Woodworking Basics - Peter Korn

Master the skills essential to woodworking craftsmanship

Woodworking Basics presents an approach to learning woodworking that has proven successful for hundreds of people who have taken the author's introductory course over the past 20 years. Peter Korn's method helps new woodworkers learn the right techniques from the beginning. More experienced woodworkers can use it to master the classic furniture-making skills key to fine craftsmanship.

This book provides a step-by-step introduction to all aspects of woodworking, including: 
- safe use of woodworking machinery
- correct use of hand tools
- milling a board four-square
- cutting a mortise-and-tenon joint
- cutting dovetails

Two attractive and useful projects
- a small bench and a side table with a door and drawer
- provide the opportunity to practice skills and develop confidence with tools.

About the author
Peter Korn is the Executive Director of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine, which offers hands-on courses for novice, intermediate, and advanced woodworkers. He is also the author of Working With Wood, on which this revised edition is based, and The Woodworker's Guide to Hand Tools. He has more than 30 years of experience as a professional woodworker, and his award-winning furniture has been exhibited nationally in galleries and museums.