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Woodworker's Guide to Wood (Back to Basics)

Straight Talk for Today's Woodworker
Fox Chapel Publishing Co.
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Product Type: Paperback / softback

Description

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Get Back to Basics with the core information every woodworker needs. This book will give you a clear roadmap of wood knowledge, from assessing the lumber you find to discovering the elegant tradition of green woodworking.

Details

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Pages 160
Publish Date 2010-09-01
Series  
Size 7.5" x 9.0" x 0.4"

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made materials. This whole series is beautifully put together and my hat is off to Skills Institute Press and Fox Chapel Publishing
I was once told that a tree is nothing but an overgrown weed! As a long time woodworker I have much more respect for them and certainly appreciate the length of time it takes to grow a hardwood tree. The authors have done an excellent job of encapsulating volumes in this 158 page reference book. They cover the wood from tree to finished project with a list of both hard and soft woods, moisture content, shrinkage, portable sawmill cutting (to save waste), veneers and man
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made materials. This whole series is beautifully put together and my hat is off to Skills Institute Press and Fox Chapel Publishing
I was once told that a tree is nothing but an overgrown weed! As a long time woodworker I have much more respect for them and certainly appreciate the length of time it takes to grow a hardwood tree. The authors have done an excellent job of encapsulating volumes in this 158 page reference book. They cover the wood from tree to finished project with a list of both hard and soft woods, moisture content, shrinkage, portable sawmill cutting (to save waste), veneers and man

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About the Author

John Kelsey is a journalist and editor specializing in woodworking and furniture making. He has a degree in woodworking and furniture design from the School for American Craft at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a former editor in chief of Fine Woodworking magazine and a publisher of woodworking and home building books at the Taunton Press. He is the author of Furniture Projects for the Deck and Lawn. He lives in Newtown, Connecticut

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