N Engler Wdwk Wisdom

by Nick Engler

Book Overview

This is an indispensable, authoritative manual on everything you'll ever need to know about woodworking tools, techniques, design, and materials. It provides the amateur woodworker with the skills and tricks a master brings to a project.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762101784
• ISBN13: 9780762101788
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.6" x 11.1"

Customer Reviews

One of the best

I've been working wood and reading about it for 25+ years. Overall, I would say this is the best book on general woodworking that I've ever had. It's the one I keep. I was working wood for 20 years when I got this book and I still learned a lot from it. I found myself saying "why didn't I already know that?" every few pages. This guy knows his stuff.

Essential Shop Reference

This book is essential in any home workshop. There is a jig for virtually every kind of job, and detailed instructions on how to make and use them.The depth of knowledge covers the woodworking spectrum; history, design, tools, techniques and finishing, and LOTS of practical material. It has a design for the best router table I've come across, and the description of dove-tailing is perfect for a home woodworker.The material on tool maintenance and understanding, and the extensive cross-referencing makes this a must-have book. You will not be sorry.

Fantastic!!

Whether for the beginning woodworker or the advanced Master Carpenter, this book is a must have. It is a wealth of knowledge in one place, from types of wood to types of finishes for your project. In between, the book is jam-packed with helpful tips and general woodworking knowledge. I would recommend this book to anyone thinking about getting into woodworking and to the advanced woodworker as a reference.

What a nice review of woodworking!

Like all books of an encyclopedic nature this one has it's limitations. It sometimes leaves you wishing for more on a subject. With that in mind I must say this is a very good book. For a beginner it covers an enormous amount of material and for a more advanced woodworker there are pearls all thru it. I have an extensive library of woodworking books with many specialized books and yet I learned something from Mr. Engler's book. I would recommend it for beginners but intermediate woodworker will also benefit from it.

The most complete book about woodworking that I have read.

As a beginner to woodworking, I have tried to find a book that has the necessary information to take me to that "next level" of woodworking. I have failed many times, until I bought Nick Engler's Woodworking Wisdom. I would lie to you if I told you I read the whole book, because there is way to much information to do so. I rated it a 9 for one reason, it didn't tell me the thickness of boards after they have been kiln-dryed. Thats all the minuses of this book. It gave me every bit of info all other books offer and more in one book. If I didn't pay for those "other" woodworking books, I would throw them away. If you are new to woodworking, buy this book before you make another project. All you more advanced really could benifit from it too. I could go on for days about this book, but I would rather be trying all this knowlage I have gained on a new project. BUY IT. You need it.