Joinery, Shaping and Milling : Techniques and Strategies for Making Furniture Parts from Fine Woodworking

by FINE WOODWORKING EDITORS

• ISBN13: 9781561583058
• ISBN10: 1561583057
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Taunton

Summary

This reference for beginner woodworkers features all the techniques that have to be learned in order to build furniture.

Table of Contents

Introduction	3	(1)
Straight, Flat, and Square	4	(38)
Smoothing Rough Lumber	6	(8)
An Edge-Jointing Primer	14	(9)
Flattening Wide Panels by Hand	23	(4)
Resawing on the Bandsaw	27	(9)
Joint-Quality Edges Cut on a Tablesaw	36	(6)
Making Curved Pieces	42	(40)
Steam-Bending Basics	44	(8)
Bent Lamination	52	(9)
Forming Curves from Layers of Blocks	61	(8)
Curved Panels from a Vacuum Veneer Press	69	(5)
Coopering a Door	74	(8)
Milling Complex Shapes	82	(18)
Template Routing Basics	84	(7)
Cut Cove Molding on the Tablesaw	91	(6)
Hand Tools Shape a Traditional Seat	97	(3)
Basic Joints	100	(28)
The Edge Joint	102	(8)
Spline Joinery	110	(4)
Plate-Joinery Basics	114	(5)
Beyond Biscuit Joinery Basics	119	(9)
Mortises, Tenons, and Dovetails	128	(38)
In Search of the Right Mortising Technique	130	(8)
Through Mortise-and-Tenon Joinery	138	(4)
Loose-Tenon Joinery	142	(6)
Designing the Wedged Mortise and Tenon	148	(6)
Machine Dovetails by Eye	154	(6)
Housed Sliding Dovetails	160	(6)
Modern Joints	166	(30)
Frame-and-Panel Joinery Options	168	(6)
Router Bits Tackle Cope and Stick	174	(8)
Curved Cope and Stick	182	(8)
Threaded Inserts	190	(4)
Threading Wood for Machine Screws	194	(2)
About the Authors	196	(2)
Credits	198	(1)
Equivalence Chart	199	(1)
Index	200