Cover of Measure Twice, Cut Once: Lessons from a Master Carpenter

Measure Twice, Cut Once: Lessons from a Master Carpenter

Norm Abram is America's most famous master carpenter, appearing in The New Yankee Workshop and This Old House. In this book, Abram presents a series of sixty lessons for carpenters of all levels of expertise.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 208 pages

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