The Beginner's Guide to Woodworking

The Beginner's Guide to Woodworking contains an imaginative collection of inventive projects that can be successfully tackled by anyone with a little time and patience. A range of woodworking techniques is explored, including model-making with balsa wood; relief carving a hardwood panel, and using a jigsaw to cut complicated shapes. With the help of The Beginner's Guide to Woodworking you could fashion a colourful music box with a pirouetting dancer, a delightful crayon box in the shape of a cat, or a useful pair of salad servers. You might also have the time to tackle a slightly more complicated project a thumb piano that plays mellow, evocative notes. Detailed step-by-step instructions accompanied by full-colour photographs, and when necessary diagrams and templates, enable the steps to be followed with ease. You will also find helpful advice about choosing and buying pieces of wood and how best to finish and polish the completed items. Once you have mastered the woodworking skills and techniques in The Beginners' Guide to Woodworking, there is no limit to the number of stunning objects that you will be able to design and make yourself.