"It is our intention to notice many things, however trivial, that may in any way serve to enlighten our readers respecting the joiner's art." Temple Thorold authored serial articles on woodworking and similar crafts in Routledge's EVERY BOY'S ANNUAL, an annual book of articles of interest to the young men of the mid 19th Century. OUR WORKSHOP, the hard cover version of one of these serials, explores carpentry and joinery as it was practiced in the early 1800's. Discussed in detail, complete with representative engravings of hand tools and hand woodworking techniques, are the following topics: The Bench; How to Use the Tools; Remarks on the Seasoning and Choice of the Woods; Various Methods of Joining Timbers; Simple Works in Wood; Grooving Planes, etc.; Mortising and Tenoning; Dovetailing; Veneering; Varnishing and French Polishing. OUR WORKSHOP is as relevant today as it was in 1866.
