"The Essential Woodworker" is a recreated cloth covered hard bound publication in a 6" x 9" format, containing more than 500 hand drawn illustrations from the post-Charles Hayward era. The author Wearing, takes the reader through building furniture, and gathering the skills in the process.
Using the skills taught from this book gives the user the understanding of how apprentices of the era learnt their trade showing how they learnt to build tables, doors, carcases, dovetailed drawers, plinths, etc.