Workshop Hand Tools
Books and DVD's on Selecting, Using and Maintaining
Hand Tools in your Workshop

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Workshop Hand Tools

The Art of Fine Tools
A Rich Visual Feast of The World's Most Amazing Tools. Take a guided tour through a stunningly beautiful array of fine tools. This collection of more than 250 masterpieces features unique tools built with sumptuous materials, lavished with artistic decoration, or made for remarkable precision. Locked away in the vaults of private collectors, many of these exquisite tools have never before appeared in publication. Included in this beautifully photographed book are measuring instruments, handplanes, saws and other cutting tools, striking and drilling tools, Asian treasures, incredible miniatures, ingenious foot-powered machines, and improbable combination tools. Each photo is accompanied by detailed notes that provide intriguing historical and technical details about the tool.

The Complete Guide to Sharpening
A Comprehensive Guide to Sharpening Tools - From Chisels to Drill Bits. You know how frustrating it is to work wood with tools that are dull. All that is over. Tool expert Leonard Lee has consolidated a lifetime of study of sharpening methods, techniques, and devices into the most practical reference on the subject. You'll discover the most effective ways to sharpen your tools -- from chisels to drill bits. You'll get better edges than on most razor blades, and you'll learn how to shape them to cut better and stay sharp longer. In fact, Lee's simple principles and some basic equipment wil allow you to sharpen any woodworking tool you are likely to encounter.

Complete Illustrated Guide to Using Woodworking Tools
A Visual Guide to Using Hand and Power Woodworking Tools. This step-by-step pictorial reference covers using all the tools found in a modern woodworking shop. Organized for quick access, this book makes it easy to find exactly the technique you are looking for. Over 850 photos and drawings illustrate using hand and power tools, including choosing the right tool for the job, setting it up, and basic and special operations.

Dovetail A Drawer - DVD
Dovetail Joint Techniques to Create Drawers That Fit. If it's properly fitting drawers you're after, this is the dovetail video workshop for you. Professional cabinetmaker Frank Klausz cuts quick, precise dovetails without jigs or templates, then glues up and fits the finished drawer. This 55 minute video teaches you how to make perfect dovetail joints for drawers and cabinets without the need for jigs or templates.
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Hand Tool Classics: Slipcase Set
Two Book Set Celebrates the Rich History of Classic Hand Tools. Two classic, collectible volumes are now available in a slipcase set. Both practical and beautiful, Classic Hand Tools reveals the rich variety and history of hand tools through vivid color photographs. It provides in-depth information on how to integrate their use into modern woodworking. The Handplane Book evokes the romance of an earlier era when planes performed countless woodworking tasks, from preparing stock to shaping moldings. This is a complete guide to one of the best-known and most collectible hand tools.

Hand Planes In The Woodshop - DVD
Learn How Four Basic Hand Planes Can Change The Way You Do Woodworking. If you are like many woodworkers, you own hand planes but never learned how to use them to their best advantage. In this video, teacher and plane expert Mario Rodriguez shows the basics of using planes and how four basic hand planes -- the jointer, the smooth plane, the shoulder plane, and the block plane -- can change the way you do woodworking.

Hand Tools - DVD
Tuning and Using Chisels, Planes and Saws. Tuning chisels, planes and saws and learning how to use them properly can make your woodworking a hands-on pleasure. These tools can bring a refinement to your work that machines alone cannot produce. In this DVD you'll learn how to: Sharpen a chisel within minutes, Rehabilitate flea market tools, Flatten the bottom of a plane, Set and sharpen a handsaw, Stand and hold a plane, Pare accurately with a chisel, Saw straight and smoothly.

Homeowner's Ultimate Tool Guide
Choose The Right Tool for Every Home Improvement Job. If you have the proper tools, you have a much better chance of getting every home improvement job done right. With this essential guide, you'll find out exactly what tool you need, how to ask for it at the hardware store, and what to do with it when you get home. The Homeowners Ultimate Tool Guide shows you how you can easily assemble a tool kit for any home improvement job -- including suggestions for plumbing, electrical, carpentry, painting, tiling -- even car repair.

Machine and Hand Joinery
Learn Joinery Secrets to Long-Lasting Joints Using Both Traditional Hand Tools and Modern Machine Tools. The concept of joinery is as old as recorded history. Furniture with hand-cut dovetail joints has been found entombed with the mummies dating back to ancient Egypt. Several thousand years later, dovetails are still being used today to fasten objects of wood. The fact that there are thousands and thousands of pieces from 18th century still being used today shows just how durable good joinery can be. In these articles collected by the editors of Fine Woodworking magazine, you'll learn how to use your hand and power tools to make tight joints that will help your furniture last for generations.

Making Mortise and Tenon Joints - DVD
Produce Clean and Quick Mortise and Tenon Joints, By Hand or Machine.
Woodworkers rely on the versatile mortise-and-tenon joint for making sturdy frames, panels, stools, tables and stands. Frank Klausz shows you how to make the joint cleanly and quickly, using hand tools or basic woodshop machines.
Also Available In VHS Format

Selecting and Using Hand Tools
Learn to Select, Use, Sharpen and Appreciate the Hand Tools Every Woodworker Needs. Hand tools and the skill to use them properly are essential to precision woodworking. Hand tools range from a simple ruler to complex planes, and with a well-chosen complement it is possible to accomplish any task in woodworking. This collection of articles from Fine Woodworking covers all you need to know about hand tools, from choosing the right ones for the job, to marking and measuring, using chisels, sharpening edge tools and saws, and essential hand-tool techniques.

Tools Rare and Ingenious
Celebrating the World's Most Amazing Tools. If you have the proper tools, you have a much better chance of getting every home improvement job done right. With this essential guide, you'll find out exactly what tool you need, how to ask for it at the hardware store, and what to do with it when you get home. The Homeowners Ultimate Tool Guide shows you how you can easily assemble a tool kit for any home improvement job -- including suggestions for plumbing, electrical, carpentry, painting, tiling -- even car repair.

Woodworker's Guide to Hand Tools
An A to Z Reference of Hand Tools used in Woodworking. If you have the proper tools, you have a much better chance of getting every home improvement job done right. With this essential guide, you'll find out exactly what tool you need, how to ask for it at the hardware store, and what to do with it when you get home. The Homeowners Ultimate Tool Guide shows you how you can easily assemble a tool kit for any home improvement job -- including suggestions for plumbing, electrical, carpentry, painting, tiling -- even car repair.

Working With Handplanes
Advice on Choosing, Tuning, Sharpening, and Using This Classic Handtool ... The Plane. With a sharp, well-tuned handplane you can quickly adjust the fit of parts or joints, flatten a panel or produce a glass-smooth surface for finishing. But learning to use this classic handtool can be something of a challenge. This book offers advice on how to choose handplanes and tune and sharpen them for top performance. There is also in-depth information on specialty planes and spokeshaves.

Workstations & Tool Storage
Store, Protect and Get More From The Valuable Tools In Your Shop. Woodworkers are always looking for ways to make their workshops work better for them. Dedicated workstations for tools or essentials like sharpening and assembly make woodworking more efficient. For space-challenged woodworkers, modular systems allow the benefits of a well-equipped shop in a minimum of space. This book shows how to apply the workstation approach to the shop and how to store and protect your valuable tools.

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