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Making wooden boxes is one of the best ways to develop overall proficiency in woodworking. Boxes are relatively quick to build, require only a small amount of material and can be made in the smallest of woodshops. And, of course, they make wonderful gifts! In this all-new collection, discover how to design and build ten tiny boxes, including an inlaid sawn box, a box made with hand tools and a finger jointed box with dovetails.

Do you like to build things? Are you ever frustrated at having to compromise your designs to fit whatever parts happen to be available? Would you like to fabricate your own parts? Build Your Own CNC Machine is the book to get you started. CNC expert Patrick Hood-Daniel and best-selling author James Kelly team up to show you how to construct your very own CNC machine. Then they go on to show you how to use it, how to document your designs in computer-aided design (CAD) programs, and how to output...

Cool Tools is a highly curated selection of the best tools available for individuals and small groups. Tools include hand tools, maps, how-to books, vehicles, software, specialized devices, gizmos, websites -- and anything useful. Tools are selected and presented in the book if they are the best of kind, the cheapest, or the only thing available that will do the job. This is an oversized book which reviews over 1,500 different tools, explaining why each one is great, and what its benefits are....

A complete, clearly written treatment for courses in technical school or undergraduate mechanical drafting programs. Included is the latest technology in geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, group technology and computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM). Each chapter includes an introductory overview, review questions and laboratory and advanced exercises. 350 illustrations and tables are featured along with a glossary and reference sections at the end of text.

The section on saws shows you how to choose, use, and care for a table saw, band saw, chop saw, sliding compound miter saw, scroll saw, radial arm saw, circular saw, saber saw, and trim saw. Then comes the section on drills and drill presses including corded and cordless, portable, benchtop, and floor models. The same exhaustive attention is given to jointers and planers, sanders, routers, and shapers, as well as router bits and jigs.

This text provides a complete guide to the router. Covering every type, its tooling, and best uses, it should be an essential volume for anyone and everyone who owns or is planning to buy a router (or routers). Among the most useful and versatile shop tools, the router has a huge range of uses, making it one of, if not the most important tool in the woodworker's shop. This work also surveys the many uses of a router, from edge work and moulding, to cutting joinery and shaping, to making multiple...

This book should be of interest to students taking applied mathematics FE/HE courses in machine technology.

How to implement the latest control strategies using state-of-the-art control technology and computing principles. Provides all the basic definitions, taxonomy, and analysis of currently-used architectures, including microprocessor communication schemes. Then goes on to describe in detail the analysis and implementation of the selected OR dataflow driven architecture in a grinding machine control system.

What's small and versatile, and made to do big things? It's the mini-power tool, and even if you own just one, you'll need this user's guide to its universe. With chapters on cutting, drilling, routing, carving, engraving, model making, shaping, smoothing, and polishing, you'll be ready to make toys, models, signs, intarsia and marquetry. See how to handle a variety of materials from wood to glass to stone. Absolutely comprehensive, including the brands, models and accessories on the market, in...

The drill press is used mainly for boring holes, but with the procedures detailed in this well-illustrated guide, it may be used as a more productive and versatile tool. The book contains coverage of basic drill press operations and applications, as well as ways to optimize the tool's potential as a router, shaper, sander, plus cutter, and mortiser. Also included are project plans for making 83 useful drill, press jigs and accessories.