Workshop Companion (Reader's Digest)
19 total works
Discusses selection and maintenance of drill presses; working with metal and plastics, making screw pockets, mortice-and-tenon joints, toy wheels, rosettes, and includes instructions for several projects.
Shows how to use a router for joinery, pattern making, lathe turning, and inlay, and provides instructions for making projects.
Describes different types of joints and joinery tools, demonstrates simple, reinforced, and interlocking joints, and suggests four projects.
Explains how finishes protect and enhance the appearance of wood, tells how to select a finish and prepare a surface, and suggests several projects.