Publisher's Synopsis
Woodworking Guide for Beginners
In this book you have a description of the tools you need, the materials you need, as well as how to plan and construct your project.
In ancient times, when there were no industries, all those who produced goods for sale were craftsmen. Until five or more centuries ago there were no machines and everything was built by hand or almost in the workshops or laboratories.
The objects, moreover, were always manufactured with the use of techniques handed down from generation to generation and paying particular attention to their artistic aspect. Woodworking was one of the first arts of man: from clubs and spears to the dawn of civilization, canoes carved into tree trunks, ploughs used in agriculture, stools three legs up to the complex structures of the modern era.
If you want to make woodworking your hobby at first you need creativity. A woodworker must develop a real desire to create using wood in order to fully appreciate this craft.
Secondly, craftsmen need patience and care to ensure the quality of their craft. This observance to properness produces woodwork of fine quality and helps develop and improve skill.
Lastly, your woodworker tools. A woodworker would be lost without his most basic kit, which usually consists of his handsaw, pocket-knife and oil stone to sharpen his blades. A small assortment of wood scraps set aside to supplement whatever project you are making will also come in handy. However, this is not the complete set of basic tools a woodworker has to have, but the set that he absolutely must have in any situation.
Basics of woodworking
Necessary tools
Materials
Design
Sample beginners projects
Much, much more!
