Everything a Woodworker Needs to Know at a Glance

Sized for a shop apron, this handy reference is packed with tips and answers to all of your woodworking questions in an easy to read and quick to find format.

Answers you'll find inside:

- Characteristics of Popular Woods
- Types of fasteners and their uses
- Basic types of joints and their strengths
- Shop math and formulas
- Common hand and power tools and their uses
- How to choose a workbench and setup a workshop
- Putting an edge on a cutting tool
- and much more!

The editors of Fine Woodworking hit the road to visit hundreds of shops. We check every detail - including projects and processes as they really happen- to bring you the most extraordinary stories. Whether upgrading the workshop or building from scratch, this book delivers the tips and trade secrets to help you design a workplace around your specific needs.

Landis shows you how you can create your own woodworking sanctuary in whatever space you can afford. With the help of hundreds of drawings and photographs, The Workshop Book takes a systematic approach to:

• storage for tools, lumber and supplies
  
• heat, light and electricity
  
• where to put benches and machines
  
• dust collection
  
• shop security and personal safety
  
• making the most out of the workspace you have
  

A Craftsman's Guide to Workbenches for Every Type of Woodworking

Probably more than any other tool in the shop, the custom workbench reflects the personality and experience of its maker. And for the great majority of makers, the construction of the workbench is a labor of love. In The Workbench Book, Scott Landis examines benches for all kinds of woodworking -- from a traditional Shaker bench to a mass-produced Workmate. There are benches for cabinetmakers, boat builders, carvers, and country chair makers. In each case, detailed photos and illustrations show how the bench works and help guide you through the tough parts in its construction. With 19 pages of measured drawings, two chapters on vises, and a list of sources of supply, this is one of woodworking's all-time classic books.

A complete guide to setup, troubleshooting and maintenance

Wood shop tools are a major investment -- and keeping them in good running order is essential. In Care and Repair of Shop Machines, veteran woodworker John White shows you how to assemble, tune, maintain and repair the machines that you count on. Throughout the book, White’s approach is practical, straight-forward, and effective.

White includes chapters on tune-up, the jointer, the table saw, the thickness planer, the drill press, the band saw, the router table and the miter saw. This is the first book you’ll reach for when your machines aren’t performing, and it’s the book you need to keep them running at their best.

Care and Repair of Shop Machines gives you:

• complete guidance on assembling, tuning, maintaining and repairing all major shop machines
• low-tech solutions and alternatives to expensive set up tools and jigs
• clear, concise troubleshooting information geared to help you solve common tool problems
• some excellent jigs to improve tool performance
  

Wood-shop Dust Control provides all the information woodworkers need to protect themselves from dust -- a serious health hazard. This revised edition includes charts & graphics, up-to-date information on the latest products & examples of actual shop systems. Get practical information on designing and building a system that is right for you and your shop in this book.

The Practical Guide to Designing and Building Your Dream Shop

To a woodworker, there is nothing more personal than the workshop. Creating your ideal sanctuary involves hundreds of practical decisions — from where to locate the shop and which machines and tools to buy to where to put the lights and electrical outlets.

With the expert advice of professional woodworker and author Sandor Nagyszalanczy, you'll make the right choices to fit your space and budget. Detailed illustrations and useful tips help you handle every job, from insulating walls and organizing storage to installing dust collection. "Shop Profiles" give you a look inside the shops of well-known woodworkers, so you can see how they've tackled common shop problems.

With all the ingenious solutions in Setting Up Shop, you'll never run out of ideas for improving an existing shop — or planning the shop of your dreams.

Celebrating the Place Where Craftsmanship Begins

A workshop is much more than a physical place full of tools. It is the place where a woodworker imagines, designs, tries, fails and succeeds in making something beautiful out of wood. Some shops are used to earn a living, some to pass on the craft. In all shops new designs are forged, limits are tested, and art is created.

Author Scott Gibson takes you on a guided tour of over 30 workshops. You'll meet furniture makers, boat builders, turners, and others -- all of whom share a common love: creating in wood. Over 290 photos give you an inside look at these outstanding shops. You'll learn how they evolved and how they suit the individual needs of the woodworkers who own them.

Building workstations, jigs, and accessories to improve your shop

What’s the best way to get your workshop to work well – no matter what its size or how much equipment is in it? Paul Anthony shares his know-how in Smart Workshop Solutions.

You’ll discover great ideas for shop accessories, workstations, jigs, and storage solutions. With the help of the detailed drawings and step-by-step instructions and photos, you can build and install ingenious shop additions. Your result: a more efficient workshop and woodworking that’s safer and easier.

Get shop-proven ideas for:

• Clamp racks
• Wood storage solutions
• Drilling stations
• Table saw stations
• Router tables
• Tool cabinets
• and much more

In this contemporary look at the world of workbenches, Lon Schleining takes us on a guided tour of a wide variety of classic, modern, and specialty benches and offers hundreds of options for choosing or building that perfect bench and its accessories.

This is a fresh look at the classic subject with a focus on helping readers find the right bench and accessories for their needs. The object is to guide the reader through making critical choices, including whether to buy it or build it.

