1st Edition

Manual of Purpose-Made Woodworking Joinery

By Les Goring Copyright 2014
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

A practical introduction to woodworking and purpose-made joinery, this book starts with the basics of interpreting drawings and works right the way through to designing and making stairs. Les Goring introduces each chapter with a brief historical overview of the topic, then goes on to explain how to carry out each task in a step-by-step manner. Including several hundred images, this book... Read more

Preface,  Acknowledgements,  Health and Safety Awareness,  1. Softwoods and Hardwoods; Timber Defects,  2. Drawings and Rods; Setting- and Marking-Out,  3. Joinery Joints – their Proportions and Applications,  4. Making Traditional- and Modern-Windows,  5. Making Doors and Doorframes,  6. Designing and Making Stairs to Current Building Regulations,  7. Designing and Making Shelving Arrangements,  8. Geometry for Curved Joinery,  9. Traditional Saw Sharpening of Non-Hardpoint Saws; Details and Technicalities about Hardpoint Saws,  Index.

Biography

Les Goring is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Building and a former senior lecturer in Wood Trades at Hastings College of Arts and Technology. In Addition to being a member of the Institute of Wood Science, Les is also a Fellow of the Institute of Carpenters and Licentiate of the City & Guilds Institute. All drawings in the book were drawn by the author.