Publisher's Synopsis
Collins Woodworking for Beginners is the perfect first steps guide if you are discovering the pleasures of working with wood for the first time. Whether as a hobby, at evening classes or in the schoolroom, this book will show you all the basics of tools, wood selection, techniques and good practice.
Collins Woodworking for Beginners starts with an introduction on how to set out a proper workshop and highlights some essential health and safety points. The following four chapters give detailed information for the woodworking beginner on:
hand tools and how to use and maintain them
- the properties and versatility of different types of wood and manmade boards
- woodworking joints and how to make them
- successful wood finishing techniques such as sealing, bleaching, staining, waxing etc.
