A safer, calmer shop
- Woodshop safety: a working system
- Prevent table-saw kickback
- Control wood dust at the source
- Lay out a small workshop
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360 Woodworking Handbook
A practical workshop handbook for planning furniture, cutting sound joinery and finishing with evidence instead of folklore.
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A safer, calmer shop
Woodshop safety: a working system · Prevent table-saw kickback
02
Understand the wood
Choose lumber for furniture · Design for wood movement
03
Layout and tool control
Reference faces and accurate layout · Sharpen chisels and plane irons
04
Joinery that fits
Cut a mortise-and-tenon joint · Cut dovetails by hand
05
Build furniture by structure
Plan and build a cabinet · Design a solid-wood table
06
Surfaces, finishes and repair
Prepare wood for finish · Choose a wood finish
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Understand the wood
- Choose lumber for furniture
- Design for wood movement
- Mill rough lumber flat and square
- Use plywood and sheet goods well
Layout and tool control
- Reference faces and accurate layout
- Sharpen chisels and plane irons
- Set up a hand plane
- Use a router with control
Joinery that fits
- Cut a mortise-and-tenon joint
- Cut dovetails by hand
- Choose joinery for drawers
- Plan a square glue-up
Build furniture by structure
- Plan and build a cabinet
- Design a solid-wood table
- Chair design and construction basics
- Study period furniture details
Surfaces, finishes and repair
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Furniture joint library
Twelve common furniture joints, compared by load, movement, layout, cutting sequence and repairability.
- Rabbet jointBasic joints
- Dado jointBasic joints
- Mortise-and-tenon jointFrame joints
- Half-lap jointFrame joints
- Miter jointFrame joints
- Through dovetailDovetails
- Half-blind dovetailDovetails
- Box jointBox joints