Author: Sandor Nagyszalanczy
Publisher: Taunton Pre
Keywords: tools, power
Number of Pages: 266
Published: 2002-09-09
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1561585769
ISBN-13: 9781561585762

The ultimate tool book, Power Tools is the next best thing to owning every tool on the planet. Featuring more than 200 tools from classics to the most inventively engineered newcomers, this book shows power tools and machines as they’ve never been seen before. Power Tools takes the reader inside the tools, explains how they work, compares the features that make great tools, shows the accessories that make great tools versatile, and explores the ingenious engineering behind each tool’s design. Included are 15 drawings, more than 400 color photographs, tables of specifications, and a

Author: Sandor Nagyszalanczy
Publisher: Taunton Pre
Keywords: idea, books, home, taunton, new, ins
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2005-02-09
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1561586730
ISBN-13: 9781561586738

Do-it-yourself home projects have become a national pastime, and nothing satisfies that urge more then creating built-ins. The fact that they are a permanent part of a house makes it more critical that they be done with as much skill and imagination as possible. That’s where the New Built-Ins Idea Book comes in. Written by Sandor Nagyszalanczy, a former senior editor of Fine Woodworking magazine and an acknowledged expert in the field, this illustrated guide shows step-by-step how to create built-ins that are both practical and appealing. Here are hundreds of design ideas for projects for eve

Author: Sandor Nagyszalanczy
Publisher: Taunton Press
Keywords: shop, building, dream, designing, guide, practical, setting
Number of Pages: 236
Published: 2006-10-01
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 1561588385
ISBN-13: 9781561588381

Woodworkers are always looking for ways to improve their workshops, and this book is exactly what they need to outfit a shop for the first time, or expand their existing shop. Setting Up Shop, Revised takes the practical knowledge and ingenious solutions of the first edition, and combines them with additional photos and drawings to create the most comprehensive workshop book on the market. The second edition includes new photos and also updates on technology especially regarding dust collection, pneumatic tools, and safety. Topics covered include determining the best shop location, shop layout

Author: Sandor Nagyszalanczy
Publisher: Taunton Press
Keywords: taunton, illustrated, complete, guides, fixtures, guide, jigs, amp
Number of Pages: 265
Published: 2006-03-21
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 1561587702
ISBN-13: 9781561587704

This book, in the "Complete Illustrated Guide" format covers jigs and fixtures, a subject of perennial interest to woodworkers. Jigs are like clamps. As the saying goes, "You can never have enough of them." Jigs, simply put, are devices, sometimes shop-made but now often available commercially to enable woodworkers to do something more than once. For example, some jigs are fences that ensure straight cuts or templates capable of guiding tools to create a certain shape time after time. Woodworkers love jigs and fixtures for the same reason they are drawn to woodworking-designing them is about f

Author: Sandor Nagyszalanczy
Publisher: Taunton Press
Keywords: control, dust, woodshop
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2002-10-01
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 1561584991
ISBN-13: 9781561584994

Woodshop Dust Control provides all the information woodworkers need to protect themselves from wood dust -- a serious health hazard. With over 100 color photos, this completely revised edition includes charts and graphics, up-to-date information on the latest products and examples of actual shop systems.

Author: Sandor Nagyszalanczy
Publisher: Taunton Press
Keywords: tool, home, improvement, right, job, choosing, ultimate, guide, homeowner
Number of Pages: 282
Published: 2003-09
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1561585823
ISBN-13: 9781561585823

Author: Sandor Nagyszalanczy
Publisher: Taunton Press
Keywords: tools, fine, art
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2000-09-16
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1561583618
ISBN-13: 9781561583614

This collection features more than 250 unique tools built with beautiful materials, lavished with artistic decoration, and crafted with remarkable precision. Privately owned, many of these tools have never been photographed or shown in publications before. Included are measuring instruments, handplanes, saws and other cutting tools, striking and drilling tools, Asian treasures, miniatures, ingenious foot-powered machines from the 19th century, and improbable combination tools. Each photo is accompanied by detailed notes that provide historical and technical background. This handsome volume wil