Porter, Brian, 1938-

Carpentry and joinery 1 / Brian Porter. - 2nd ed. - London : Edward Arnold, 1990. - 181 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Contents : 1. Timber and associated materials. - 2. Hand tools and workshop practices. - 3. The Porter storage system. - 4. Portable powered hand tools. - 5. Woodworking machines. - 6. Basic woodworking joints. - 7. Suspended timber ground floors. - 8. Gable-ended single roofs. - 9. Turning pieces and centres up to 1 metre span. - 10. Formwork. - 11. Ledged-and-battened doors. - 12. Single-light casement windows. - 13. Moisture movement. - 14. Shelving. - 15. Fixing devices.

The second edition of Carpentry and Joinery 1 is the first in a series of three books which together provide an authoritative and clear coverage of CGLI 585 Carpentry And Joinery. Each chapter has been completely revised and integrates the craft theory, associated studies and details of practical procedures relevant to its subject area. This highly illustrated book covers basic tool skills, handling techniques and thed maintenance of tools in depth and features a new chapter on tool storage which enables the student to make the PORTERBOX tool storage system. - Back cover

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