DETAILS: Paperback: 160 pages Publisher: Taunton (September 6, 2005) Language: English

Selecting And Using Hand Tools teaches the reader about buying the best tools, essential techniques such as four-squaring and using a marking knife in accurate joinery, applying edged tools or handsaws, getting the most out of tools for shaping and modifying, and much more. This collection of 28 of the best 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.

Diagrams and full-color photographs on every page walk the reader through procedures step-by-step, and the text explains hands-on tasks in easy-to-follow terms. An excellent resource for hands-on woodworkers of all skill and experience levels, from novice to advanced. Not to be missed are Mario Rodriguiez's notes on rasping, notes on old hand planes, and J.Crate Larkin's bow saw design, which is an absolute masterstroke of design. A book that is not to be missed for all serious woodworkers!