Popular Woodworking Practical Shop Math: Portable,Accurate,Complete

by Tom Begnal

Multiply your woodworking talents There's no getting around woodworking involves math. If you don't know how to do basic calculations, you'll be at somewhat of a disadvantage as a woodworker. On the other hand, if you know how to work with fractions, decimals, angles, and geometric shapes, you'll expand your capabilities in the shop many times over. Don't worry if you've struggled with shop math in the past. You hold the solutions in your hands. In these pages, you'll discover simple approaches for everything from adding fractions and decimals to laying out ellipses, octagons, and other shapes that will expand your design repertoire. You'll Add it all up, and it makes for a great buy in a shop book.

239 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Ietrio · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is amazing how much math is needed only for the refusal of the decimal system. Tradition is a pain.