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Woodworking for Beginners: From a Pallet Bench to a Small Workshop

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A practical, South African guide to woodworking for complete beginners, from a first bench built from pallet wood with a handsaw, a drill and screws, to a small home workshop. Twelve chapters follow a Durban security officer building his first pallet bench, a retired nurse in Pretoria making a toy box and step stool for her grandchildren at a community class, an East London call-centre agent who turns his shed into a workshop and makes cutting boards to sell, and the cabinet maker who teaches them: working safely from the first cut; wood, timber, boards and pallets, including pallet stamps and why treated timber never goes indoors, near food or in a fire; measuring, marking, drawings and cutting lists; saws, chisels and planes, and sharpening; the drill-driver, jigsaw, circular saw and sander used safely, and why the table saw is not a beginner's tool; joints from screws to mortise and tenon; glue, screws, nails and clamps; sanding and finishing, with food-safe and child-safe finishes and the oily-rag fire risk; the full pallet bench project; a planter, cutting board, wall shelf, toy box and step stool; setting up a small workshop with dust control and safe electrics; and health, selling and the woodworking trades. 30 diagrams and photographs, worked examples, practice exercises with answers, a tool list, timber and treated-timber guides, a pallet stamp guide, cutting-list and costing templates, screw and finish guides, every project's cutting list, a workshop safety checklist, a glossary, where to get help, and 144 Exam prep questions. A Skills Series title. Lecturers: a free Facilitator Guide (session plans built around a maker's file, safety rules for the workshop, teaching notes and every answer) is available to colleges registered with HybridE. To register your college, contact Thandeka on 073 431 6763.

What is inside

  1. Chapter 1: Why Woodwork, and Working Safely
  2. Chapter 2: Wood: Timber, Boards and Pallets
  3. Chapter 3: Measuring, Marking and Planning
  4. Chapter 4: Hand Tools: Saws, Chisels and Planes
  5. Chapter 5: Power Tools, Used Safely
  6. Chapter 6: Joints: From Screws to Mortise and Tenon
  7. Chapter 7: Glue, Screws, Nails and Clamps
  8. Chapter 8: Sanding and Finishing
  9. Chapter 9: Project 1: The Pallet Bench
  10. Chapter 10: More Projects
  11. Chapter 11: Setting Up a Small Workshop
  12. Chapter 12: Health, Selling and Next Steps
  13. Appendix: Tools, Materials, Guides, Templates, Projects, Safety, Glossary and Where to Get Help

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