Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Routers (Complete Illustrated Guides (Taunton))

Great book, with a lot of nice pictures. This is a basic boo, for someone who is new to using routers, such as myself. The topics covered are not in depth, but more of an overview, that should prompt more detailed investigation and study. The book is printed on heavy paper, and the pictures and illustrations are done well. They are clear and show the idea being presented well. The binding precludes laying the book down flat on a table, and therefore it cannot be laid on a table to read it, without breaking the binding. I don't think that it is an issue, since this is not a reference book, and something to be read at your leisure, and not as a reference in the work shop. For someone who has just acquired their first router, or is contemplating buying one, this book may help you decide if you really need a router or not, and walk you through the preliminary steps on how to safely and effectively use your Router

Good for beginners to learn the basics, plus a lot of good information for the more advanced. Highly recommend this book.

I have little experience using a Router that's why I picked up this book. It pretty much tells me everything I needed to know and includes a lot of pictures and illustrations very well done.

This book is a wonderful reference book for beginners, easy reading with lots of reference pictures. Discusses everything from choosing your router based on what you want to do with it, what bits do what, to making or buying router tables.

I consider myself a novice woodworker. I have built a few cabinets, can create a reasonable looking mortise joint, but wanted to improve my skill set a bit. I have used a router for a number of years, and wanted to learn some of the finer points of using it for more advanced woodworking projects.=== The Good Stuff ===* The photographs are first rate. They are well lit, and taken from an angle that you can see what is actually going on.* Somewhere in a set of instructions, I came across a direction to make a "climb cut". I had no idea what one was, and found a definition in this book. Turns out it is a cut made in the same direction as the router rotation (opposite of what you normally do).* The book is a marvelous guide for seeing what is possible with a router. Sometimes that is half the battle- if I know something is possible, I can often work out how to do it. Since woodworking is a hobby, designed to fill up leisure time, I don't mind experimenting.=== The Not-So-Good Stuff===* It is just about impossible to "read" this book. The text is made up of short sentences, with constant references to illustrations.* There is no way to learn how to specifically do anything from this book. For example, the section on mortise and tenon joints gives the following instructions (somewhat paraphrased, but not much). "Use a spiral bit. measure and mark the mortise location, then secure the work and jig with clamps. Set the depth. Position the router guide against the jig, and plunge the router and feed.." That's it. No details on what the jig might look like, how to set the depth, how to place the joint. If you can make a mortise joint from those instructions, you don't need a router book.===Conclusion===An excellent overview of router use, types of routers, and common accessories. Good photographs to show you wort of how things looks and work. Impossible to actually find any step-by-step instructions in the book. For what I wanted, a different book would have better served my needs.

Excellent information.. After making a mistake that likely would not have happened had I had this book as a reference I know going forward that the same thing will not happen..

This book is great for beginners and experienced woodworkers alike. If you want to know all there is to know about routers then this book should be in your library. I highly recomend this for anyone who uses a router or is considering buying one. I wish I would have read it before I bought my first router and router table it would have saved me a few dollars and a bunch of frustration. Buy with confidence this book is great.

I have been tinkering around with woodworking projects for years, with much more time spent remodeling than furniture building. I had a cheap handheld router and small router table for years as well, but I really didn't use them a lot. Since I got a better router and table, I wanted to learn a little more about what I can do with them, and this book has been a great resource. For someone relatively new to woodworking with a router and table, I think this is an excellent book to have on your bookshelf. Once you start a project though, it will probably end up on your workbench for reference.

Well described with pertinent photos

A very good book, i down loaded to my kindle, but wish i had purchased a hard copy. So if you are in to Routers this would be the book for you. There are more and better books on the market, but this is a good one to start with, i have learnt so much.

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Excellent rapport qualité prix et livraison rapide. Très satisfait!

Thus book is worth every penny of its price. It takes you from being a total novice up to some quite advanced projects. The instructions are easy to follow and the photographs are excellent. Highly recommended