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Woodworking Basics: Mastering the Essentials of Craftsmanship Paperback – Illustrated, Oct. 1 2003
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Woodworking Basics presents an approach to learning woodworking that has proven successful for hundreds of people who have taken the author's introductory course over the past 20 years. Peter Korn's method helps new woodworkers learn the right techniques from the beginning. More experienced woodworkers can use it to master the classic furniture-making skills key to fine craftsmanship. Korn includes two attractive and useful projects -- a small bench and a side table with a door and drawer -- providing you the opportunity to practice skills and develop confidence with tools.
This book provides a step-by-step introduction to all aspects of woodworking, including:
- Safe use of woodworking machinery
- Correct use of hand tools
- Milling a board four-square
- Cutting a mortise-and-tenon joint
- Cutting dovetails
- Print length192 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherTaunton Press
- Publication dateOct. 1 2003
- Dimensions21.59 x 1.12 x 27.64 cm
- ISBN-10156158620X
- ISBN-13978-1561586202
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About the Author
Korn is the director of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine, which offers hands-on workshops in woodworking. He is the author of Working with Wood (The Taunton Press, 1993.)
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- Publisher : Taunton Press; Illustrated edition (Oct. 1 2003)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 192 pages
- ISBN-10 : 156158620X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1561586202
- Item weight : 635 g
- Dimensions : 21.59 x 1.12 x 27.64 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: #180,583 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #6 in Power Tools (Books)
- #30 in Carpentry (Books)
- #53 in Woodworking Projects
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About the author

PETER KORN is the founder and former Executive Director of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, a non-profit woodworking and design school in Rockport, Maine. A furniture maker since 1974, his work has been exhibited nationally in galleries and museums. Born in 1951, Korn grew up in Philadelphia, where he attended Germantown Friends School. He majored in history at the University of Pennsylvania. More information is available at www.peterkorn.com
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