Restoring, Tuning & Using Classic Woodworking Tools

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By Michael Dunbar

Format: eBook 

Other available formats: PAPERBACK

Create the beautiful woodworking you’ve always wanted to without the high cost of hand tools! 

In Restoring, Tuning & Using Classic Woodworking Tools, you can update quality tools for a fraction of the price of brand-new tools. With this completely revised & updated book, Michael Dunbar will walk you through the steps to buying well-made, classic tools and then tune them so well, that they outperform tools made today. Often referred to as the “bible” for tool restorers, Michael Dunbar has updated the original book from 1989 to share the information and knowledge he had gleaned from years of using and studying classic tools.

Order your copy of Restoring, Tuning & Using Classic Woodworking Tools and discover:

• Nearly 500 close-up photos and drawings to detail every step
• Instruction on how to heat-treat, refinish and sharpen each tool
• Information on all major woodworking hand tools, including bench planes, chisels, compass planes, gouges, moulding planes, drills, saws and more.
• How to select the proper tool – amidst all of the antique or damaged tools.

Discover what it takes to make one flea market tool a great find in these 19 easy-to-read chapters. You'll learn how to clean, flatten, and sharpen both common and exotic hand tools, plus once your tools have been restored to perfect condition, you'll see exactly how to use them. Michael Dunbar has also included a suggested tools list for the basic, intermediate, and complete shop, to help you fully stock your own tool bench. This revised & updated edition is not to be missed. All of the original text is included, with updated instructions, information, and comments directly from Michael.

About the author:

Michael Dunbar is a master chairmaker who has spent more than 40 years restoring and using all types of hand tools. He is the author of 7 books on woodworking and founder of the Windsor Institute in New Hampshire, where he teaches classic chairmaking.

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