Best Woodworking Books & Best Woodworking Courses 2024

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Best Woodworking Courses 2022

Woodworking: Fundamentals of Cabinet Making

Master cabinet making, and you open the door to many projects; cabinets for your shop or kitchen, bathroom vanities, book cases, dressers and more. The construction methods used on all of these projects are very similar. This woodworking course provides every detail you need to build quality cabinets in your shop.

Cabinet making projects may appear daunting, but are easy if you break them down into manageable steps, using a logical approach for the building process. This video instruction, produced in conjunction with the Woodworkers Guild of America, teaches you how to do that, and provides the following key information:

Designing attractive cabinets

Choosing the best material

Managing large sheets

Dado and rabbet joinery

Dimensioning a face frame, perfectly

Face frame joinery techniques

Calculating door dimensions

Cope and stile joints on cabinet doors

Accenting cabinets with caps and moulding

It’s the small things that make Fundamentals of Cabinet Making beneficial, with detailed attention paid to each step of the process. You’ll learn to accurately (and easily) set up a stackable dado head, the best table saw blade for cutting sheet goods, face frame tricks, how to make doors on a router table, and more. All core skills that you need to take on cabinet making projects in your shop.

Woodworkers Guild of America Instructor George Vondriska brings many years of residential and commercial cabinet making experience to your Fundamentals of Cabinet Making course. He has, over the years, developed many tips and techniques that streamline the cabinet making process, and he’s ready to teach you all his tricks. From shop-made jigs to measuring without using a ruler, George has lots of great experience that he’ll share with you in this course.

In addition to step-by-step video instruction, this course provides you with some downloadable resources and helpful information, including: A detailed woodworking drawing for the cabinet you’ll build in your own shop while following along with George’s techniques; source references for any specialized tools used; and a printable Class Guide as a reminder for key steps.

Fusion 360 For Hobbyists and Woodworkers

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This course is designed to teach Fusion 360 in the way that I learn best – with start to finish project tutorials. As a self-taught 3D modeler, I found it difficult and frustrating to understand a tool or process without having any context for when it might be used.

In “Fusion 360 For Hobbyists and Woodworkers” we model five different projects using only the tools necessary for that model. Each project gets progressively more difficult as you build on your newly acquired skills.

Why Learn CAD as a Hobbyist or Woodworker?

Use CAD to save time, money and materials.
Work from your own plans.
“Virtually prototype” your ideas before building them.
Design projects for CNC and 3D printing.

SketchUp for Woodworkers: bring your designs to life in 3D

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What you’ll learn:

Update: link to free SketchUp basic lectures added February 2018
Bring your design ideas to life in 3D with SketchUp
Learn to try out different ideas quickly and easily by making edits to your models
Go way beyond the free videos and learn how to build SketchUp models the professional way
Cut drawing times in half, literally, with a simple mirror method
Learn why its so important to build your model in situ
Learn how you can model even complex shapes with a simple technique
Learn to draw something once, and use it again and again and again, saving hours

Best Woodworking Books 2022

Woodworking: The Complete Step-by-Step Manual

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Woodworking: The Complete Step-by-Step Manual

Hardcover Book
DK (Author)
English (Publication Language)

Get started on your woodwork practice with this ultimate guide to essential carpentry skills, techniques, tools, tips, and tricks. Complete and easy directions for key skills, from simple joinery techniques to more involved woodworking projects, with clear helpful photographs. Key carpentry skills, from simple joinery techniques to fine woodworking projects, through clear, step-by-step instructions and photographs.

New carpenters will learn about the essential tools needed and the principles of basic design and practice crucial techniques like wood joints, finishing, woodturning, and furniture restoration.

Experienced crafters will enjoy enhancing their skills and learning something new. We’ll make sure you choose the right wood for the job and find more than 100 hard and softwoods, plus their properties, in our handy directory.

Put your skills into practice with 28 DIY woodworking projects. This carpentry book will show you how to create home accessories, furnishings, outdoor projects, workshop projects, and more. This reference book provides all the information you need to become a master carpenter and have a houseful of fine furnishings to show for the effort!

Woodworking is a complete illustrated carpentry course with comprehensive and extensive photos to show you how to become a craftsman. You’ll have all the information you need to start your projects right away with simple step-by-step instructions. It also makes a fantastic gift for hobby carpenters.

Inside, you’ll discover:

• Tools: Understand how to use hand, power, and machine tools, and choose the right wood for every job.
• Techniques: Follow clear, step-by-step instructions to master all key woodworking techniques.
• Projects: Put your skills into practice to create well-crafted and practical objects, from a wine rack to a chest of drawers.

Woodworking: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Skills, Techniques, and Projects

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Woodworking: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Skills, Techniques, and Projects (Fox Chapel...

Carpenter, Tom (Author)
English (Publication Language)
448 Pages - 05/13/2019 (Publication Date) - Fox Chapel Publishing (Publisher)

Get the expert guidance you need to become a master woodworker! With 448 pages, more than 1,000 lavish full-color illustrations, easy-to-follow diagrams, and step-by-step instructions to walk you through each and every phase of the process, Woodworking outstrips all competitors in affordability, accessibility, and comprehensiveness. From setting up a workshop to the principles of good design, how to use tools and essential techniques, it’s the only reference that aspiring craftsmen need to start creating fantastic woodworking projects right away. This big book covers choosing wood, measuring, marking and layout, cutting, joinery, drilling, shaping, clamping, gluing, fastening, finishing and more. But where a lot of woodworking books only show you some skills, this giant woodworking compendium goes on to give you 41 complete home furnishing project plans so you can put your skills to use.

Illustrated Cabinetmaking: How to Design and Construct Furniture That Works (American Woodworker)

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Illustrated Cabinetmaking: How to Design and Construct Furniture That Works (Fox Chapel Publishing)...

Hylton, Bill (Author)
English (Publication Language)
384 Pages - 04/01/2008 (Publication Date) - Fox Chapel Publishing (Publisher)

Design and construct furniture that works with the help of the most complete visual guide ever published! It’s all here:

Ideas and Inspiration. A visual source of information ranging from furniture styles and dimensions to joinery. The essence of more than 100 classic furniture pieces is captured in highly detailed, exploded drawings.
Standards. Take the guesswork out of designing kitchen cabinets, dining tables, desks, bookcases, and chests by applying the time-honored dimension and ergonomic standards shown here.
Options and Alternatives. With more than 150 joints and subassemblies at your fingertips, you’ll be able to easily alter appearance or construction of any project.
Construction Solutions. More than 1,300 drawings take you inside the furniture and show you classic solutions to age-old problems, such as hanging a drawer, attaching a tabletop, and pegging a mortise.
Plans. If you don’t have the time or inclination to design your own furniture, sources to locate the plans for most of the furniture pieces are included.
Illustrated Cabinetmaking is the most complete visual guide to furniture construction ever published. It includes hundreds of clearly-labeled drawings and exploded diagrams that explain everything there is to know about joints, subassemblies and furniture design.

Featuring each piece in highly-detailed, exploded drawings and applying time-honored dimensions and ergonomic standards, this comprehensive visual sourcebook takes the guesswork out of furniture joinery, assembly, dimension, and style. Woodworkers of any skill level will benefit from more than 1,300 crisp and detailed drawings that explain classic solutions to age-old problems, such as hanging a drawer, attaching a tabletop, and pegging a mortise.

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