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.

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