Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Woodworking: Finishing/Sharpening/Using Woodworking Tools

The most complete overview of woodworking. Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Woodworking, the quintessential one-volume reference, covers all the fundamentals woodworkers need to know. No need to wait--start benefiting from the expert advice and detailed graphics you'll find here.

Content from six subject-specific guides all in one handy place. The beauty of this comprehensive guide is that it brings you the most important information from six volumes of the acclaimed Complete Illustrated Guide to Woodworking series, including:

• Joinery
• Furniture and Cabinet Construction
• Shaping Wood
• Finishing
• Sharpening
• Using Woodworking Tools
• Working Wood

Detailed graphics fully explain every step of every process. Illustrated with over 1,200 photos and drawings, this guide shows how to accomplish essential woodworking tasks from outfitting your workshop and preparing wood to cutting joinery and finishing projects. Whatever your skill level, Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Woodworking deserves to be at the top of your wish list.

Lonnie Bird, a professional woodworker specializing in period furniture, runs a woodworking school in Dandridge, Tennessee. Jeff Jewitt is a professional finisher and refinisher in Cleveland, Ohio, and a contributing editor to "Fine Woodworking." Thomas Lie-Nielsen is the founder and owner of Lie-Nielsen Toolworks which manufactures high quality hand tools. Andy Rae, from Asheville, North Carolina, is a professional woodworker who writes frequently for woodworking magazines and teaches woodworking. Gary Rogowski, a contributing editor to "Fine Woodworking," operates his own school, the Northwest Furniture Studio, in Portland, Oregon.