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How to Make Carpentry Tools
An illustrated manual
Aaron Moore, Musaemura Sithole
Published: 1997
Pages: 268
eBook: 9781780445137
Paperback: 9781853394065
Squares, gauges, clamps and planes are among the tools whose construction is described in detail in this book, along with useful guidance on the maintenance and repair of woodworking tools. These low-cost tools are suitable for use in large training institutions or small workshops and are designed to enable carpenters and joiners to practise their trade without the need for expensive factory-made tools. This revised second edition includes additional repair techniques as well as an appendix describing modifications, such as using a plywood sole plate on the plough plane or attaching a knob to the jack plane, and new designs, including a combination gauge, which have been devised in Zimbabwe and approved by the original author. An invaluable addition to any workshop.
- Preface to the second edition vi
- Foreword: The ITDG carpentry tools project vii
- Introduction ix
- The tools 1
- Tool-making skills and equipment 4
- Materials for tool-making 9
- Mallet 11
- Scratch stock 15
- Try-square 22
- Mortise gauge 29
- Marking gauge 40
- Bow-saw 50
- Sash clamp 63
- Bench clamp 75
- Making planes 86
- Rebate plane 91
- Smoothing plane 108
- Jack plane (one-piece stock) 119
- Jack plane (two-part stock) 134
- Plough plane 150
- Workbench and vice 174
- Maintaining and sharpening cutting tools 197
- Repair techniques 207
- Appendix: Tool designs from IT Zimbabwe 219
- Sash clamp 220
- Combination gauge 230
- Jack plane with knob 234
- Plough plane with plywood sole plate 243
- Sources of further information 246
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