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Hand Tools (10 books)
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Describes different types of planes and their uses, shows how to make planes, and explains how to use and sharpen chisels.
Offers practical advice on setting up a small shop, looks at tool cabinets, racks, and cases, workbenches, clamps, and saw horses, and discusses lumber grading, solvents, and safety precautions.
A comprehensive exposition of the structure of steels and the effects of different heat treatments, particularly in respect of tools. It includes solid fuel, gas and electric furnaces, case hardening, tempering and other practical information. Features accurate colour temperature charts.
The Art of Fine Tools" is a visual collection featuring more than 250 woodworking tools from Japan, China, USA, Britain and Europe built over the last 300 years. It also presents historical and technical information along with descriptions and uses of each example.
In this text, Garrett Hack looks at the history, theory and practice of handplanes. The practice section includes discussions on tuning planes and how to perform a variety of planing techniques. There is also information on buying planes, both for personal use and as an investment.
This work is a survey of toolboxes and aims to show how to store, protect, organise and transport tools, along with how to select materials and construct nine types of storage systems. The author also introduces the reader to the history and origin of toolboxes.
"The Workbench Book" is an illustrated guide to workbenches, from a traditional Shaker bench to the mass-produced Workmate. It contains plans for four benches and information on 18th/19th century benches, buying a bench, and carving and examines each bench's strengths and weaknesses.
A diverse collection of 48 reports on woodcarving tools and equipment, written by contributors to "Woodcarving" magazine. Areas reviewed include: benches and horses; workholders; hand tools; carving discs; burrs; sanding; power carvers; rasps and rifflers; sharpening systems; and wood stains.
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