Working with Wood: Build Your Toolkit, Learn the Skills and Create Stylish Objects for Your Home

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Tom Trimmins

Working with Wood

Build Your Toolkit, Learn the Skills and Create Stylish Objects for Your Home

Tom Trimmins

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Search Press Ltd
01 June 2020

Art & Architecture; Decorative wood & metalwork; DIY: carpentry & woodworking

‘It is more motivating to make something that you genuinely desire, to create an object that you want in your home. The things we choose to have around us say something about who we are, but things we have made ourselves do that even more strongly. I want every project in the book to be something that the reader wants to make, to work really well in use and be something that can be proudly shown to others.’ Tom Trimmins

This wonderfully practical book is aimed at anyone looking to balance their busy lives by mastering core woodworking skills. Working with wood will challenge, stimulate, relax and reward – and you'll be proud to display the beautiful objects you've made with your own hands.

Here you'll find a range of practical and pleasing projects to display around your home. Initially you'll need a small collection of readily available tools – as your skills develop and expand, so too will your tool collection. Every project has step-by-step instructions, and you'll learn about the properties of different woods, design techniques and how to fix-up vintage tools. The book mainly uses hand tools as they're cleaner, take up less room, are quieter and offer less potential for accidents than power tools.

By: Tom Trimmins
Imprint: Search Press Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 280mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 598g
ISBN: 9781782217411
ISBN 10: 178221741X
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 01 June 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 6 What is wood? 8 Tools 18 Getting started 42 Workbench – Step-by-step project – 46 Hook – Step-by-step project – 58 Box – Step-by-step project – 68 Moving on 80 Decorative shelf – Step-by-step project – 92 Chest – Step-by-step project – 110 Index 128

Tom Trimmins started woodworking when he was given his first workbench and tools at eight years old. It's been a lifelong passion ever since. After a childhood of making projects at home and hanging around a local cabinet maker's workshop, he studied furniture-making at degree level in Buckinghamshire. After that he worked for several high-end furniture workshops before starting his own business in 2009. He started teaching after telling a friend that it was something he really wanted to do. Harbouring his own woodworking ambitions, his friend said if Tom would teach, he would find a group of interested people to learn. Tom has now been teaching woodwork every week for eight years. In addition to teaching woodworking classes, Tom makes fine furniture at his workshop on a city farm in Islington, London. He works on commissions or teaches during the day and takes classes in the evening. Tom is a traditionally trained craftsman, with a modern Japanese and midcentury-influenced style with a broad appeal.

Reviews for Working with Wood: Build Your Toolkit, Learn the Skills and Create Stylish Objects for Your Home

I'm just starting my wood working journey and wanted a book that was easy to understand and informative and this book is all that and more. The tools section is fantastic and the way the author explains the different techniques is very easy to follow. Overall, the book is great for beginners, it's great quality and a fantastic read. -- Katy Morris * Amazon * Brilliant book - easy to follow giving you tips and ideas. Really helpful on our wood working journey. -- Sarah Don * Amazon * Great book for woodworking beginners, with chapters on different types of wood, tools and beginners projects. The book has step by step photos of the projects making it easy to follow. Really nice book. -- Lorna Cox * Amazon * During lock down my husband and I wanted to experiment more with wood work so we got this book and were not disappointed. It has really given me confidence. We have put up hooks, shelves and currently, we are building some decking and a book case. Really happy. -- Lisa Grasso * Amazon *