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