Success with Routing Book

With a router in hand, you can accomplish almost any woodworking task! In addition to basic trimming and edging work, routers can be used to smooth surfaces, cut grooves, and even make joints. Woodworkers of all skill levels will appreciate the concise instructions and detailed techniques, as well as the more than 150 color photographs and diagrams. There's professional advice for choosing and buying equipment and accessories, using cutters, controlling dust, and lots more. Using jigs is one of the keys to unlocking the router's potential, and their applications are discussed in great depth, including housing jigs, trammel jigs, and finger-joint jigs. Other featured topics are using a template and guidebrush, mortise and tenon joinery, and doing table routing.

Library Journal

A router is an essential tool for any woodworker to make edges and trim. Craftsman Lawson (editor, Router magazine, U.K.) introduces this power tool and illustrates its use by outlining router anatomy, basic operations, and jigs and templates. Purchasing evaluations are provided but only for brands available across the pond. Sadly, this book does not make the transition to American English well; the terminology is a bit confusing, and the instruction is not beginner-friendly. A better choice is Rick Peters's Popular Mechanics Workshop Router Fundamentals: The Complete Guide. Recommended only for larger collections or where there is demand. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.