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With the knowledge of only a handful of essential joints, a woodworker can build anything he can imagine…Whether it’s a kitchen cabinet or an 18th century highboy, the foundation for all types of woodworking can be boiled down to a handful of essential joinery skills. Once learned, these joinery methods can be used to create almost anything the woodworker’s mind can imagine. From the workshop of The Wood Whisperer, the popular YouTube host and best-selling author Marc Spagunolo teaches his preferred, time-tested methods for creating these joints. Rather than working solely by hand or machine, Spagunolo teaches woodworkers how to choose the joinery methods that make the most sense for the task at hand. And, in his easy-going and accessible style that promotes comfort and confidence, he provides several styles and methods for creating each joint. With
Essential Joinery, beginners and pros alike will learn to hone the joinery skills that will take their woodworking to the next level.
List of contents
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Rabbets, Dadoes & Grooves
- Mortises & Tenons
- Half-Laps & Bridles
- Dovetails
- Butt Joints
- Index
About the author
Marc Spagnuolo has been a trusted resource in the woodworking community since 2005. He created the first woodworking video podcast back in 2006 and paved the way for many of the woodworkers and makers who share their craft on YouTube today. He has written two books (
Hybrid Woodworking and Finishing: It Ain't Over Till It's Over) and over dozens of articles for various woodworking magazines. Marc conducts many seminars and courses at woodworking events, clubs and schools, and retailers and continues to teach on a daily basis via his website thewoodwhisperer.com and his YouTube channel that has 475K subscribers. He lives in Denver, Colorado.
Summary
With the knowledge of only a handful of essential joints, a woodworker can build anything he can imagine... Whether it's a kitchen cabinet or an 18th century highboy, the foundation for all types of woodworking can be boiled down to a handful of essential joinery skills. Once learned, these joinery methods can be used to create almost anything
Foreword
- Targeted comp mailing to national woodworking, craft, & lifestyle magazines, including Popular Woodworking (circ. 150,000), Fine Woodworking (circ. 220,000) This Old House (circ. 960,000), Mother Earth News (500,000), Family Handyman (circ. 1,150,000), and Popular Mechanics (1,200,000)
- Heavy promotion to the author’s 475,000 YouTube subscribers and 125,000 Instagram followers
- Trade ad campaign in PW and Library Journal
- Ad campaign in Woodcraft magazine (Circulation 100,000), Popular Woodworking (150,000), and Woodworker’s Journal (125,000).
- E-newsletter promotion to 600 woodworking clubs.
- Social media promotion through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Pinterest.
