More than 1,000 photos and drawings showcase a brilliant array of how-to-use instructions and unusual jigs and aids. Everything’s covered: sharpening and maintenance procedures, making and fitting exact joints, cutting, safety—and lots more. With great money-saving tips for making ingenious jigs and fixtures, too! “Will serve as the primer on a very useful tool.”—Booklist.

"Terrific, everything a book should be."--"Fine Woodworking." "To know more about scroll saws...this book is the one."--"The Mallet." "Excellent. Expands and improves [on] his 1986 classic. Belongs in all public libraries."--"Library Journal. ""Everything you would possibly want to know about the history, operation and cutting techniques."--"Woodshop News."

Artisans reveal their secret techniques and favourite ways of using the tool, and explore one-of-a-kind creations of timeless elegance. Colour photos.

One of the world's most popular woodworking authors makes routers more usefulthan ever with his complete guide to the revolutionary advancements in routertechniques that have become available in recent years.

With the appropriate jigs and fixtures, the router can perform a range of tasks previously reserved for more cumbersome tools. Pat Warner holds patents on a number of router-related devices and in this guide shows how to construct such jigs & fixtures.'