The Workshop Companion Books

Techniques for Better Woodworking

Everything you need to know as a woodworker in one collection? Well, that’s a pretty tall order, but Nick Engler’s classic “Workshop Companion” series is a great place to start. This bestselling 21-book set (more than 2,750 pgs!) covers a huge range of woodworking topics including:

Using core woodworking machinery (band saw, table saw, router and more)
Techniques for hand tools
Making indispensible jigs and fixtures
Joinery techniques for any build
Expert wood preperation techniques including sanding and planing
Making boxes, chests, bookcases, desks, tables, chairs and more!

  Workshop Companion Complete Series (21 books by Nick Engler)

   Advanced Routing 0875965784
   Finish Carpentry 0875965830
   Gluing and Clamping 0875965806
   Finishing 087596138X
   Joining Wood 0875961215 insetes
   Making Boxes and Chests 0875965857
   Making Built-In Cabinets 0875961398coming soon!
   Making Desks and Bookcases
   Making Jigs and Fixtures
   Making Tables and Chairs
   Routing and Shaping 087596107X
   Sanding and Planing
   Sharpening
   Using Hand Tools 0875966802
   Using the Band Saw 0875961401
   Using the Drill Press 0875967213
   Using the Scroll Saw
   Wood and Woodworking Materials
   Using the Table Saw 0875961274
   Workbenches and Shop Furniture 0875965792
   Complete index & shop manual 0875967396

The difference between an elegant and humdrum home is how a home is finished -- windows, doors, floors, walls, and ceilings. Discover the simple tricks of master carpenters, using ordinary woodworking tools and without any special skills.

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One of the properties that makes wood such a useful material is that it can be quickly and easily bonded. In other words, you can glue wood to itself and to other materials. However, to create strong, permanent glue joints, you must understand the nature of adhesives, how they work, and how they’re applied.
Furthermore, you should know how to use clamps properly to assemble wooden parts.
In Gluing and Clamping, author/craftsman Nick Engler discusses the types of glues and clamps that are commonly available and how to Choose the best tools and materials for the job. He reveals dozens of secrets for trouble-free assembly, starting with simple gluing tasks and working up to complex pieces of furniture. Discover how to glue up wide panels, thick stock, and long beams, matching grain patterns and other important features so the joined boards look and behave as a single piece of wood.
Learn useful construction procedures for chests, tables, chairs, and cabinets, as well as how to keep these assemblies perfectly square and true, See how to cover surfaces with elegant veneers and durable plastic laminates. Over 200 illustrations and photographs clearly show these gluing techniques and the tools required. There are also plenty of expert tips, such as how to take the twist out of a door frame and how to keep boards from shifting as you Clamp them together.

Gluing and Clamping also includes detailed plans with step-by-step instructions for 11 clamping tools that you can make yourself, including:
• Traditional hand screws that can be built at a fraction of the cost of store-bought clamps
• A frame clamp that applies equal pressure to all four corners of a frame with the turn of a single knob
• Ingenious expanders that help you take projects apart as well as glue them together
• A panel clamp that takes just minutes to build and weighs next to nothing, yet can generate enormous clamping pressure
• A clamping press that applies both vertical and horizontal pressure to broad surfaces and large assemblies

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When you set out to build a box, a chest, or a cupboard, how do you join the case to make it as sturdy and stable as possible? If your project will have a lid, how do you fit it to the case? If the piece has drawers or doors, how do you hang them? What size should you make the drawers, and how do you arrange them so the contents are easy to reach?
The answers to all these questions and many more like them are in this book. In Making Boxes and Chests, author Nick Engler discusses dozens of different kinds of storage pieces, or case furniture, and walks you through the types of construction used to build them.
You'll learn how to cut boxes from a single piece of wood, build classic six-board chests, make large storage pieces with framed panels and doors, and create a chest full of drawers.
Over 400 photos and illustrations clearly show every aspect of box and case construction, plus there are plenty of shop-tested tips and inside information to help make your storage project a success.

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The author discusses the kinds of hand-powered devices used for the entire spectrum of woodworking operations, from measuring a board and cutting it to size to surfacing it and joining it to another. Fully illustrated.

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Shows how to use a router for joinery, pattern making, lathe turning, and inlay, and provides instructions for making projects.

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Using the Table Saw: Techniques for Better Woodworking Includes instructions and detailed blueprints of some projects. Joinery techniques.

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Shows how to use a router for joinery, pattern making, lathe turning, and inlay, and provides instructions for making projects.

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   Discover how to design a workbench that serves your own personal woodworking needs and grows with you as those needs change. Explore the major types of vises and other workbench accessories that you can install on your bench, and see how to build your own workbench add-ons. Learn how to build storage stands, special tool stands that keep all of your power tool accessories right were you need them. Investigate dozens of different systems for storing and organizing hand tools, hardware, wood and other woodworking materials.

   Over 200 illuatrations clearly show all of this shop furniture and how you can arrange or adapt it for your shop. There are also plenty of workshop tips, such as how to make your workbenches and tool stands mobile or how to modify ordinary bench vises to hold almost anything.

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Much More Than an Index, This Is a Valuable Shop Tool in Its Own Right!

The Workshop Companion’s Complete Index and Shop Manual is a road map to America’s best-selling woodworking series - and a reference guide you can use no matter how many books you own from the series.

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Discusses selection and maintenance of drill presses; working with metal and plastics, making screw pockets, mortice-and-tenon joints, toy wheels, rosettes, and includes instructions for several projects.

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Describes different types of joints and joinery tools, demonstrates simple, reinforced, and interlocking joints, and suggests four projects

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Provides information on how to select and use a band saw, discussing blades and accessories, care, and techniques, and includes plans for woodworking projects.

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Explains how finishes protect and enhance the appearance of wood, tells how to select a finish and prepare a surface, and suggests several projects.

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Discusses cabinet design and construction techniques, making cases, doors, drawers, and shelves, and cabinet installation, and provides detailed, step-by-step instructions for making a cabinetry project.

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Your scroll saw is a unique tool with many special applications. Learn how to select a scroll saw for the type of woodworking you like to do, how to fine-tune it to make it easier to use, and which blades are best for what projects.

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This step-by-step pictorial manual shows how to design and build jigs for every operation in the shop, choose materials for strength and durability, and where to purchase particular hardware. Includes a special section with detailed plans and instructions for 12 jigs and fixtures.

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Here are all the tricks and tips you need to know to get your tools really sharp. Over 200 illustrations and photos show dozens of different sharpening procedures, shop-tested tips, and useful charts help you put the sharpest possible cutting edges on your tools.

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Do you have questions about woodworking? Spike Carlsen has the answers! Woodworking FAQ has everything you want to know, whether you're a beginner planning your first project or an experienced crafter putting in cabinets or making furniture. This book is like a master carpenter standing at your elbow to answer questions as they arise, including: How do I make base molding fit tightly on the inside corners? How do I prevent splintering on the end of a board when I rout it? How do I taper cut a table leg? Is there any way to take the wobble out of a chair without taking the whole thing apart? With its comprehensive information, friendly question-and-answer format, and convenient lay-flat binding, Woodworking FAQ will be the most important tool in your workshop.

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