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Item: David Charlesworth's Furniture-Making Techniques 1 Code: 28 Price: $39.99 Freight Charges: $6.50 Description: I found this book extremely interesting as it addresses techniques and tools that will suit the intermediate or advanced woodworker. Taken from Furniture and Cabinetmaking Magazine, there are twenty-one separate stories and a couple of two-part stories. Topics cover workbench construction, using and preparing making knives and Japanese chisels, handplane tuning, secrets of sharpening, dovetail masterclass, a simple cabinet project and making wooden spokeshaves. The text is both from Charlesworth's heart and mind and is really pitched at how you can get the most from your work. Whilst the book doesn't necessarily tell you what to make, it certainly tells you how to go about working from the viewpoint of a skilled craftsman. For example, the two-part story on making a wooden spokeshave would not appeal to everyone, but for the purist it will be highly useful. Similarly, the small Krenovian-style cabinet, is really a woodworker's own cabinet project. Excellent drawings and high quality photography enhance a well-printed and stylish book which, although not a reference manual, is certainly something you would resort to for inspiration and help with difficult techniques. Softcover, 120 pages Written by David Charlesworth