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List Price: $34.95Price: $18.94 You Save: $16.01 (46%)as of 11/07/2009 09:08 EST
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 674
EAN: 9780918804051
ISBN: 0918804051
Label: Taunton Press Inc
Manufacturer: Taunton Press Inc
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: November 01, 1980
Publisher: Taunton Press Inc
Release Date: November 01, 1980
Studio: Taunton Press Inc
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In this essential reference for woodworkers, R. Bruce Hoadley explains everything from how trees grow to how best to cut, season, machine, join, bend, and finish wood. Why do miters open and glue joints loosen? How do you get a really sharp edge? Examples of problems and solutions help woodworkers puzzle through their own projects, while 325 full-color photos and helpful tables illustrate key points. Updated information on composite materials, adhesives, and finishes included.
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This is a truly amazing book, not just on the scale of books about wood, but when compared to the entire world of reference books, of any sort.
Read this book, and you really won't look at wood the same way ever again - you'll see things you never knew were there for the seeing. This book does a great job of not only telling you what you see when you look at wood, but also illustrating with excellent photographs and drawings, very clearly captioned.
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At some point in his education, a woodworker must learn about the structure and varieties of wood. This is a good place to start.
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Hoadley's Understanding Wood provides an excellent if somewhat technical overview of the properties of wood. It's written with woodworkers in mind. Beginning with an anatomical view of the parts of a tree, the author gives a cogent summary of the functioning of a tree as a system. This is not easy reading, but it's worth the effort. Almost everything in the remainder of the book has some relevance to woodworking whether it's his essay on knots and why they behave the way they do (Chapter: Figure ... Read More
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Excellent book about all things wood. Should be required reading for anyone working with wood.
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I'm 66 years old and have been a carpenter (structural and finish) all my life. Being semi retired I'm now doing a lot of rustic furniture and antique reproductions. I wish I had this book about 40 years ago. I could have eliminated "OOP's" from my vocabulary. The book is explicit in explaining how to read wood so that you choose the proper pieces for your project. It's required reading if you don't want your finshed piece to warp, crack, shrink or generally go south.
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