Hybrid Woodworking: Blending Power & Hand Tools for Quick, Quality Furniture (Popular Woodworking)

Practical, helpful, and enjoyable
I got into power tools a while ago without a huge budget, and often felt limited in what I could do without some of the more expensive, high quality machines I couldn’t afford or fit in my shop. I casually mentioned these limitations to my father one day, who pointed out that my great grandfather spent his life as a cabinetmaker without using a single power tool. Seems obvious but it just clicked for me that anything is possible when you go back to the roots of this craft.This book was exactly what I needed to help me balance the use of both power and hand tools—not so much for the sake of doing things the right or wrong way, but for the purpose of getting the best possible results with what I have at my disposal. Though the focus of the book is not so much about supplementing large, high quality power tools you can’t afford (if you watch Marc’s YouTube channel, you know he has pretty much the dream power tool assortment) it was helpful to me in this regard, and has allowed me to expand my capabilities using hand tools I previously disregarded.Marc is a great source of knowledge, and this book was a helpful expansion on the valuable information he shares for free on YouTube.

THIS BOOK PAID FOR ITSELF TENFOLD!! OKAY A HUNDRED FOLD.
If you are new to woodworking, read this book first. Or maybe Woodworking for Dummies, then this book, if you’re totally new. It will save you a lot of money and eliminate spending money on tools that duplicate functions. There are a million ways to do everything in woodworking with basic tools and a few jigs. Marc does a excellent presentation on what you absolutely need to scratch your initial woodworking bug, and then where to go from there. I’ll admit I bought some of the specialized hand tools he said could be put of just so my shop wall looked cool, but with his advise I made my shop set up work really well for the dollars spent, and I can do just about anything I need to with exactness. I will add other tools as I go along to speed up some processes, but don’t need to. The Hybrid Woodworking style he describes is exactly what I was looking for. I am NOT going into business. This book showed me how to stretch my initial investment to get a set of tools that gets the job done without being frustrated.

Good book!
As a self taught new generation “internet woodworker”, I don’t buy many woodworking books. It’s not my preferred format and there is simply too much good freely available info out there that I generally don’t pick up enough from them to justify not putting the money towards tools instead. Being a big fan of Marc’s wood whisperer stuff and having read positive reviews from other woodworking names I respect I decided to buy this book however. I’d already come to the same conclusion as Marc on my own, my power tools are nice but I can’t get the level of accuracy I’d like out of them and learning how to use good quality hand tools is the answer for that last 5-10%. Took me a few days to read through this book and I’m glad I bought it. It’s an easy read with a good level of detail of what Marc uses for his work, how, why, and what tools you really need. I learned several clever new tricks and have added a router plane to my tool wish list!

Hand tools or power tools? How about a hybrid!
Marc Spagnuolo has created a book that is great for any woodworker who is experienced or just getting started. If you have lots of experience with power tools or hand tools, this is still an interesting book. Marc writes in a way that is likeable and entertaining. I learned quite a few things and have come to respect different tools in a way that I didn’t before. This book does go into power tools in detail and hand tools in detail. If you have ever questioned whether you should only use one or the other, or a combination of power or hand tools, give this book a gander.

Livro muito bom, conteúdo de qualidade e boas ilustrações.Indicado para pessoas que gostam de marcenaria e querem aprender mais algumas técnicas.

La filosofia di Marc “The Wood Whisperer” Spagnuolo è una che mi sento di sposare: utilizzare strumenti sia manuali che elettrici – i cosiddetti power tools – per raggiungere il risultato, senza fare di nessuna della due vie l’unica fede.Il libro conduce il lettore attraverso tecniche con entrambe le tipologie di strumenti; laddove serve maggiore controllo si va in genere sul manuale, mentre quando servono velocità e/o potenza si utilizzano gli elettroutensili.Si tratta di un manuale poco più che introduttivo alla lavorazione del legno, quindi non adatto a chi è già esperto e cerca progetti e idee.Molto chiaro e piacevole nell’esposizione, comunque, è una bella carrellata di tecniche e considerazioni sugli strumenti.