The Way to Woodwork: Woodworking's Critical Path (CD) from Woodworker's Journal

With the CD "Woodworking's Critical Path: The Complete Curriculum," you get a compilation of everything master woodworker Ian Kirby has taught on the subject of woodworking. Containing over 70 lessons and over a dozen projects, the CD covers everything from selecting and preparing stock; to marking joints, plus cutting them; glue-up; final assembly and finish. You'll find out how to calculate how many board feet you need for a project, how to easily read plan drawings,and how to use mock-ups for projects you design.

Complete plans are included for a Mackintosh Style Chair, an Arts & Crafts Workbench, a Frame and Panel Chest, and more.

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As you follow the Critical Path Ian Kirby has identified as the step-by-step way to learning woodworking, you'll gain understanding of your tools, whether it's a hand plane, table saw or router, and your materials, from solid wood (plainsawn, quartersawn and more) to manufactured materials. Kirby, trained in the British Arts & Crafts tradition, also provides you with a history of this movement, plus the details of making dovetails, and instructions for frame and panels, drawers, doors and torsion boxes.

Some of the lessons contained on this CD include:

Understanding Drawings
Calculating Board Feet
Identifying Flatsawn, Riftsawn and Quartersawn
Understanding Wood Distortion
Making Butt Joints
Adding Biscuits and Splines
Gluing and Clamping Procedures
Measuring Tools and How They Work
Mortise and Tenon Joints
Hand-Cut Joints: Dovetail
Machine-Cut Joints
Jigs and Assembly Aids
Tapering and Carving
Making Drawers
Hardware Options
How a Plane Works
Table Saw Safety
Guiding Your Router
Full-size Mock-ups
Introduction to Drawings
Veneering
Parts of a Tree
Moisture Content and Distortion
White Oak Bookcase
Arts & Crafts Table
Sofa Table
Frame and Panel Chest
Frame and Panel Doors
Perfect Dovetails

Plus more! Follow in the footsteps of a master woodworker on the Critical Path to learning woodworking.

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