Even long-time woodworkers dream of the perfect bench and the time to build it, and for them, the real enjoyment is in the planning. With nearly 300 photos and drawings, this book provides in-depth information along with the inspiration to fulfill workshop dreams.

Working efficiently in limited space

A well-designed, well-built workshop can do more for your woodworking than a new tool. A good shop is a place where you want to be -- a safe, well-lit space where work flows efficiently from machine to bench to finishing area. The articles included in this book offer ideas and solutions on everything from designing your floor plan for workflow to the nitty-gritty of picking the right tools.

• Locating and organizing your shop
• Good floor plans
• Essential tools
• Good choices for lighting and heating
• Dust control and collection
• Shop safety
• Benches, vises, aprons and pegboards

Improve Your Shop with Ideas Gleaned from Visits to Shops of Hundreds of Woodworkers

A workshop is always a work in progress as skills grow and new tools are added. Now you can benefit from the ingenuity of fellow woodworkers and see how they've solved common shop problems like storing tools, lumber, and clamps and organizing work areas. No matter the size of your shop or its location, The Workshop Idea Book will show you inventive ways to improve it.

Store, Protect, and Get More from Your Valuable Tools

Woodworkers are always looking for ways to make their workshops work better for them. Dedicated workstations for tools or essentials like sharpening and assembly make woodworking more efficient. For space-challenged woodworkers, modular systems allow the benefits of a well-equipped shop in a minimum of space. This book shows how to apply the workstation approach to the shop and how to store and protect your valuable tools.

What's inside:

Roll-away workshop
Clamp storage solutions
Stack and saw lumber rack
Vacuum hold down table
Rolling chop saw stand
An elegant chisel cabinet
Heirloom tool chest

Want the hardest working shop on the block? The secret lies in streamlining the woodworking process by maximizing your space and organizing your work area. Workshop Projects, Fixtures & Tools for a Successful Shop brings you more than two dozen ingenious projects for setting up your shop to save time, money, and frustration. .

Measure Twice, Cut Once teaches what measuring tools are, do, what, how and; basic measuring in relation to human proportions for furniture; proportioning systems for attractive, usable and comfortable furniture; drawing sketches and plans; developing cutting lists; laying out cuts and cutting to the lines.

This book compiles 30 of the best jigs compiled by the editors of Popular Woodworking Books. Each innovative, clever and simple project provides an ingenious solution to what was otherwise a complex or impossible building situation. Start-to-finish / Step by step instructions and photos for each project ensure proper jig-making success.

For over 30 years, the projects found within Fine Woodworking magazine have offered an unmistakable level of sophistication and refinement not found in any other publication. Throughout the magazine's history, one of its signature trademarks has been superbly detailed exploded drawings, illustrations that offer invaluable insights into the art of fine design. Shop Improvements will appeal to woodworker's of all skill levels.

Straight Talk for Today's Woodworker

Woodworking should be a fun and fulfilling hobby. Bypass the overwhelming overload of woodworking information available, and get Back to Basics with the core information you need to succeed. This new series offers a clear road map of fundamental woodworking knowledge on sixteen essential topics.

In Setting Up Your Workshop, you'll learn what is important to know now and what can be left for later. Best of all, the information is presented in the plain-spoken language you'd hear from a trusted friend of relative, and includes:

- Using creativity and flexibility in setting up a home workshop
- Assembling a modern workbench
- Accessories designed to make your shop safer and more comfortable
- Storing your tools and materials using as little work space as possible
- Getting the most from your work surfaces
- Simple precautions to reduce mishaps

The world's already complicated - your woodworking information shouldn't be.

Straight Talk for Today's Woodworker

Woodworking should be a fun and fulfilling hobby. Bypass the overwhelming overload of woodworking information available, and get Back to Basics with the core information you need to succeed. This new series offers a clear road map of fundamental woodworking knowledge on sixteen essential topics.

In Woodworking Machines, you'll learn what is important to know now and what can be left for later. Best of all, the information is presented in the plain-spoken language you'd hear from a trusted friend or relative, and includes:

- Maintaining and adjusting your stationary tools
- Caring for your hand tools so they work better and last longer
- Sharpening blades and bits
- Table Saw - an excellent all-around tool
- Band Saw - well suited for curves and circles
- Radial Arm Saw - uses less space and allows a piece to remain   stationary
- Drill Press - bores precise holes, but also works as a sander and   mortiser
- Jointer - brings precision and craftsmanship to your work
- Other important tools for a woodworker

The world's already complicated - your woodworking information shouldn't be.

Every woodworker knows that dust is dangerous to your health. It poses a threat in any size shop, and professional guidance is required to manage it. Enter woodworking expert Sandor Nagyszalanczy, who covers all facets of dust control in this book and DVD. In the past, dust-control installation required complicated calculations, but now manufacturers offer systems that are economical and easier to install. The process is truly demystified by Nagyszalanczy, who covers comprehensive systems, as well as air filtration, portable systems, shop vacuums, task dust collection, and personal dust protection. This is required reading (and viewing) for all woodworkers who care about health and safety.