Sears Craftsman Router Handbook

More than 1,000 photos and drawings showcase a brilliant array of how-to-use instructions and unusual jigs and aids. Everything’s covered: sharpening and maintenance procedures, making and fitting exact joints, cutting, safety—and lots more. With great money-saving tips for making ingenious jigs and fixtures, too! “Will serve as the primer on a very useful tool.”—Booklist.

The most comprehensive, best illustrated how-to-use-it guide available for the portable router. The "Dean of Home Workshop Writers" (Mechanix Illustrated) has updated one of his bestselling guides to cover the latest portable router techniques, products, and accessories. 480 illus.

Explains the basic set-up and fundamental techniques to creating impressive and practical pieces of work.

The Router Book provides a complete guide to the router. Covering every type of router, its tooling, and best uses, it will be an essential volume for anyone and everyone who owns or is planning to buy a router (or routers).

Hundreds of tips, backed by more than 200 close-up, step-by-step photos and drawings. “A good starter volume.”—Booklist. “Includes a useful glossary of bit types and a list of safety rules....Well-photographed instructions on how to make various cuts—straight, arcs, freehand routing—and includes instructions for a practical application for each of them.”—Woodworker’s Journal.

Master craftsman Ian Kirby presents this comprehensive guide to the router. His down-to-earth approach equips you to get the job done with stunning accuracy and minimum fuss, every time.

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