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Woodworking: The Complete Step-by-Step Manual

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Master the art of carpentry and create timeless handcrafted pieces with this essential guide to working with wood. Discover essential woodworking techniques - from basic to more advanced types of wood joints, finishing, woodturning, and furniture restoration - in this hands-on, instructive carpentry manual. Discover how best to use all the essential woodworking tools, including hand, power, and machine tools. Become knowledgeable about woods to choose the suitable wood for the job - more than 100 hard- and softwood profiles are covered. Then, put your skills into practice with over 25 DIY woodworking projects, with detailed plans and step-by-step photographic instructions. Start with a simple chopping board or shelf, or try more advanced woodworking ideas like a blanket box or garden bench. Accredited by the Worshipful Company of Carpenters, Woodworking is a complete illustrated woodworking course, giving you all the carpentry skills and techniques you need to create well-crafted and practical objects in treated wood. Explore chapters full of techniques and tips on carpentry. First, learn about the correct tools, such as Saws, Chisels, Measuring, and marking tools. Then, learn about technique, find out more about the types of wood, hardwood, and veneers, and finally, try out some projects to test the skills you have learned. This book is ideal for those new to woodwork who want to learn about the basic tools and techniques and gain the skills and knowledge to make simple objects in wood before progressing to more complex projects. Carpentry and furniture-making students who need a clear reference book to reinforce workshop learning. Experienced woodworkers looking to hone their core skills and embark on more ambitious furniture projects. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ DK


Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 12, 2024


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 400 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0744092442


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 48


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.96 pounds


Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 - 12 years


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.81 x 1.26 x 11.25 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #16,318 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #4 in Carpentry #8 in Woodworking Projects (Books) #27 in Crafts & Hobbies Reference


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Top Amazon Reviews

    • A great read and very well put together!
Format: Hardcover
I love the layout of this book. I am novice woodworker at best and this had everything from start to finish! It was clearly labeled and described everything in great detail. It’s a book you can read from page 1 to onward and feel like each page builds off of the last, but u can also flip to any page at any time and not be lost! This has the most information of any info source I’ve come across and highly recommend to anyone looking for a good reliable source of wood working knowledge. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2025 by Amazon Customer
    • Thorough, easy to read and understand. Well worth adding to your library.
This is a great book for someone trying to understand so many aspects of woodworking.
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2025 by TMR
    • What wood you like to know?
Super cool and informative
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2025 by Porque Soda
    • Read it before starting a project
As an aspiring woodworker, the book gave me a lot of useful information and ideas
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2025 by noam badash
    • Pretty good attempt at a woodworking book in the internet age
I can’t imagine the challenge of producing a big “overview of woodworking” tome in the year 2020. It’s almost as crazy as spending hours of your time and tons of money to make your own furniture when you can buy mass manufactured furniture at big box stores for less. Who would buy such an old fashioned book when you can find anything you want on the internet? With videos? I wondered that as I flipped through this book that my well-meaning family gave me, an avid beginner hobbyist, as a gift. While I wouldn’t have bought this on my own, I am nevertheless enjoying it enough to write this review. And I will say this type of book does deserve its place alongside the endless information and content steam of the internet. As a beginner hobbyist woodworker, YouTube is my primary instructor but this book is useful for just flipping through the pages and reading about tools and joints in a relaxed way, with plenty of high quality photos, when I don’t want to look at an electronic device. Therefore this book is an excellent complement to online videos. It’s a good introduction to the basics. If and when I want to lean more, then of course I’ll do that on the internet. But this book serves as a good starting point and as a resource to return to for basic fundamental. If you paid full retail price then this is a bit expensive and you can probably find equally educational books at a used bookstore for a fraction of the price. But many of the used books from years past are older with fewer and poor quality photos, or longer narrative whereas readers of today (including this reader) demand clear photos with explanation. I really do want to give credit to the excellent and thorough photo quality of this book. It’s evident that the internet and its abundance of easy pics and videos has required book makers to work harder to stay relevant and this book does it well. Half of the book is devoted to 28 typical projects, from cutting boards to more complex pieces like dressers and beds. While I might not build any of these, and instead find exactly the plans I want on the internet, nevertheless the plans are very detailed with excellent photos that you rarely see in any plans. As such, I often read through these plans just for the techniques. There is a preference for hand tools but they do cover lower tools and machines a bit as well. As an American (US) reader, be aware that this is a UK book with British authors so there is a fair amount of terminology differences that can be confusing, although not indecipherable, if you are an American. Brits and Americans do work with mostly the same tools and techniques but sometimes use different words. Fortunately the book uses both inches and metric so everyone will be happy. And the section on wood species contains woods from all over the world including North America. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2020 by Virginia Dogwood
    • Perfect Gift for Younger Husband
Format: Hardcover
This book was recommended to my husband from a friend of his, and so it was one of his birthday presents and he was so excited! Can’t wait to see all of the fun projects he makes because of the book’s help.
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2025 by Skylar Hasseman-Stewart
    • Must Have
Must have for anyone starting.
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2025 by Jorge
    • Good.
Really good for beginner wood workers
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2025 by Christina

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