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Free of the clouds of dust and the ear-piercing noise of machines, you can experience woodworking as it was experienced prior to the machine age.
This book includes excellent instruction from a best-selling woodworking author on all aspects of woodworking with hand tools. He approaches setting up the all-hand tool shop, explains how the tools work in wood, addresses the joinery, and finishes with instructions on building a workshop accessory to use with hand tools.
Also included are other sample projects and information on finishing the hand-worked projects. The author also has video vignettes to further amplify the learning process that can be used as web site content.
About the Author
Jim Tolpin has been a woodworker for more than thirty years and has written a dozen books on the subject, selling more than three-quarters of a million copies. He is now teaching woodworking for a living at his school, The Port Townsend School of Woodworking
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This is a well-written, well-illustrated book -- there can't be many amateur woodworkers who wouldn't learn a lot from it. I did, even though I do have some criticisms: I find some of his projects more complicated than they need to be (planing stop, bench hook, for example). What looks like one of his most interesting aids -- the sector -- is only shown in passing and its construction and use are not described. Pity. I'm slightly uneasy about the occasional recourse to machines, eg bandsaw, in what is essentially a guide to handwork. There doesn't seem much point in having a mechanical saw taking up floor space in the workshop if you're not going to use it on all -- or at least most-- appropriate occasions. Also it's simply not true to say handwork produces "only shavings." Pick up a handsaw and you produce sawdust!!And unlike a table saw, for example, there's no vac running at the same time to take the dust away as it's being created. Tolpin's listing of "Tools you'll need" is like many others-- and similarly lacking in detail. For example it doesn't mention the wider-bladed bow-saw -- cheap and effective -- but does list an infill plane, which is far beyond many pockets. The one-handed speed clamp is not illustrated, despite its popularity and widespread availability and thus its limitations compared to, say, a G-cramp are not described. Hand screws, which are among the most useful and versatile aids in the workshop, are pictured but not mentioned, though you can get a brief idea from a couple of photographs in the projects section. Other tools such as speciality planes are also well featured in the Projects section. Personally, I'm still waiting for someone to write a book giving really detailed, How-to instructions and tips on all the main hand tools. The sort that begins: "Congratulations on buying..." Having said all that, don't be put off, I'm being picky; I still recommend this book and have re-read my copy several times already.
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Apprenticeship in a book
30 May 2011
Format:Paperback
I don't often read a woodworking book cover to cover. Usually it's just one or two sections that interest me enough to add to my library. Tolpin's new book "New Traditional Woodworker" is an exception. Reading it felt like I was sitting down to a marvelous feast and I didn't want to miss a bite. Half way through I had the realization that he accomplished something very difficult to capture in print. This book is essentially an apprenticeship in hand tool woodworking. Jim takes you under his wing and helps you build a succession of fundamental skills while simultaneously outfitting your workshop with a nice collection of essential workbench accessories. Each successive tool and skill raises the confidence and competence to take on richer and more challenging projects. Jim approaches skill building from three angles. The right tool set with an overview of essential hand tools and their proper use. The right mindset with solid instruction about how to make those tools work to their potential. Finally, the skill set to bring it all together at the workbench. If you are new to hand tool woodworking this is an excellent roadmap. Even accomplished hand tool users will find useful guidance and perhaps the inspiration to finally trick out your workshop with a set of tools any journeyman would be proud to own.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Great way to get started using hand tools in your shop
17 May 2011
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As a high tech professional, I use woodworking to relax and escape the day to day stress of the work environment. Working with hand tools is a great way to get in touch with your work with the added benefit of no noise or dust in the workshop. This book discribes the tools and shop equipment that you will need to set-up a hand tool based shop and then leads you through a series of projects that teaches you how to get in the right framework of mind and use the tools with proper technique to complete the project. This book is highly recommended.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Excellent resource for hand tool woodworkers
17 July 2011
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For those of us who would rather not put up with the noise and mess of power tools (or expense), this is the best book I've found for someone interested in woodworking with hand tools. Although it is oriented towards furniture making, but the skills used in that are easily transfered to rougher carpentry. About the only complaint I have about this book is that it's not long enough. I would have liked to see more details and further information about hand woodworking techniques (but there are other books that cover those things well). Like other Jim Tolpin books, this one is full of excellent color photos and loaded with relevant information written in a easily readable, straightforward style.
You get theory and practical advice on tool and material selection, and a number of practical projects to get started on building hand woodworking skills and knowledge. The only thing better would be to attend the school Mr. Tolpin teaches at, but for those of use with limited recourses or time, this is a good start. Highly recommended.
You get theory and practical advice on tool and material selection, and a number of practical projects to get started on building hand woodworking skills and knowledge. The only thing better would be to attend the school Mr. Tolpin teaches at, but for those of use with limited recourses or time, this is a good start. Highly recommended.
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