Taunton's guide presents both small and large projects. This book covers how to create boxes in different shapes, Japanese puzzle boxes, and band-sawn boxes. 500 color photos are featured in this clear and comprehensive woodworking guide.

Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Turning features step-by-step descriptions for an abundance of wood turning techniques, including both spindle and faceplate methods. Over 900 color photos accompany detailed, hands-on instructions for turning wood, including how to use lathes, turning tools and materials, chucks, as well as sharpening tools.

Presents full-color illustrated instructions for refinishing wood, and contains over eight hundred photos and drawings that describe sanding and surface preparation, staining and applying topcoats.

This new paperback expands on the techniques covered in Shaping Wood - a title in the enormously successful Complete Illustrated Guides series.

Publisher description

A step-by-step pictorial reference that covers all the tools found in a modern woodworking shop.

Offers step-by-step instructions, illustrated by detailed bandw diagrams and photos, on how to make simple and more complicated decorative boxes. Chapters explain progressively advanced techniques and give instructions for projects using the techniques. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR