This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to carpentry, with
information on tools and equipment, common problems, useful tips, proper
techniques, quality control, and many other related aspects. Written in
clear, plain language and full of useful hints, this volume is ideal for
the novice woodworker, and would make for a great addition to
collections of related literature. Contents include: "To The Home
Carpenter", "What to Make", "Beginning Carpentry", "Gauging and
Marketing", "Saws and Sawing", "Planes and Planing", "Chisels and
Chiselling", "Boring and Boring Hints", "The Spokehave and Its Use",
"Filing and Glass-Papering", "The Screw and the Screwdriver", etc. Many
vintage books like this are becoming increasingly hard-to-come-by and
expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume
now in an affordable, high-quality addition complete with a specially
commissioned new introduction on carpentry.