Amazon.ca:Customer reviews: Woodworking: The Complete Step-by-Step Manual

There are 0 reviews and 14 ratings from Canada

José Eduardo Adura

Ótimo livro.

Reviewed in Brazil 🇧🇷 on March 16, 2023

Já comprei outros livros de marcenaria e sempre digo a mesma coisa. Eles entregam mais conteúdo que 99% dos cursos que encontramos na internet e custam apenas uma fração desses cursos. Vale cada centavo.

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Saray Garcia

What a hit!

Reviewed in Spain 🇪🇸 on January 22, 2023

Verified Purchase

It was a present for my husband and he could no have been happier! The step/by-step explanations are very useful for those who are beginners and the illustrations are very clear. The proposed projects are too to mention as most are in the "soon-to-do list in our house"

Kindle Customer

On time for Christmas

Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on December 31, 2022

Verified Purchase

My husband thinks it’s a great book. Gave it to him for Christmas and am looking forward to some lovely projects in the new year.

troland

Nice Piece

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 3, 2023

Verified Purchase

Solid book. Received yesterday and paged through it last night. Sturdy binding, good paper stock and print. Detailed descriptions and pictures. Good knowledge base.

Jo Kerr

It’s awesome

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 9, 2023

Verified Purchase

Very informative and much bigger than I expected , a great book !

Marsha

Very informative

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 21, 2023

Verified Purchase

Lots of info on how to do anything working, a great tool to have!

S

Excellent book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 31, 2023

Verified Purchase

Excellent book. Just what I was hoping for. Very accessible and thorough.

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Virginia Dogwood

Pretty good attempt at a woodworking book in the internet age

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 27, 2020

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I can’t imagine the challenge of producing a big “overview of woodworking” tome in the year 2020. It’s almost as crazy as spending hours of your time and tons of money to make your own furniture when you can buy mass manufactured furniture at big box stores for less. Who would buy such an old fashioned book when you can find anything you want on the internet? With videos?

I wondered that as I flipped through this book that my well-meaning family gave me, an avid beginner hobbyist, as a gift. While I wouldn’t have bought this on my own, I am nevertheless enjoying it enough to write this review. And I will say this type of book does deserve its place alongside the endless information and content steam of the internet.

As a beginner hobbyist woodworker, YouTube is my primary instructor but this book is useful for just flipping through the pages and reading about tools and joints in a relaxed way, with plenty of high quality photos, when I don’t want to look at an electronic device. Therefore this book is an excellent complement to online videos. It’s a good introduction to the basics. If and when I want to lean more, then of course I’ll do that on the internet. But this book serves as a good starting point and as a resource to return to for basic fundamental.

If you paid full retail price then this is a bit expensive and you can probably find equally educational books at a used bookstore for a fraction of the price. But many of the used books from years past are older with fewer and poor quality photos, or longer narrative whereas readers of today (including this reader) demand clear photos with explanation. I really do want to give credit to the excellent and thorough photo quality of this book. It’s evident that the internet and its abundance of easy pics and videos has required book makers to work harder to stay relevant and this book does it well.

Half of the book is devoted to 28 typical projects, from cutting boards to more complex pieces like dressers and beds. While I might not build any of these, and instead find exactly the plans I want on the internet, nevertheless the plans are very detailed with excellent photos that you rarely see in any plans. As such, I often read through these plans just for the techniques.

There is a preference for hand tools but they do cover lower tools and machines a bit as well.

As an American (US) reader, be aware that this is a UK book with British authors so there is a fair amount of terminology differences that can be confusing, although not indecipherable, if you are an American. Brits and Americans do work with mostly the same tools and techniques but sometimes use different words. Fortunately the book uses both inches and metric so everyone will be happy. And the section on wood species contains woods from all over the world including North America.

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Amazon Customer

Decent

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 14, 2023

Verified Purchase

It shows multiple tools that I didn’t even know existed so that’s cool. It also shows multiple different joints you can make which could come in handy but the building options it shows are just so ugly nobody would ever want. Just YouTube some stuff and make something worth $20 at least

Jo

Nice book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 7, 2023

Verified Purchase

Nice book to get a keen DIY husband started on wood work! Recipient was really pleased.

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