This is a clear and comprehensive guide to woodworking of all types, with expert and practical tips showing how to develop your skills. It is the ultimate guide to working with wood, from getting started to advanced levels, illustrated with over 2500 clear photographs and diagrams. It features 260 techniques and projects, including over 30 constructions shown step-by-step, such as a stylish bookcase, an elegant corner cabinet and a traditional storage chest, all shown in simple and straightforward instructions to help you achieve great results. It includes a comprehensive directory of hand and power tools, and all the materials and equipment you need along with essential advice on planning your workshop, and working safely. It is a complete home reference manual, full of ideas and techniques that you will refer to again and again. This practical woodworking manual features over 30 scale practical projects that will help develop your skills while creating beautiful and usable pieces of furniture, including a simple magazine rack, a classic mirror frame, and a smart ash table. There is a directory of the tools and materials required to make and restore wood, and a comprehensive guide to timber explaining the properties and best uses of different types of wood. Step-by-step photographs and clear, easy-to-follow instructions take you through all the basic and advanced woodworking techniques you will need, making this book the essential guide to creating stunning objects with wood.