Routers (Collins Good Wood) - Hardcover

Jackson, Albert; Day, David

9780004127828: Routers (Collins Good Wood)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 000412782X ISBN 13: 9780004127828

Publisher: Collins, 1996

This is the complete guide to working with routers – from basic procedures to freehand routing and jointing. Invaluable for the novice and the experienced woodworker alike.

With hundreds of step-by-step drawings and photographs to illustrate the clear text, it sets out to explain the basics, from selecting and maintaining cutters to setting up and controlling the router safely.
All the necessary information on grooving, rabbeting and moulding wood is provided plus more advanced skills such as fluting turned legs, freehand routing, carving and joint making.

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This is the complete guide to working with routers – from basic procedures to freehand routing and jointing. Invaluable for the novice and the experienced woodworker alike.

'CollinsGood Wood Routers' contains:
� Over 450 full-colour photographs and step-by-step illustrations
� A guide to selecting, using and maintaining router cutters and accessories
� Methods for holding and guiding routers safely and accurately, including special-purpose worktables and vacuum cramps
� Tips and techniques for using inverted-router tables and fixed overhead routers
� Practical applications for using the power router

By the authors of the best-selling 'Collins Complete Woodworker’s Manual'

Synopsis:

The router has become the most versatile and popular woodworking tool in the workshop today. This book shows and describes typical routers designed for the home workshop, together with the range of cutters and accessories available. Using colour photographs and step-by-step drawings, the book demonstrates the basics of setting up, using and maintaining a router in the inverted and overhead positions for special tasks. Further chapters explain how to use the router for shaping, drilling and boring, how to construct woodworking joints, and how to utilize the router for jobs around the house, all clearly presented to enable the woodworker to get the best from this popular woodworking machine.

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