The Woodworker: The Charles H. Hayward Years, Vol. 3: Joinery (Hardcover)

The Woodworker: The Charles H. Hayward Years, Volume 3: Joinery, hardcover. The third book in the series covers all types of woodwork joints, including how to design them, cut them and fix them when things go awry.

Charles H. Hayward's book Woodwork Joints was first published in 1950 and reprinted many times. Hayward was editor of The Woodworker from 1939 to 1967, and as the publisher read every magazine issue from those years, every article on joinery was scanned. The result covers nearly all of Hayward's writing on joinery during his 28 years as editor, and often goes deeper than Woodwork Joints.

For example, Hayward wrote 20 pages on dovetails in Woodwork Joints. This book has 90 pages on dovetails, and the pages are much bigger. You'll find far more information on the secret mitre dovetail, stopped dovetailed housings, decorative dovetails and the double-lap dovetail, plus details on how to correct faults in your joints, how to avoid crushing the end grain when chopping out and even a novel way to cut both the tails and pins simultaneously.

The volume also contains the perspective of other British writers of the day that Hayward published in The Woodworker, including J. Maynard, Robert Wearing, K.J.S. Walker and C.A. Hewett. A couple of short sections from Woodwork Joints are not included, such as hand-cut joints for plywood and the use of metal fishplates with scarf joints.

Hardcover, 288 pages on smooth acid-free #60 paper, with a sewn binding reinforced with fiber tape and glued, and covers wrapped in cotton cloth. 8.5" x 11". Published by Lost Art Press and printed in the United States.