In 25 articles from the pages of “Fine Woodworking” magazine, the world’s foremost woodworkers share their knowledge of design, proportion, and technique. Each classic project has complete drawings and detailed construction techniques.
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Make authentic reproductions of handsome, functional, durable furniture: tables, chairs, wall cabinets, desks, hall tree, more. Construction plans with drawings, schematics, dimensions, lumber specs reprinted from 1900s The Craftsman magazine.
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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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Hand tools (tools that are not powered, such as hammers and chisels) are currently the hot trend in woodworking purchases. Hand tools require specialized training. Without it, the experience will be disappointing. Learning to use woodworking hand tools properly makes it easier to understand how power tools work, plus they offer a quieter, safer and more pleasant woodworking experience. This book shows the woodworker how hand tools can be used in tandem with their power tools to produce superior work, improving and enriching their woodworking experience. Readers will learn to use mallets, chisels & gouges, wood- and metal-bodied planes, wood- and metal-bodied spokeshaves, measuring and marking tools, rasps, awls, Eastern and Western handsaws and other hand tool accessories.
This book from Woodsmith Magazine contains weekend and evening projects to make Frames, Mirrors, and Clocks; Hosehold hleplers such as Trivets, Beookends, Note Board, Serving Tray, Cheese Board, Wall Shelf and Step Stool. There is also a chapter on Shop items, such as Shop Tote, Sandpaper storage, Saw Blade Rack, Stacking Sawhorses, Drill Bit Case, Utility Ladder and Joiner’s Mallet.
The router takes skill to use well. This text presents information so readers can learn about jigs, fixtures and joinery, tuning the router, building a display cabinet, and a host of other tasks and techniques.
While this book was written for any beginning woodworker, it has a special appeal for women. The projects, based on popular items found in fashionable stores and catalogs, are attractive, relatively simple to build, and have obvious appeal. And they are far less expensive to build than to buy. Each project is graded from simplest to most difficult, with each one teaching a set of skills that build on the skills learned in previous projects. “Skillbuilder” features in each chapter explain in detail the key operations or techniques being used to build the project. The book is written in a friendly, encouraging tone and includes not only a wealth of practical information, but also humorous tales of woodworking misadventures aimed at relieving beginners worry about making mistakes. Over·300 color photos and black-and-white drawings are included.
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.
About the Author
Woodcarving Illustrated is a leading how-to magazine for woodcarvers of all skill levels and has a circulation of more than 65,000 readers.
Fresh Designs Any Woodworker Can Build *Capitalizes on the popular outdoor living trend *A wide variety of stunning projects, including a garden arbor, tool shed, potting bench, garden chair and more! A dream backyard isnt complete without a few accessories, and this book gives readers a wealth of choices for “furnishing” their outdoor sanctuaries. Its easy to build these inventive projects with complete step-by-step photos and instructions from a master carpenter. Other highlights include: *Tips, hints and ideas that make these simple-to-build projects perfect for woodworkers of all levels and DIY enthusiasts *Instructions for customizing each project to fit individual tastes and needs
About the Author
Master carpenter and cabinetmaker John Marckworth has 30 years of experience restoring old houses. He also designs and builds kitchen cabinets and furniture, and has written for Fine Woodworking magazine.