Les GoringManual of Purpose-Made Woodworking Joinery
Les Goring is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Building and a former senior lecturer in Wood Trades at Hastings College of Arts and Technology. In Addition to being a member of the Institute of Wood Science, Les is also a Fellow of the Institute of Carpenters and Licentiate of the City & Guilds Institute. All drawings in the book were drawn by the author.
Preface
Acknowledgements
Health and Safety Awareness
1. Softwoods and Hardwoods; Timber Defects
2. Drawings and Rods; Setting- and Marking-Out
3. Joinery Joints - their Proportions and Applications
4. Making Traditional- and Modern-Windows
5. Making Doors and Doorframes
6. Designing and Making Stairs to Current Building Regulations
7. Designing and Making Shelving Arrangements
8. Geometry for Curved Joinery
9. Traditional Saw Sharpening of Non-Hardpoint Saws; Details and Technicalities about Hardpoint Saws
Index
