The Complete Illustrated Guide to Woodworking: Volume 2 CD

No woodworkers reference library is complete without Taunton's The Complete Illustrated Guide to Woodworking. This is the second of three volumes and includes written and photographic essays by wood masters Lonnie Bird, Thomas Lie-Nielsen, and Jeff Jewitt. The easy-to-search volume includes over 800 pages of detailed descriptions and photos on CD. Find the page you want, print it, then take it to your shop for reference!

• Using Woodworking Tools by Lonnie Bird
• Sharpening by Thomas Lie-Nielsen
• Finishing by Jeff Jewitt

Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guides" have long been known as the standard of excellence for woodworking reference books. This is your chance to have a huge resource written by the experts, right at your fingertips on CD. Using Woodworking Tools.

281 pages by Lonnie Bird

• Working with wood
• Outfitting the shop
• Benches and damps
• Gluing and assembly
• Measuring and marking tools
• Handsaws and chisels
• Planes and planing
• Files and rasps
• Sharpening hand tools
• The table saw
• Jointer and planer
• The bandsaw
• The shaper
• The router table
• Drilling and mortising tools

• The finishing environment
• Tools for surface preparation
• Finishing tools
• Preparing flat surfaces
• Preparation of curved and complex surfaces
• Fixing defects
• Stain basics and application
• Glazes, padding stains, and bleaches
• Controlling odor
• Filling pores
• Sealers
• Choosing a finish
• Reactive finishes
• Evaporative finishes
• Water-based finishes
• Rubbing out finishes

• Steel
• Abrasives
• Machines for sharpening
• Sharpening kits
• Jigs and fixgtures
• Gauges and knives
• Planes
• Chisels
• Spokeshaves and beading tools
• Scrapes
• Drills
• Handsaws
• Axes and adzes
• Carving tools
• Turning tools
• Power tools