Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Tools – Essential Woodworking & DIY Tools Guide for Beginners & Professionals – Perfect for Home Workshops & Crafting Projects

Author: Lonnie Bird
Publisher: Taunton Press, 2004
hardbound, 9.5x11.25-in., 280 pages

A definitive guide to basic tool use. On the back cover, Taunton editors state boldly, Use any woodworking tool with confidence. And this hefty book delivers on all the tools found in a modern woodworking shop.

Lonnie Bird operates a woodworking school and builds 18th-century furniture. He knows how to use, tune up, and maintain every tool a woodworker might dream of using. And he explains his secrets in this carefully written, well-illustrated reference.