Traditional Jigs & Fixtures for Handtools: A Manual of Devices for Woodworking

Then traditional woodworkers wanted to improve the speed, accuracy, and repeatability of their work, they developed ingenious jigs and fixtures such as shooting boards, a flexible straight edge, and a grasshopper gauge. But the vast majority of those clever devices eventually disappeared when powertool woodworking took over in the 20th century. The result? Anyone venturing into handtool woodworking today can often experience unnecessary frustration because they are unaware that simple shop-...