"...to know just how to handle and manipulate the saw or the plane or the chisel to effect the desired result with a minimum of effort and without injury to either tool or material - that is knowledge worth having..."
Woodwork Tools And How To Use Them, by William Fairham, was published c1922 as part of The Woodworker Series, by Evans Bros., London.
William Fairham was a well-respected practicing woodworker and technical school instructor. Woodwork Tools And How To Use Them introduces both the basics of hand tool use as well as advanced techniques.
Intended for Manual Arts classes, Woodwork Tools And How To Use Them, presents the practical skills needed by woodworkers of any skill levels.
Charles Hayward reissued Woodwork Tools And How To Use Them for Evans Bros after William Fairham passed away. I prefer the original Fairham Woodworker Series books as they reflect traditional hand tool work as taught by a turn of the century woodworker. Straightforward and devoid of excess, the Woodworker Series of books by William Fairham are available through Toolemera Press.
Gary Roberts, Publisher of Toolemera Press, returns to print classic books on early crafts, trades and industries. All titles are produced from originals in his personal collection.
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