The Why & How of Woodworking: A Simple Approach to Making Meaningful Work [Hardcover]

The Why and How of Woodworkingreflects the growing appreciation for the handmade, a movement toward simplifying and uncluttering.There is a growing understanding of the need to fill our lives with meaningful and useful objects. How can woodworkers answer that call?Instagram sensation Mike Pekovich explains how to make work that is worth the time and effort it takes to make it, work that makes a difference, and work that will add to the quality of our lives.

• Explains the basics of woodworking, from choosing lumber with care, cutting joinery accurately, and preparing and finishing the surfaces.
• A simple approach to building boxes and furniture that are built to last.
• Includes information on designing and building cabinets, boxes, chests, casework, and tables.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
1. Finding Your Path
2. Get Your Hand Tools Going
3. Basic Building Strategies
4. Cabinets
5. Boxes
6. Chests
7. Casework
8. Tables
9. Design: Making it Your Own

• Learn from the best. Michael Pekovich is executive art director at Fine Woodworking magazine, an experienced woodworking teacher, and a talented furniture maker, with over 120,000 followers on Instagram.
• A Hybrid Approach. Combines equal parts hand tool woodworking and power tools and a mix of technical instruction and design advice and inspiration.
• Inspiration. Includes 8 full-length projects and a gallery of work by the author to showcase the skills explained in the text.

Like the furniture Michael Pekovich builds, his book is disarmingly beautiful and unfailingly useful. It brims with essential information for the dls4