Woodworking Basics: Mastering the Essentials of Craftmanship - Softcover

Peter Korn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 156158620X ISBN 13: 9781561586202

Publisher: Taunton Press Inc.,U.S., 2004

Synopsis

The book takes a classical approach to teaching woodworking, introducing fundamental tools and shop practice. It is a solid, systematic learning tool for the advanced beginner seeking to master the basics of woodworking craftsmanship.

Contents include:

• Hand tools
• Cutting
• Building

This is a book with a strong point of view. It is the basis of the two-week basic woodworking college class that the author currently runs at the Centre for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine. It pushes the idea that learning basic skills is essential to craftsmanship. This is a valid teaching approach based on a long tradition of European apprenticeship (as espoused by Tage Frid, Alan Peters and James Krenov). There is good pedagogical precedent for the idea that learning it right (the techniques and the principles) is an essential foundation.

One can always depart from it later, using shop aids and power tools to do a process more quickly or efficiently.

About this title

About the Author

Korn is the director of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine, which offers hands-on workshops in woodworking. He is the author of Working with Wood (The Taunton Press, 1993.)

Edition details

• Publisher: Taunton Press Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 156158620X
• ISBN 13: 9781561586202
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 186