January 2023 MBR The Woodworking Shelf

The Woodworking Shelf

Woodworking Joinery by Hand
Toyohisa Sugita
The GMC Group
https://www.guildmcgroup.com
9781784946524, $34.99, PB, 296pp

https://www.amazon.com/Woodworking-Joinery-Hand-Innovative-Techniques/dp/1784946524

Synopsis: With the publication of "Woodworking Joinery by Hand: Innovative Techniques Using Japanese Saws and Jigs", expert craftsman Yoyohisa Sugita provides the aspiring woodworker with a truly ground-breaking woodworking instruction book that introduces a new twist on the traditional hand-cut methods of joint making.

With Sugita's unique method of guiding and controlling the saw blade using jigs and magnetic sheets, even a complete beginner can learn advanced joint-making techniques with hand tools alone. Making it easy to produce straight and square cuts, "Woodworking Joinery by Hand" is an impressive and pioneering technique that will prove to be a genuine game-changer for producing high-precision, beautifully made wooden joints.

Critique: Featuring profusely and informatively illustrated step-by-step instructions throughout, "Woodworking Joinery by Hand: Innovative Techniques Using Japanese Saws and Jigs" 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.

Editorial Note: At the age of 28, Toyohisa Sugita began building his own 28ft 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 currently lives in Tokyo, Japan. (https://patents.justia.com/inventor/toyohisa-sugita)

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