Bench reference! 200 unique devices you can make to overcome problems. Speed up repetitive jobs, cut waste, assure accuracy. Jigs, marking aids, holding devices, machining aids and special tools in over 400 drawings. "Ingenious ideas...most useful."—Carver's News. 224 pages, 203 b/w illus., 6 1/2 X 8 1/4.

Making Woodwork Aids and Devices

Arts & Photography

Robert Wearing

Architecture

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

Woodwork aids and devices

this is a tried and tested 'tricks of the trade' which can be dipped into for interest of consulted for inspiration making light work of many an arduous or intricate task.

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Home Improvement & Design

PRENTICE/HALL

Jogs and set-up devices for woodworkers, most homemade. Numerous illustrations - line drawings and photos. Work is a primer on using and caring for tools and associated jigs and lay-out aids; many illustrations; author offers common sense advice throughout.

Woodwork Aids and Devices

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Evans Bros.

The incredible story of John MacArthur, one of America's richest Men!

The Essential Woodworker

Lost Art Press

Traditional Woodworking Workshop Devices

HARPER/COLLINS

An introductory guide to essential hand tools for the woodworker. The author explains how to select and maintain tools and includes information on hinging doors and boxes, cutting and fitting joints, and constructing a workbench.

Hand Tools for Woodworkers

Rowman Littlefield

WOODWORKER'S ESSENTIAL SHOP AIDS & JIGS : Original Devices You Can Make

Medical Books

Medicine

Sterling

Woodworker Basics: Hand Tools and Techniques

Special Interest Model Books

Becoming proficient at handwork isn’t just about muscle memory and learning to sharpen. It’s also about building a handful of effective “appliances” (jigs, fixtures and the like) that assist your saws, planes and chisels for repeatable work. One of the foremost experts on these appliances is Robert Wearing, who wrote extensively about them for Woodworker magazine and published a number of books on the topic. Earlier this year we approached Wearing about collecting the best of the appliances for handwork into one new book, and he agreed. The result is “The Solution at Hand: Jigs & Fixtures to Make Benchwork Easier,” a hardbound book of our favorite jigs from Wearing’s career. The book covers a wide swath of material, from building workbench appliances for planing, to making handscrews (and many other ingenious clamps), some simple tools that you cannot buy anywhere else, to marking devices that make complex tasks easier. In all, there are 157 jigs, all of which are illustrated with Wearing’s handmade drawings. The book is designed as more of a reference book than something you read straight through. Already after editing the book, I now find myself returning to it and thinking: I know Wearing had a solution for this problem. And he did. “The Solution at Hand” is 200 pages long and is in a 6” x 9” format (like Wearing's “The Essential Woodworker”). The pages are casebound, sewn for long-term durability and wrapped in hardback boards that are covered in cotton cloth. As always, our books are produced and printed entirely in the USA.

The Solution At Hand

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