The Handy Shop Reference: Useful Facts and Figures for Every Woodworker

Find fast answers to woodworking questions! From fasteners to finishing, angles to adhesives, this portable guide is packed with helpful charts, lists and illustrations to move your woodworking projects along. Need to compute an odd joint angle, select appropriate hardware, or pick the right finish for a project? You can consult this book for solutions to those dilemmas and many more. It’s the ideal size to stash in a toolbox or bench top, where you will refer to it again and again. Features:

Dozens of charts and lists providing key woodworking facts, figures and formulas at a glance

Clear, quick-reference illustrations of angles, joints, mouldings, fasteners and more

Demystifies woodworking math, including conversions and geometry

Portable, durable format perfect for hands-on use in the shop AUTHOR: Tom Begnal is a life-long woodworker whose interest in the craft evolved into a full-time furniture business in northwestern Connecticut. A former editor for Woodworker’s Journal and Fine Woodworking magazines, Tom has written and edited woodworking books for publishers including McGraw-Hill, Rodale Press, Sterling Publishing and F+W Media. SELLING POINTS:

One-stop quick-reference guide to hundreds of helpful woodworking facts, figures and formulas

Clear illustrations and concise charts provide answers to woodworking questions at a glance

Portable, practical and attractive format stands up to hands-on shop use, is perfect for gifting 200 b/w illustrations