Woodcarver's guide to sharpening, tools and setting up shop (best of wci) (Fox Chapel Publishing)

This guidebook provides woodworkers with all they need to know to create a safe and organised workshop and prepare and employ various tools. It features information on everything from getting the maximum life out of tools to step-by-step instructions on the principles of sanding, finishing, and much more. The trusted contributors include Roger Schroeder, Lora Irish and Jack Kochan. Compiled from the best tips and tricks from the pages of "Woodcarving Illustrated", this guidebook provides woodworkers with all they need to know to create a safe and organised workshop and prepare and employ various tools. Essays and instruction from such trusted contributors as Roger Schroeder, Lora Irish and Jack Kochan share everything about mallets, v-tools and getting the maximum life out of carving tools. Also included are step-by-step instructions explaining the principles of sanding, finishing, gluing, clamping, and much more. The woodcarver's budget is also addressed, in such chapters as 'Poor Man's Dust Collector'.