Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Working with Wood

by Andy Rae

This thorough guide features comprehensive techniques for handling the woodworker's most favored material. From felling a tree and milling lumber to finishing and joining, it covers every aspect of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561586838
• ISBN13: 9781561586837
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Taunton Press
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.2" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

If you do woodworking you need this book! just get it!

Between the covers of this impressive tome. lie an incredible depth, breath and detail relative to the topic of wood and wood working. Beautifully written. explained and photographed, this is the gold standard on this topic! Ken Manuelian

Great wood book!

This book is extremely comprehensive and full of great detailed pictures. Even better than the original. This would make a great companion to "The Encyclopedia of Wood" from the U.S. Department of Agriculture!

Excellent book

Everything you need to know to work with wood illustrated by numerous beautifull pictures. You will find informtation on how to cut, dry, and use wood to build furniture.

Excellent Update to a Classic Woodworking Text

This book is an expanded and comprehensive update of the (out of print) classic "Working with Wood: The Basics of Craftsmanship" by Peter Korn. It also includes some of the wood structural information from "Understanding Wood: A Craftsman's Guide to Wood Technology" by Dr. R. Bruce Hoadley. "Working with Wood" examines not only how to fell a tree, cut it up, sticker the wood, build a kiln, and when to use the lumber, but also how to construct furniture so it doesn't crack, or buckle due to changes in seasonal humidity. This book is well on its way to becoming a new classic.

A 'must' for any who regularly tackle woodworking projects

Andy Rae's Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide To Working With Wood is a 'must' for any who regularly tackle woodworking projects. A step-by-step reference covers different techniques for working with the wood, packing in nearly a thousand photos and drawings to show how to buy lumber, dry it, store it, join it, and machine it. Andy Rae has his own woodworking business and designs his own furniture; his extensive background making furniture and teaching woodworking lends to a splendidly simple presentation outlining different wood qualities and how to work with them.