Authors: Lonnie Bird
ISBN-13: 9781561581207, ISBN-10: 1561581208
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taunton Press, Incorporated
Date Published: April 1997
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Lonnie Bird, a professional woodworker specializing in period furniture, runs a woodworking school in Dandridge, Tennessee.
Jeff Jewitt is a professional finisher and refinisher in Cleveland, Ohio and a contributing editor to "Fine Woodworking,"
Thomas Lie-Nielsen is the founder and owner of Lie-Nielsen Toolworks which manufactures high quality handtools. He lives in Warren, Maine.
Andy Rae, from Asheville, North Carolina, is a professional woodworker who writes frequently for woodworking magazines and teaches woodworking.
Gary Rogowski, a contributing to "Fine Woodworking," operates his own school, the Northwest Furniture Studio, in Portland Oregon.
In this book, author Lonnie Bird demonstrates how versatile and extremely productive the shaper can be. You'll see that the shaper, with its vast assortment of cutterheads, fences, and jigs, can handle a wide variety of woodworking applications. More than just a primer on shaper techniques, this book gives shop-proven examples of how the shaper can be put to use. With an emphasis on safety, this book is a step-by-step guide that will teach you all about the shaper: from basic setups to cutting curved molding profiles to designing shaper jigs that will expand your woodworking potential.
Introduction | 5 | |
1 | Introduction to the Shaper | 6 |
2 | Shaper Cutterheads | 22 |
3 | Shaper Safety | 32 |
4 | Basic Shaper Technique | 40 |
5 | Shaping Curved Stock | 48 |
6 | Making Moldings | 62 |
7 | Grinding Custom Knives | 68 |
8 | Frame-and-Panel Joinery | 82 |
9 | Sash-Door Joinery | 97 |
10 | The Power Feeder | 106 |
11 | Shop-Made Jigs for the Shaper | 113 |
Appendix | 123 | |
Glossary | 127 | |
Sources | 131 | |
Index | 133 |