Description

The Practical Woodworker, edited by Bernard E. Jones, is a foundation set of books for the woodworker interested in early 20th-century woodworking techniques.

Volume 4 covers more advanced projects including a roll-top desk and other office furniture, sleighs and toboggans, mantel fittings and even aeroplane woodwork. Plus wood turning, veneering, inlay and marquetry, woodcarving, wood finishing, patternmaking and upholstery, as well as an early treatment of woodworking by machinery.