Hand Tools Pa

by Watson,Aldren A.

• ISBN13: 9780393322767
• ISBN10: 0393322769
• Edition: 00
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-04-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Summary

For those who would like to have the benefit of a woodworker's extensive experience with hand tools, this is the book to own. Crammed with practical information, it is the next best thing to looking over a craftsman's shoulder as he works with his tools, asking questions and getting straight answers in plain language, seeing how each tool is held and manipulated to get the best work out of it.From bit brace, chisel, and mallet to saws, specialized planes, drawknife, and spokeshave, Aldren Watson describes in detail the actions of the tools basic to good woodworking. All the procedures are explicitly illustrated with handsome line drawings, and an appendix gives plans and dimensions for making a workbench and other necessary pieces of shop equipment. With 450 b/w illustrations by the author.

Table of Contents

Preface
Discovery	13	(2)
Workbench & Vise	15	(22)
Anvil	37	(4)
Awl	41	(4)
Brace & Bits	45	(38)
Wire Brush	83	(4)
Chisels	87	(18)
Clamps	105	(18)
Drawknife	123	(10)
Hand Drill	133	(8)
File & Rasp	141	(14)
Hammer	155	(12)
Inshave	167	(4)
Jackknife	171	(4)
Level	175	(10)
Mallet	185	(4)
Marking Gauge	189	(6)
Mitering Tools	195	(8)
Nail Set	203	(4)
Planes	207	(68)
Pliers	275	(4)
Pry Bar	279	(4)
Rules	283	(8)
Sandpaper	291	(6)
Saws	297	(24)
Scrapers	321	(6)
Screwdriver	327	(8)
Spokeshave	335	(6)
Square	341	(8)
T-Bevel	349	(4)
Sharpening	353	(20)
Appendixes	373	(36)
A Toolmakers	374	(2)
B Workbench Plans	376	(5)
C Plans for Bench Tools	381	(16)
D Fitting a Hammer Handle	397	(3)
E Closet Workbench Plans	400	(5)
F Inventory of Typical Shop	405	(4)
Index	409