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This step-by-step illustrated textbook covers all of the fundamental techniques every woodworker needs to know. In a single volume it offers an authoritative overview of woodworking basics. Organised for quick access, the book makes it easy to find the information you are looking for: outfitting the woodworking shop; using tools; working with wood; milling stock; cutting joinery; shaping wood; construction; finishing; and sharpening.

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"JEFF JEWITT has been a professional refinisher for over 30 years. He runs a finishing and refinishing business in Cleveland, Ohio, and markets his own line of finishing products. He is a frequent contributor to ""Fine Woodworking ""magazine and the author of several books including ""Spray Finishing Made Simple, The Complete Illustrated Guide to Finishing, ""and ""Great Wood Finishes,"" and has also appeared in two award-winning videos on finishing. Andy Rae worked with George Nakashima and Frank Klausz before founding his own woodworking business. He has been awarded a New Jersey Council of the Arts Fellowship for his furniture designs. A former editor of ""American Woodworker,"" Rae currently works in Asheville, North Carolina, making furniture as well as teaching and writing about woodworking. Lonnie Bird, a professional woodworker specializing in period furniture, runs a woodworking school in Dandridge, Tennessee. Jeff Jewitt is a professional finisher and refinisher in Cleveland, Ohio and a contributing editor to ""Fine Woodworking,"" Thomas Lie-Nielsen is the founder and owner of Lie-Nielsen Toolworks which manufactures high quality handtools. He lives in Warren, Maine. Andy Rae, from Asheville, North Carolina, is a professional woodworker who writes frequently for woodworking magazines and teaches woodworking. Gary Rogowski, a contributing to ""Fine Woodworking,"" operates his own school, the Northwest Furniture Studio, in Portland Oregon. Toolmaker Thomas Lie-Nielsen brings a unique perspective to the subject of sharpening. He started making hand tools in 1981, after working in New York City at tool dealer Garrett Wade. Lie-Nielsen Toolworks now makes several dozen different high-end planes and saws, based on traditional designs."

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