Measure Twice, Cut Once: Simple Steps to Measure, Scale, Draw and Make the Perfect Cut-Every Time

✍ Scribed by Tolpin, Jim

Publisher: Popular Woodworking Books
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Leaves: 130
Series: Popular Woodworking
Edition: 3
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The First Book a Woodworker Needs!

Professional woodworker Jim Tolpin offers solid instruction on the principles of measurement and proportion, walking you through every step of the woodworking process. From design and layout to developing a cutting list, his easy-to-follow style introduces a variety of tools (new and old) used to transfer measurements accurately to the wood. You'll learn the best cutting techniques, how to prevent mistakes before they happen, and for those unavoidable mistakes, you'll learn how to fix them so no one will know!

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Concepts of proportion and measurement --
Drawing techniques --
Creaating working drawings and cutlists --
Measurement and layout tools --
The layout process : down to the lines --
Cutting to the lines --
Preventing and fixing mistakes.

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