Ebook: Exercises in Wood-Working: With a Short Treatise on Wood

Cover; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Introduction; Part First -- Wood; Part Second -- Exercises; Index.;Put the Past to Work in Your ShopFirst printed in 1889, this book was written to educate college students in the craft and business of woodworking. Here, the original text is reprinted in its entirety, not only to help you discover late 19th-century practices in woodworking, but to help you make the most of traditional hand tools in the modern shop. As you work through a series of 39 exercises, you'll discover how to:Set up your shop and identify the tools every well-stocked hand-tool shop needsEffectively wield the most-used woodworking hand toolsUse the various marketing gauges like a profes.