How do I begin a hobby in woodworking?

I would like to make owl housing, or duck housing. I know nothing about woodworking; does anyone have some experience in how I can start? An easy guide book would be wonderful?

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Woodworking for Serious Beginners by Pamela Philpott-Jones and Paul L. McClure Editorial ReviewsAmazon. ComThere is a lot of potential confusion and expense in the stage between having a strong interest in woodworking and actually building a functional workshop.

Woodworking for the Serious Beginner will get you from the former place to the latter in the straightest and most economical line. Authors Pamela Philpott-Jones and Paul L. McClure advise on which tools to purchase first, which tools not to purchase, how basic hand and power tools work, how to clean and maintain them, how to avoid injury, and how to build basic woodworking skills with well-diagrammed, detailed exercises.

The beginning woodworking projects, explained in detail, fill practical needs such as a first basic workbench, shop horses, and table-saw accessories. Readers not only learn simple woodworking techniques, but also end up with a fully configured workshop. From Library JournalThere seem to be two schools of thought on how beginners should approach woodworking: one dictates learning fundamentals and getting lots of practice, and the other requires buying lots of expensive tools.

Here, the authors cover some fundamentals but lean heavily toward the latter school. McClure is a professional woodworker and Philpott-Jones is a beginner (her repeated statements to that effect and remarks about the difficulty of woodworking detract from the text). The first half of the book is devoted to buying and the second half shows how to build a workbench and router table.

The section on safety is excellent. Better choices for libraries serving beginners include Peter Kom's Working with Wood (Taunton, 1993) and the three-volume Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking (Vol. 1, LJ 2/1/86).

Only the most comprehensive collections should consider this title.?Jonathan Hershey, Akron-Summit Cty. P.L., Ohio Sources: http://www.amazon.com/Woodworking-Serious-Beginners-Pamela-Philpott-Jones/dp/096439992X/sr=8-1/qid=1167242006/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-0685380-7388965?ie=UTF8&s=books .

Try to find a continuing education class in your area. They're cheap and fun and you'll have somebody to guide you. But if you want books, here's a good one: A Complete Guide to Basic Woodworking: Skills and Projects Every Woodworker Needs (Black & Decker Home Improvement Library) (Paperback) ISBN: 1589231791 And here's a good website: woodnet.net/tips/ .

There are some good books that will help you. I would start out on simple projects. Our full Woodworking Shop selection in Tools & Hardware 1.

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