Learn how to use hand and power tools and make beautiful projects with this complete step-by-step guide to essential woodwork techniques.

This comprehensive, go-to reference guide covers everything the budding woodworker needs to know, from how to choose and cut wood to how to plan, measure, mark, shape and join. Packed with practical information and over 600 colour photographs, The Woodworker's Technique Bible includes:

Essential troubleshooting tips • How to control power tools with accuracy
Selecting and using the 10 essential hand tools • Great original projects
A gallery of inspiration with finished examples from professional woodworkers
A ‘Wood Identifier’, which calls out the key characteristics of each type of wood
and how best to use it

A complete step-by-step guide to essential woodwork techniques, from choosing and cutting timber to planning, measuring, marking, cutting, shaping and joining. Essential troubleshooting tips are supplied throughout.

• Learn how to control power tools with accuracy, and select and use the 10 essential hand tools that will give your work a beautiful, hand-finished quality.
• Choose from a selection of projects – simple furniture and decorative items complete with cutting lists and full instructions – to practise the techniques.
• Be inspired by a gallery of finished examples from professional woodworkers to take your woodwork further.

You will also find a wood identifier section that describes the key characteristics of different types of timber and suggests how to use them. Dip into this brilliant resource to build new skills, repair existing items and create fantastic projects.