The Handy Shop Reference: Useful Facts and Figures for Every Woodworker

By Tom Begnal

Find fast answers to woodworking questions! From fasteners to finishing, angles to adhesives, this portable guide is packed with helpful charts, lists and illustrations to move your woodworking projects along. Need to compute an odd joint angle, select appropriate hardware, or pick the right finish for a project? You can consult this book for solutions to those dilemmas and many more. It's the ideal size to stash in a toolbox or bench top, where you will refer to it again and again.

FEATURES

• Dozens of charts and lists providing key woodworking facts, figures and formulas at a glance
• Clear, quick-reference illustrations of angles, joints, mouldings, fasteners and more
• Demystifies woodworking math, including conversions and geometry
• Portable, durable format perfect for hands-on use in the shop

• Language: English
• Publisher: Popular Woodworking Books
• Release date: Sep 24, 2018
• ISBN: 9781440354847

Tom Begnal

Tom Begnal is a life-long woodworker whose interest in the craft evolved into a full-time furniture business in northwestern Connecticut. He moved on to become the managing editor of The Woodworker's Journal magazine for more than fifteen years and eventually joined the editoral staff at Shopnotes in Des Moines, Iowa. His final stop was Fine Woodworking magazine where, among other things, he edited the Tools and Materials department. He has also written or edited woodworking and how-to books for several publishers including F+W Publications, McGraw-Hill, Rodale Press and Sterling Publishing. Retired, Tom still woodworks and lives in Connecticut.