Woodworking Books

The Unplugged Woodshop
by Tom Fidgen

Hand-Crafted Projects for the Home & Workshop (Hardcover)

Woodworker Tom Fidgen is very well known in the online woodworking community, and his first book, Made by Hand, was critically acclaimed. In his second book, Fidgen presents more hand-tool woodworking projects for the home and workshop. The projects have a distinctive retro look, recycling designs from our not-so-distant past. He has reconceived the classic library card catalog (converted to use for kitchen storage); a clever medicine chest does double duty as a four-bottle wine tote; and his gentleman’s valet is an elegant clothing stand with a profile that harks back in time. In the opening chapters, Fidgen discusses the benefits of working in an unplugged woodshop, considers the sources of design inspiration, offers advice on the critical importance of sharpening, and even explains how to make hand tools using only hand tools.

Great Workshops
by Editors of Fine Woodworking

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.

The Workshop Book
by Scott Landis

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

The Workshop Book also contains 20 detailed floor plans for a diverse range of workshops. You also get construction details for dozens of useful fixtures and shop accessories. Whether you are just starting out in woodworking or are somewhere along this lifetime journey, this book will be your faithful guide.

Dust Control Made Simple
by Sandor Nagyszalanczy

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.

Mastering Woodworking Machines
by Mark Duginske

This text provides common-sense techniques applicable to all brands of machinery to help you choose, set up and tune your machines for safety, precision and efficiency, and help you avoid making mistakes.

Mark Duginske is a band saw expert and the author of 10 woodworking books, including "Band Saw Bench Guide" and "Band Saw Handbook," His work has appeared in numerous publications, including "Architectural Digest," "Architectural Record," "Fine Homebuilding," "Fine Woodworking," and "Woodshop News," His work in the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio in Oak Park, Illinois, appeared on "This Old House" and the PBS Frank Lloyd Wright Special. He lives in Merrill, Wisconsin.

Workshops
by Editors of Fine Woodworking

Expert advice for designing a great woodshop in any space

For years, woodworkers have turned to Fine Woodworking magazine, in particular the popular annual "Tools & Shops" issue, for advice about setting up their woodworking shop. This book is a collection of the best of those workshop articles from the last 10 years. It covers all aspects of setting up a shop from choosing a location and adding heating and cooling, through accessories and storage options to how to use the shop safely and comfortably. Also included is advice on workbenches, jigs and fixtures, and dust collection. With such a wide range of topics and shops represented, this book will appeal to all woodworkers from newbies just setting up a shop to veterans who want to make better use of the shop they already have.

You'll learn how to:

• Build a small, sturdy workbench
• Heat and cool your shop
• Work at the right height
• Set up a dust collection system
• Outfit your shop with an essential clamp kit
• Transform a prefab

Woodland Workshop:
Tools and Devices for Woodland Craft
by Ben Law

A woodland craftsman’s workshop should bring immense pleasure and the tools and devices that furnish it are unique to woodland work and have formed the heritage of woodland crafts that we have today. Following on from his successful book Woodland Craft , woodsman Ben Law explains what makes a good workshop, outlines the key tools needed, gives information on how to sharpen them and shows us how to make an array of fascinating devices from scratch.

• Projects include: peeling jig, pole lathe, woodsman's grip, cleaving brake
• 16 step-by-step woodland device projects
• Beautiful photography and illustrations
• A foundation book for every green woodworker to use as reference

Coupled with interesting titbits of historical and practical information, this is an invaluable guide for every green woodworker.