Preface, Acknowledgements, Health and Safety Awareness, 1. Softwoods and Hardwoods; Timber Defects, 2. Drawings and Rods; Setting- and Marking-Out, 3. Joinery Joints – their Proportions and Applications, 4. Making Traditional- and Modern-Windows, 5. Making Doors and Doorframes, 6. Designing and Making Stairs to Current Building Regulations, 7. Designing and Making Shelving Arrangements, 8. Geometry for Curved Joinery, 9. Traditional Saw Sharpening of Non-Hardpoint Saws; Details and Technicalities about Hardpoint Saws, Index.
Les Goring is a member of the Chartered Institute of Building and a former Senior Lecturer in Wood Trades at Hastings College of Arts & Technology. In addition to being a Member of the Institute of Wood Science, Les is also a Fellow of the Institute of Carpenters and a Licentiate of the City & Guilds Institute. All drawings in Goring’s books were drawn by the author.