Learn to master the coveted dovetail joint using hand tools and the most popular router-driven jigs on the market today.

This comprehensive and practical book demystifies the all-important subject of choosing, designing and cutting woodworking joints. It takes you through the process, from choosing the appropriate joint for the purpose to assembling finished pieces. You will learn about timber selections, tools and adhesives, and the working methods and habits that are needed to achieve consistently good results.

For thirty years, Roy Underhill's PBS program, The Woodwright's Shop, has brought classic hand-tool craftsmanship to viewers across America. Now, in his seventh book, Roy shows how to engage the mysteries of the splitting wedge and the cutting edge to shape wood from forest to furniture. Beginning with the standing tree, each chapter of The Woodwright's Guide explores one of nine trades of woodcraft: faller, countryman and cleaver, hewer, log-builder, sawyer, carpenter, joiner, turner, and cabinetmaker. Each trade brings new tools and techniques; each trade uses a different character of material; but all are united by the grain in the wood and the enduring mastery of muscle and steel. Hundreds of detailed drawings by Eleanor Underhill (Roy's daughter) illustrate the hand tools and processes for shaping and joining wood. A special concluding section contains detailed plans for making your own foot-powered lathes, workbenches, shaving horses, and taps and dies for wooden screws. The Woodwright's Guide is informed by a lifetime of experience and study. A former master craftsman at Colonial Williamsburg, Roy has inspired millions to "just say no to power tools" through his continuing work as a historian, craftsman, activist, and teacher. In The Woodwright's Guide, he takes readers on a personal journey through a legacy of off-the-grid, self-reliant craftsmanship. It's a toolbox filled with insight and technique as well as wisdom and confidence for the artisan in all of us.

Get Back to Basics with the core information you need to succeed. Learn what is important to know in Woodworker's Guide to Joinery from Butt Joints, Miter Joints, and Lap and Groove Joints, to Mortise-and-Tenon, Dovetail, and Box Joints. Learn how to master the various families of joinery - from themost basic butt joints to half-blind dovetails, tongue-and -groove joints, and beyond.

Turn your ordinary projects into one-of-a-kind designs with Turning for Furniture. In this classic DVD, Ernie Conover shows you how to turn a beautiful assortment of furniture components -- including decorative chair legs and bed posts, knobs, pulls, and ornaments -- and increase your project options. You'll also learn how to: Turn a simple chair stretcher Make custom knobs and pulls Turn chair legs Duplicate parts with ease Turn an offset foot The next best thing to a private lesson, Turning for Furniture takes you right into expert woodworker Ernie Conover's shop for an unforgettable 55-minute lesson. You'll see firsthand exactly how to do the work -- the tools, the techniques, and the subtle rhythms of each process. Impossible to miss a single step! Go directly to the chapter you want to watch and replay it as often as you want. Master it before you move on!

A Woodworker's Guide to Joints provides clear and practical advice and instruction on all aspects of joining wood. Master craftsman Jim Kingshott provides step-by-step instruction that takes the reader from the basics of machines, hand tools, and techniques to choosing the most suitable variety of mortise and tenon. In no time at all, readers Will be equipped to make more than thirty-five joints for almost any type of woodworking project. Essential information covers: -- edge joints -- angle joints along the grain -- longitudinal joints -- miter joints -- halving joints -- the mortise and tenon -- the dovetail -- and housing joints