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Title: Complete Idiot's Guide to Woodworking by Reed Karen, Alpha Group ISBN: 0-02-863237-0 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 21 April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Overview
Comment: No, if you're looking for a book to "teach you how to build stuff" or give you step-by-step instructions for cutting a beveled half-blind dovetail joint, this one ain't for you. But if you're a beginning woodworker--or thinking about becoming a woodworker--this book will give you a thorough and detailed overview of all aspects of the craft. Karen explores topics ranging from setting up your shop, types and uses of tools (both hand and power), properties of wood, wood selection and storage, types and applications of different joints, adhesives, mechanical fasteners, basic door and carcass construction, milling, building procedure--drafting, cut lists, assembly sequence, finishing, etc. A very good list of resources is included as an appendix. The book is well-written and entertaining, and packed with information--much of which would probably be useful for more seasoned hobbyists as well as the beginners for whom it is intended.
Rating: 1
Summary: What a poor book-maybe this means I'm not an idiot after all
Comment: I've had poor experiences with Idiots Guides in the past, you'd think I would have learned my lesson. As with pretty much every other Idiots Guide I've read, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Woodworking never bothers to touch on the subject listed in the title. Perhaps a better title would have been The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wood, or The Complete Idiot's Guide to how I'm in love with Tage Frid.
The book does offer some good detail in picking out wood (although something as simple as "What to look under in the Yellow Pages for wood suppliers" would have been nice). It also waxes poetic on japanese chisels, and describes the physics of woodworking and jointery, but it doesn't mention squat about how to actually do anything with the wood. The author almost seems obsessed with how "the only way to do a dovetail joint is by hand", but he never bothers to tell you exactly how to do it.
If you need a reference on the physics and qualities of wood, and have no other resource which you can ask (heck, Norm has covered pretty much every detail of wood that this guy mentions), then maybe this book is for you. If you already have a good knowledge of wood and the general tools in a shop, and are looking for a book to teach you how to build stuff, find something else.
Rating: 4
Summary: good for beginners but hands on is still needed
Comment: this is a good book if you want to see if woodworking is for you...but if you want to start, this will introduce it to you, but not well enough for you to start out successfully. or well at all for that matter... but it will introduce you, but, unless you know how to use the tools and machines, you might as well take a class.
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Title: Woodworking for Dummies by Jeff Strong ISBN: 0764539779 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 20 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: The Basics of Craftsmanship: Key Advice on Every Aspect of Woodworking (Essentials of Woodworking) by Purdy Strother, Taunton Press, Rodney Crosby, Fine Woodworking Magazine ISBN: 1561582972 Publisher: Publishers' Group West Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Complete Book of Woodworking: Detailed Plans for More Than 40 Fabulous Projects by Landauer Corporation ISBN: 1890621358 Publisher: Landauer Corporation Pub. Date: 15 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Understanding Wood Finishing: How to Select and Apply the Right Finish by Bob Flexner ISBN: 0762101911 Publisher: Readers Digest Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Getting Started in Woodworking: Skill-Building Projects that Teach the Basics by Aime Ontario Fraser ISBN: 1561586102 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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