The New Traditional Woodworker: From Tool Set to Skill Set to Mind Set by Jim Tolpin

The New Traditional Woodworker: From Tool Set to Skill Set to Mind Set by Jim Tolpin

Working Wood, Not Machining It

If you're more interested in working with wood rather than machining it, you will be relieved to learn that expensive powered machinery isn't required to build furniture. You can also forget the dust masks, face shields and hearing protection since many of the safety concerns related to woodworking--the use of power tools--are eliminated. In this book, you'll learn to set up a hand-tool woodworking shop, then discover the toolset, practice the skill-set, and understand the mindset--effectively completing a comprehensive course in hand-tool woodworking.

Jim Tolpin has been a woodworker for more than 30 years and has written a dozen books on the subject, selling more than 750,000 copies. He teaches woodworking for a living at his school, The Port Townsend School of Woodworking.