Woodworking with Power Tools: Tools, Techniques & Projects

by Editors of Fine Woodworking

Overview

The debate over the merits of power tools vs. hand tools has raged for years, but the bottom line is that you need both to be a successful woodworker. Machinery provides efficiency for labor-intensive tasks such as sawing and planing, whereas hand tools are used to create fine details that machines can't duplicate. Power tools don't replace hand tools, they complement them.

In Woodworking with Power Tools, expert craftsmen and craftswomen explain how they choose, maintain, and use every kind of power tool, from tablesaws to plunge routers, bandsaws to bench planers. There's advice on tool maintenance, techniques for getting the most from your tools, and projects made using power tools. With clear photographs drawings, and step-by-step instructions, Woodworking with Power Tools will be an essential resource for anyone who works wood.  You'll learn how to:

• tune up your tablesaw
• choose bandsaw blades for resawing
• get started with your plunge router
• install dust collection in a small shop
• cut easy angled tenons
• get better cuts with your planer
• build a perfect picture frame, an elegant bookcase, and a pedestal dining table

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781641550109
Publisher:	Taunton Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	04/16/2019
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Fine Woodworking has been publishing the best woodworking information for small shop woodworkers since 1975.

Table of Contents

Introduction 3

Part 1 Tools

Cabinet Saws for the Home Shop 5

Tune Your Tablesaw 12

Tablesaw Blades for Joinery 19

Shopmade Tablesaw Inserts 26

Essential Bandsaw Blades 32

Drill Presses 40

What Drill Bits Do You Really Need? 48

Benchtop Planers 53

Track Saws 61

Add Bushings to Your Router Kit 66

Dust Collection for the Small Shop 75

Part 2 Techniques

The Physics of Machine Safety 84

Safe Ripping on the Tablesaw 89

3 Handy Stop Blocks 97

Simple Box-Joint Sled 105

Tablesaw Sled for Miters 113

Add Muscle to Your Miters 121

Shoulder Your Dovetails 131

Thick Tabletops from Thin Stock 136

Learn to Resaw 143

Get Better Cuts with Your Planer 152

Drill Press Tips and Tricks 160

Sanding on the Drill Press 168

Get Started with Your Plunge Router 176

Easy Angled Tenons with a Router Jig 181

Part 3 Projects

Build a Perfect Picture Frame 190

Build a Collector's Case 195

Beautiful Bandsawn Boxes 205

Elegant Bookcase from Top to Bottom 213

A Fresh Take on the Trestle Table 223

Metric Equivalents 232

Contributors 233

Credits 234

Index 235