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20 April 2006 Woodworker's Journal

A Handy Guide to Woodworking

A Self Help Book

Even if you think you know everything there is to know about woodworking — there's always something more to discover. You can keep a lot of that information handy with Woodworker's Pocket Reference. This book by frequent Journal contributor Charles Self has sections on popular woods and their characteristics; types of fasteners and their uses; basic joint types and their strengths; workshop safety tips; and a glossary of woodworking terms.

The book itself is designed to be a handy tool in the shop as well; it's a size (5" x 6¹ i") that will fit in the

pocket . .^BJpL of your shop apron; it has color-coded thumb tabs for each section; and a spiral binding lets it lie open on the bench for consultation. TTie ISBN for Woodworker's Pocket Reference is 1-56523-239-9. It's published by Fox Chapel Publishing, who sell it for $15; www.FoxChapelPublishing. com or call 800457-9112._

Learning Traditional Skills

Drew Langsner's Workshop

Use of the ax, the adze and carving skills were all new techniques LiLi learned during this class at Country Workshops, which also offers classes in such areas as Windsor and ladderback chairmaking, Swiss cooperage and Japanese woodworking. In addition, Drew's wife, Louise Langsner, offers classes in basketry and cooking. The Langsners, liLi notes, grow a lot of the food they serve to students at the on-site cabins, "so it's really good and really fresh." For more information on the school, you can visit countryworkshops.org or call 828-656-2280.

"It's a very traditional school. The point is traditional crafts, doing things traditional ways," said WJ reporter LiLi Jackson, describing her experience at Drew Langsner's Country Workshops in North Carolina. The class I JLi took there was, not surprisingly, Traditional Bowl and Spoon Carving.

School founder Langsner taught the class, using techniques he'd originally learned from Swedish carver Wille Sundqvist. He also sells traditional Swedish carving tools through the school.

Starting the project. LiLi said, involved taking an ax to the green wood stump of a tree Drew had felled in order to break it down, then hewing the inside of the bowl out with an adze. The spoons, in turn, were "a little easier because you can hold them in your hand. It's pretty much all knife work after the ax work." she said.