choosing a Mallet
    2. Using a Mallet
    3. Dreams
  13. Carving a Boat (and Spoon)
    1. Carving the Outside
    2. Carving the Inside
    3. Alternate Project: A Spoon
    4. Adventures
  14. Sequence
  15. Sharpening and Maintenance Basics
    1. Varieties of Steel
    2. Maintenance
    3. Grind, Hone, Polish
    4. Sharpening Systems
    5. Sharpening Knives
    6. Sharpening Gouges
    7. Sharpening Flat Blades
  16. Five Simple Finishes
  17. This Book is Not Sloyd
  18. Common Angles and Their Uses
    1. Angles in Wood
    2. Angles in Metal
  19. Woodworking Books and Videos
  20. Woodworking on the Web
  21. Index
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