The Woodworker's Problem Solver: 512 Shop-Proven Solutions to Your Most Challenging Woodworking Problems (Rodale Home and Garden Books)

The Woodworker's Problem Solver is your perfect coach on this journey through problem solving. It contains concise entries that show you how to solve hundreds of the most common problems you're likely to encounter. In the chapter on design (a subject ignored in most woodworking books), you'll find ways to modify project plans, draw perfect geometric shapes, test key joints, and choose the right proportions for any piece of furniture or cabinet. A chapter on stock preparation shows how to get boards straight and flat, whether you work with machines or hand planes. Other chapters help solve a myriad of joinery and assembly problems, from loose joints to crooked cases. You'll find a chapter on tools - how to keep them in top operating condition (including sharpening) and how to soup them up for better performance. A comprehensive finishing chapter, complete with detailed color photographs, solves the mysteries of applying the right finish (and fixing ones that didn't go on right). And there's a concluding chapter on repairing defects in wood, like dings, knots, and checks, and correcting mistakes like a twisted door or bowed panel.… (more)