Bench Tools

by Fine Woodworking Magazine, Andrew Schultz (Editor)

Stationary power tools may be the muscle of the modern shop, but bench and hand tools continue to be its heart and soul. In these 34 articles from Fine Woodworking magazine, some of the world's finest woodworkers share their knowledge of common bench tools. You get in-depth information on how choose from a wide variety of wood and metal planes, make classic workbenches, fine-tune a cabinet scraper, construct wooden sash clamps, make and use a marking gauge, test wooden chisels, sharpen planes, chisels, saws and carving tools.

Genres: Woodwork, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1990

Reviews

[James]

A collection of articles from the early issues of Fine Woodworking. If you buy the FW CD you would have all of these and more.

[Christopher Hachet]

Well written and thorough