Sized for a shop apron, this handy reference is packed with tips and answers to all of your woodworking questions in an easy to read and quick to find format.

Answers you'll find inside:

- Characteristics of Popular Woods
- Types of fasteners and their uses
- Basic types of joints and their strengths
- Shop math and formulas
- Common hand and power tools and their uses
- How to choose a workbench and setup a workshop
- Putting an edge on a cutting tool
- and much more!

Woodworker Charles Self is an award-winning writer who has contributed a vast amount of work to the woodworking field. In 2005, he received a Vaughan-Bushnell Golden Hammer Award for Best Do-It-Yourself Book for "Woodworker's Pocket Reference." His other books include "Cabinets and Countertops," "Woodworker's Guide to Selecting & Milling Wood," "Creating Your Own Woodworking Shop," and "Building Your Own Home." He has also written thousands of articles for publications, such as "Popular Woodworking," "Woodcarving Illustrated," "Woodshop News," and "Woodworker's Journal," and he has edited and consulted for companies such as DeWalt, Grizzly Industrial, mcGraw-Hill, Time-Life, and Popular Mechanics Encyclopedia. he currently serves as a director for the National Association of Home & Workshop Writers.

For me, the mark of a good reference guide is one that you don't have to spend an eternity studying, and Charlie draws upon all his experience to present a book that will ensure more time in the workshop and less time flicking through pages to find solutions to woodworking problems.

As pocket references go, this new one has a lot of advantages others miss. The book's spiral binding makes it ideal for tossing in a toolbox or dropping in an apron pocket. The fact that it opens flat to lay on a work surface for easy reference, is a big plus. It is a book to take along to the lumberyard or hardware store, or keep in the shop for quick answers to confounding formulas and cutting crown molding angles; well worth having.