The world's leading scroll saw expert offers a masterful, comprehensive reference that covers all significant topics on the saw's equipment, materials, and artistry, from time-honored methods to critiques of the latest machines and accessories. A bestseller in its classic first edition for 15 years, the guide's massive technical updates and new sections make an even more valuable contribution, with simplified instructions on ways to apply the latest innovations and how to make the best projects from the past even better. Each scroll saw and accessory gets the strict Spielman scrutiny, as do most cutting techniques from stack and thick wood to thin and small stock; compound and bevel sawing, inlay, marquetry, incise carving, fretwork, appliqués and overlays, joinery, segmentation, and intarsia. Spielman offers the latest approaches to working with plastics, metals, paper, and other materials, plus illustrated guides to various projects, including vessels, baskets, toys, puzzles, logscapes, and pierced portraits.

The late Patrick Spielman has written more than 60 books.