One type of workshop may not suit every woodworker--after all, a turner has different needs than a furniture maker--but one guide is just right for telling every woodworker how to set up the perfect shop. Wood Magazine provides ideal standards for work flow, machine space, electric power, lighting, ventilation, dust control, and other factors. More than 250 well-illustrated pages present advice on choosing the right space, checking for adequate electricity, customizing a room, heating systems, security in the shop, noise protection, and eyewear options. Plus, there's coverage of workbenches, from drop-lead to full service; stools, stands, and supports; shop cabinet craftsmanship; special storage needs; and easy racks, holders, and organizers. A Selection of the F & W Book Club.

How to: build a workbench; lay out a shop; soundproof a workshop; keep a basement space dry; equip a workshop with power tools; construct handy jigs for power tools; bring electricity to the shop;fashion a router table; keep a shop organized; control workshop dust.

Now that you've cleaned out the garage or finally freed up some space in the basement, it's time to start planning your ideal home workshop. Fortunately, this second installment of the Home Woodworker Series has everything you need to create the efficient, safe, clean, and comfortable workspace you've envisioned for working with wood. Start with the workshop planner and use its tool templates and gridded worksheet to lay out a customized floor plan based on your dedicated space. Then follow the guide to decide on other needs for your shop, including flooring options, lighting and heating, dust collection, outfitting with compressed air, and fire safety. The guide also walks you through a garage shop makeover, providing detailed plans for space-saving components like carts, cabinets, and racks. Armed with an action plan based on the guide, you'll have all you need for setting up the perfect home workshop. Add in tools, a bench, and storage, and you can take your passion to the next level, building projects for the home, family, or to sell.

With 350 Working Drawings, Diagrams And Illustrations. Includes Chapters On Tools For Wood And Metal, Better Home Workshop Methods, Building Furniture By Hand, Small Woodworking Machinery, Wood Turning Simplified, Toys To Delight The Children, Improvements For House And Garden, Model Making, And Painting And Decorating.

A Home Craftsman's Manual With Fully Illustrated, Step By Step Instructions On The Construction Of Workbenches, Power-Tool Stands, Shop Cabinets, Tool Chests, Racks And Bins.

Plans, ideas and suggestions on how to design and build a workshop.

Excerpt from Things to Make in Your Home Workshop: Furniture, Ship Models, Toys, House and Garden Conveniences; Woodworking Methods; Use and Care of Tools; Wood Turning; Painting and Decorating In addition to telling what to make, the editor has included in a condensed form as much information as possible on how to make it. The first three chapters are substantially a condensed manual on the choice, care, and use of tools, the making of joints, inlaying, and veneer ing. Chapter V contains the essentials of Operating small woodworking ma chinery, and Chapter VI is really a complete course in wood turning. Paint ing and decorating, too, have been allotted a chapter, although only the less familiar points have been taken up - the special finishes and treatments upon which information is not readily Obtain able elsewhere. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.