Over and over again, you'll find yourself picking up this reference. Filled with hundreds of 2-color illustrations and photos, here's the most exhaustive guide ever to all the bandsaw's settings, blades, and operations. It covers tips and shortcuts gleaned from long experience; small adjustments that give big results; plus every curve and straight cut; jigs and fixtures; patterns, templates, and ways to keep the saw running trouble-free; and proper safety techniques.

Learn to master the band saw, the workshop's most versatile tool. Includes buying advice, expert instruction, tips for making jigs, 500 illustrations, and more.

Here’s every saw, blade, option, and technique—along with 1,000 illustrations and instructions that present a complete course in cutting basics. “Offers some terrific troubleshooting hints, projects, and basic instructions.”—Booklist. “Even devoted band saw users will find valuable information in this book...an enlightening experience.”—Workbench. “Duginske describes how to properly fine-tune and use this versatile tool for straight cuts, curves, and joinery.”—Library Journal

Organised for ease of access, this colour-illustrated guide to the band saw provides supplementary and essential information on using band saws that often stays buried in OEM manuals or is so vague as to be of no great use.

For woodworkers, hand tools put the emphasis on the process of woodworking rather than the result. Yet hand tools also are essential to the highest level of craftsmanship, bringing a refinement to work that machines alone cannot produce. Whether using hand tools alone as a source of pleasure, quality, or efficiency, or in combination with machines, woodworker can trust the information in Woodworking with Hand Tools, a collection of 35 articles from the experts at Fine Woodworking magazine. In Woodworking with Hand Tools, expert craftsmen explain how they choose, sharpen, and use every kind of hand tool. There's advice on tool maintenance, techniques for getting the most from the tools, and projects made using hand tools. With clear photographs, drawings, and step-by-step instructions, Woodworking with Hand Tools will be a useful and necessary resource for anyone who works wood.

The author presents his spin on the wooden box with a collection of stylish boxes to make with your trusty bandsaw.