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There are two main reasons why veteran woodworker Aimé Ontario Fraser includes a chapter on building a classic bookcase in her new book Getting Started in Woodworking. Quoting Cicero, Fraser reminds us that "A room without books is a body without a soul." And citing the development of woodworking skills, she offers a project that is designed to get you up to speed with one of woodworking's most valuable tools -- the router.
In this excerpt, Fraser provides a skill-building exercise that will help you set up your router and rout rabbets on the sides and ends of a board. Mastering basics skills like these will serve you well in all your woodworking.
Aimé Ontario Fraser is a professional woodworker and boatbuilder. A former editor of Fine Woodworking, she has written dozens of articles that have appeared in WoodenBoat and other woodworking magazines. She teaches woodworking and boatbuilding in Norwalk, Connecticut.
