Featuring profusely and informatively illustrated step-by-step instructions throughout, Woodworking Joinery by Hand is an ideal instruction manual and how-to guide that will be of special and particular interest to both amateur and professional woodworkers alike. Simply stated, Woodworking Joinery by Hand is an especially and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, and highschool woodworking shop class woodworking collections.

I tend to shy away from books that have step-by-step picture instructions. Why? Because often the pictures are poorly designed, and don’t really tell the construction story as they should. But I was pleasantly surprised because this book did it right! …Sugita seems to clearly understand how to explain the basics of Japanese joinery using a simple list of tools. He understands even more the importance of well-presented, informative photographs.

At the age of 28, Toyohisa Sugita began building his own 28ft (9m) cruising yacht. It took five and a half years to complete and launch. This experience was the starting point for his woodworking career. Since then, he has developed, manufactured and sold woodworking products; produced and sold woodworking videos and is currently a Lie-Nielsen distributor. He is the author of Super Epoch-making Woodworking Techniques (Studio Tuck Creative) and All About Sugita-style Sawing Wood (Ohm-sha), which advocates ‘Sugita-style’ sawing, meaning a precision woodworking technique that requires almost no power tools. Toyohisa lives in Tokyo, Japan.

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