Wooden Puzzles: 31 Favorite Projects & Patterns (Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Book)

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“Wooden Puzzles will provide hours of fun for anyone with a scrollsaw and represents good value for those interested in wooden puzzles generally.”  —Australian Woodworker Magazine”The authors do a great job of showing you how to make the various cuts and the materials that they used. A fun book for all.”  —Shortcuts.ns.ca

Collecting the most popular designs produced by Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine, this authoritative guide offers 28 creative and colorful patterns for upright and interlocking puzzles. Separated by skill level for easy selection, woodworkers will find pieces ranging in themes from animal to religion—including cuddly cats, Jonah and the whale, a wooly mammoth, and the “world’s most difficult” four-piece puzzle. Each project features a color photograph of the finished piece, a pattern, and detailed, step-by-step instructions for easy completion.

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Chip Carving: Expert Techniques and 50 All-Time Favorite Projects (The Best of Woodcarving Illustrated)

In this collection of 29 projects, woodworkers of all skill levels are taught several variations of chip carving—the timeless art of decorating a wood surface by removing chips of wood with short triangular-shaped cuts—including basic chip carving, line carving, shallow-chip carving, and highly stylized European chip carving. Featuring patterns from a host of preeminent chipcarvers—such as Barry McKenzie, Dennis Moor, Darrell Jannsen, and Roger Strautman—this handy guidebook includes Christmas ornaments, a beautiful line-carved birdhouse, a handsome chip-carved chess set, and fun chip-carved golf balls with intricate, geometrical designs.

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Woodcarving Illustrated is a leading how-to magazine for woodcarvers of all skill levels and has a circulation of more than 65,000 readers.

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Wooden Puzzles: 31 Favorite Projects & Patterns (Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Book)

Review

“Wooden Puzzles will provide hours of fun for anyone with a scrollsaw and represents good value for those interested in wooden puzzles generally.”  —Australian Woodworker Magazine”The authors do a great job of showing you how to make the various cuts and the materials that they used. A fun book for all.”  —Shortcuts.ns.ca

Collecting the most popular designs produced by Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine, this authoritative guide offers 28 creative and colorful patterns for upright and interlocking puzzles. Separated by skill level for easy selection, woodworkers will find pieces ranging in themes from animal to religion—including cuddly cats, Jonah and the whale, a wooly mammoth, and the “world’s most difficult” four-piece puzzle. Each project features a color photograph of the finished piece, a pattern, and detailed, step-by-step instructions for easy completion.

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