The ball-and-claw foot, combined with the cabriole leg, is a hallmark of 18th-century furniture. Here, Phil Lowe shows you how to design and carve the version made popular in Colonial Philadelphia.

Covers basic principles, cutter choice, getting started, safe woodworking practises and holding devices. Also template routing, table routing, jig making and care of equipment. Essential routing - ideal for those new to routing.

The router is the heart of any woodworking shop, and for new woodworkers learning to use this indispensable tool, The router - A Beginner's Guide is your ticket to building handsome furniture. Using a router and just a starter set of cutters, the former editor of Router Magazine, Alan Goodsell, demonstrates the techniques, tools, and accessories needed to unleash the full potential of woodworking's most versatile tool. You'll learn the basics of router use, maintenance, and safety. Study The Router - A Beginner's Guide and even a beginner will be armed with the skills needed to build things they can be proud of.

Essential skills. Tried and true techniques. 448 pages. More than 1000 photos, illustrations and diagrams. More than 40 fabulous woodworking projects.

Learn how four basic planes can change the way you do woodworking. If you are like many woodworkers, you own handplanes but never learned how to use them to their best advantage. In this video, teacher and plane expert Mario Rodriguez shows the basics of using planes and how four basic planes -- the jointer, the smooth plane, the shoulder plane, and the block plane -- can change the way you do woodworking.