Sculpted Band Saw Boxes: Design, Inspiration & Construction (Popular Woodworking) (Paperback)

Features step-by-step instructions for eight new designs, plus plans for another ten new designs. Includes a stunning gallery of the author’s amazing sculpted box designs. Woodworker’s love making boxes and a band saw box allows creativity that just can’t be found in other woodworking. Of the few band saw box builders today, few have shared their work with other woodworkers and none offer the sculpted artistry of Lois Ventura’s work. More than uniqueness of the type of box, Ventura’s work has a sculpted beauty to it that starts with the design and moves through the construction. Readers will learn to make their own sculpted boxes and be inspired by Ventura’s amazing designs.

About the Author

Lois Ventura has been woodworking most of her life, and is trained as an artist and photographer. Her boxes are featured in the homes of collectors the world over. She is the author of the bestseller Building Beautiful Boxes with Your Band Saw.

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Mesa Vista Design GRIP-TITE Magnetic Table Saw Featherboard

From the Manufacturer

Why risk your fingers? Get safe, sharp, and accurate cuts on your table saw, jointer, shaper, or router table with the Mesa Vista Design GRIP-TITE Magnetic Table Saw Featherboard. Powerful magnets lock the Grip-Tite guide solidly in position on any cast-iron or steel tabletop. As the board is pushed between the Grip-Tite guide and the fence, flexible polycarbonate feather blades force the board down against the fence, keeping it in place. Now, narrow boards can be cut, shaped, or jointed without putting your hands within a foot of the blade–and that makes your hands and fingers very happy.

The hardwood handle and magnetic base give you an extra measure of safety, especially when working with short and thin pieces. It’s totally tool-free without knobs to tighten. Just place the featherboard in the proper position and you’re ready to go!

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PRACTICAL DESIGN SOLUTIONS AND STRATEGIES FROM FINE WOODWORKING

Practical Design Solutions and Strategies brings together the best material on design from Fine Woodworking in the 1990s. This rich volume covers a wide range of aesthetic and structural design options. You’ll discover new ways to conceive projects, organize their construction, and engineer them to last. You’ll also be inspired by options for tables, cabinets, and chairs. Best of all, the emphasis is on “practical” design — fine furniture that works.

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Instant Woodworking Design

Create automatic step-by-step plans. Choose your project, set the dimensions and sit back while the project is automatically drafted right before your eyes. Allow you to print the material list for easy shopping at the lumber yard.

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Chip Carving: Design & Pattern Sourcebook (Paperback)

From Library Journal

Woodcarving is one of the more diverse areas of woodworking, and these titles show some of the possibilities. Barton needs no introduction, as he is among the best-known carvers in the world. In Chip Carving, he offers numerous patterns as well as brief advice about technique, sharpening, wood selection, and more. His skill is astonishing it appears that he can apply outstanding carvings to any surface. Burton’s Architectural Carving is even better; an experienced architectural carver, he shows his craft in a step-by-step manner, explaining tool use, wood choices, and different styles of carving. This title stands out because of its great section on tool use. Burton offers a wealth of both traditional and innovative information; for example, he employs inexpensive pneumatic chisels, which are most frequently used by auto mechanics a great technique that this reviewer has never seen anywhere else. The techniques revealed here could be (more…)

Workbenches: From Design And Theory To Construction And Use (Popular Woodworking) (Hardcover)

Every workbench should allow the woodworker to easily work the edges, faces and ends of boards, however most benches built during the last 100 years fail on at least one of these tasks. Workbenches is the only book that shows the reader how to design and build a good workbench and most importantly, how to use it in their shop for all sorts of tasks. This book dives deep into the historical records of the 18th and 19th centuries and breathes new life into traditional designs that are simpler than modern benches, easier to build and perfect for both power and hand tools. Two venerable designs are provided as basic skeletons and the knowledge presented shows woodworkers how to design custom workbenches, perfect for their style and method of woodworking.

About the Author

Christopher Schwarz is the editor of Popular Woodworking and Woodworking Magazine and is a long-time amateur furniture-maker and hand-tool enthusiast. He began working with wood at ag (more…)