Over 1,400 color photos and drawings illustrate the methods, from simple butt joints to angled tenons and complex scarf joints. A project as simple as a box, for example, has a dozen ways to solve the joinery question. And, since many joints can be used interchangeably,
Joinery leads you through making the right choice for your project based on the function of the piece, the time you have to work on it, your skill level, and your tooling.
Perhaps best of all, Joinery features an appealing, modern visual approach and is completely up-to-date regarding tools and methods. This book will not gather dust on your bookshelf; it will be a permanent fixture in your shop. The real value of this book is the coverage of the many ways to get the same result. For example, there are eleven methods for cutting a simple mortise described here. This gives woodworkers the option of choosing the option that best fits their tooling and skill level. The book is organized for quick access, using visual maps, and detailed visual contents. Since nomenclature varies, the visual reference allows rapid identification of the desired result. And like a classic cookbook, this book gives all the standard methods and variations, but is especially useful for guidance on a seldom used, but necessary technique.
You will learn ways to master:
- Dovetails and finger joints
- Mortises and tenons
- Rabbets, dadoes, and grooves
- Scarf joints
- Lap and bridle joints
You will find that this book is:
- A modern replacement/complement to the classic woodworking bestseller: Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking.
- A complete visual reference on making woodworking joints.
- Over 1500 step-by-step color photos illustrate the processes.
- Covers every practical joint used in modern woodworking (and a few exotic joints).
- Multiple options depending on skill level and tools.
The author, Gary Rogowski is a contributing editor of Fine Woodworking Magazine and the author of Router Joinery (and has appeared in the video of the same name). Rogowski has been a professional furniture maker for over twenty years and directs the Northwest Woodworking Studios, a woodworking School in Portland, Oregon. He regularly teaches and lectures on woodworking across the country.
Hardcover, 9 - 1/4" X 10 - 7/8", 400 pages, with color photos and drawings, Published 2001, ISBN 1-56158-401-0
