Everything you’ll ever need to know about using and maintaining a bandsaw is in this latest guide from Duginske. He explains all the features of this versatile tool and compares some of the current brands. Blades are covered in a chapter of their own, describing steel types, tooth patterns and maintenance, including how to braze a blade. Full chapters then handle adjustments, sawing straight and curved cuts, using templates, making and using jigs and joinery. Line drawings and colour photographs complement the text. 187 pages.

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The New Complete Guide to the Bandsaw - Mark Duginske
 
The New Complete Guide to the Bandsaw $18.95

 

Band Saw Handbook - Mark Duginske

Essential handbook! Every saw, every blade, every option, every technique and how to select the right one for you. 1000 illustrations and step-by-step instructions offer a complete course in cutting basics: curve and circle work, straight cuts, unusual designs, advanced techniques and more. 320 pages.

Band Saw Handbook $18.95

 

 

 

Classic Joints with Power Tools - Yeung Chan

 

Although Chan advises using power tools for speed and precision, he advocates a balance between hand and power tools for truly fine work and gives a sound overview of each. His description of jigs for the table saw, bandsaw and router covers all jigs necessary for the joints he describes. His step-by-step instructions with diagrams and copious colour photographs, starting with simple joints and proceeding to the complex, should enable even the advanced woodworker to develop improved techniques. He finishes with a gallery of photographs of truly inspiring furniture. 175 pages.

Classic Joints with Power Tools $19.95

 

Fun & Easy Scroll Saw Projects - Patrick Spielman

 

This collection of more than 100 projects by Spielman and 25 guest artists ranges from basic spinning tops to challenging bevel-sawn boxes. The 12 chapters cover quick and easy projects taking less than an hour, sterling silver and brass jewellery and clocks and candlesticks for the adventurous woodworker. While essentially a book of projects, it also describes stacked cutting, segmentation and compound sawing in enough detail for the novice to grasp the techniques. Where any project requires advanced skills, detailed drawings and step-by-step colour photographs illustrate the process. Also described are several unique finishes that make wood look metallic and metal look aged. 192 pages.

Fun & Easy Scroll Saw Projects $18.95

 

Making Woodwork Aids & Devices - Robert Wearing

 

203 original solutions for various wood-working endeavors. Ideas range from simple jigs, marking aids and holding devices to more complex machining aids and specialty tools. Goals are to eliminate difficult procedures, speed up time-consuming and repetitive jobs, reduce costly material waste and make better use of tools already owned. Projects feature instructions and illustrations. 224 pages.

Making Woodwork Aids & Devices $19.95