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Wood finishing doesn't have to be complicated or confusing. It can
be simplified with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions, and
that's exactly what Wood Finishing 101, Updated Edition provides;
no science, no art, just simple directions with clear photography
to show you every step of the process. With this must-have guide,
you'll learn how to finish common woods using widely-available
finishing materials. Follow step-by-step instructions, eliminate
the guesswork, and get the finished results you want every time!
Bob Flexner has been writing about and teaching wood finishing to
hobbyists and professionals for over 30 years. With his expertise,
guidance, and easy-to-understand directions, this complete guide to
everything you need to know about wood finishing belongs in every
woodworker's library. This new edition includes updated information
on solvents and stripping agents.
Originally published around 1900, this is an exhaustively detailed
guide to cabinet making and woodwork for the amateur craftsmen. It
contains hundreds of diagrams and illustrations and clear, simple
instructions for many, many projects. An excellent book, featuring
vintage techniques of master craftsmen. Contents Include The
Carpenter's Bench Tools and Their Selection Hints About Wood Hints
About Glue An Easily Made Four o' Clock Tea Table An Easily Made
Dwarf Bookcase A Lavatory Glass A Kitchen Table A Plate Rack House
Steps A Butler's Tray and Stand A Simple Cupboard Hanging or
Medicine Cabinets Simple Screens Simple Window Boxes For Plants A
Towel Horse A Pedestal Cupboard A Wooden Coal Box A Double
Washstand A Combination Bedroom Suite Improving A Mantel Piece A
Child's Cot A Duchesse Dressing Table A Chest Of Drawers An
Overmantel A Small Whatnot An Umbrella Stand A Luggage Stool A
Moresque Music Holder Or Bookstand A Combination Music Cabinet and
Coal Box A Combination Music Box and Stool A Corner Bracket Cabinet
A Wall Bracket For Bric a Brac A Moresque Seat A Simple Hall Stand
A Simple Overmantle Combination Overmantel and Cigar Cabinet A
Portable Bookcase A Garden Swing Combined Wall Desk and Pigeon
Holes A Moresque Lamp Stand A Revolving Bookstand An Over Door A
Wool Winder A Leaf Screen A Cheval Fire Screen A Hand Camera
Instantaneous Shutters A New Dark Slide An Improved Clothes Horse
and Cloth Rack A Hanging Whatnot A Three Cornered Writing Table A
Fancy Shelf Bracket A Sideboard A Dinner Wagon A Combination Table
and Music Stand A Folding Jewel Case An Old Style Cabinet or
Sideboard A Fancy Cabinet An Easily Made Dog Kennel A Home Made
Easy Chair A Combination Cupboardand Chest of Drawers A Small
Wardrobe A Small Umbrella Stand A Plain Dressing Table A Quaint
Wood Chimney Piece and Overmantel A Drawing Room Secretaire How To
Make A Mortise and Tenon Joint
A good, sturdy workbench is at the heart of any woodshop, and every
woodworker needs one to hold and support work for everything from
stock preparation to finishing. This selection of articles from
Fine Woodworking magazine gives woodworkers all the advice they
need, whether considering a starter model, a small bench, or a
full-scale workbench that will last for decades. Workbenches
featured include a classic Shaker bench, a basic bench with
built-in storage, and a mini-bench that has all the features of a
full-size bench. Besides the bench itself, woodworkers also need
accessories to hold workpieces on the benchtop for planing,
chiseling, sawing, and many other tasks, using vises and wooden
clamps, bench hooks and saw hooks, holdfasts and handscrews.
Chapters on tool storage, workbench tips, and techniques at the
bench round out the collection for a complete guide to the
workbench. With such a wide range of workbenches and workbench
accessories represented, this book will appeal to all woodworkers
from newbies just setting up shop to veterans looking to upgrade
their current workbench.
The debut book from social media sensation @tanyahomeinspo!
Easy and Essential Tips and Inspiration for Cleaning, Organising and
Improving Your Space from social media’s best-loved home hacks inspo
account!
Do you often find yourself scrolling through social media wishing your
home looked more like the ones you see on there? Have you assumed it's
too expensive to buy an array of cleaning products that you simply
don't have enough space to store? Do you struggle with keeping your
home tidy and organised? If any of this sounds familiar, this book is
perfect for you!
Offering hacks to organise your home without breaking the bank; ways to
increase your storage; easy cleaning hacks using common household
items; schedules for day-to-day plus deep cleans and spring cleans;
recipes for homemade products using natural ingredients; interior DIY
hacks; and even party planning tips and tricks to make the most of your
space! Tanya Mukendi will show you how to make your home beautiful and
tidy in the shortest time possible, freeing you up to do other things.
Whether you’ve just moved into a new place and want to make it feel
like home; need help with organisation; or want a magic cure for those
inevitable spills and stains, Hack Your Home is your new one-stop go-to
guide for keeping your home beautiful, clean and organised! Packed with
tips to help you be more efficient with your cleaning routine, saving
you time and money; plus ideas to reduce energy bills and environmental
impact through simple hacks, this book will help you create a
beautiful, calming home, that you will love spending time in.
This book demonstrates how to design and make built-in cabinets for
a variety of rooms. It includes instructions for cutting, joining,
finishing and installing, plus advice for working with different
materials. It includes a colourful 16-page idea gallery.
Demonstrating how woodworkers can approach the complex job of
designing and making built-in cabinets for kitchens, family rooms,
and home offices, this technical handbook provides meticulously
detailed shop drawings, instructions, and hundreds of professional
tips for saving time, materials, unnecessary aggravation, and
money. Bob Lang offers practical, hands-on guidance for building
traditional face-frame cabinets as well as constructing
contemporary frameless cabinets. Woodworkers will learn how to
measure rooms and design fitting cabinetry that considers both
function and aesthetics, how to develop working shop drawings and
cutting lists, and how to work with materials as varied as solid
wood and plastic laminate. Technical instructions for cutting and
joining the basic box, as well as for fitting it to drawers, sinks,
corners, appliances, and islands, are also included, as are
detailed steps for sanding, finishing and installing each piece.
This revised edition also offers a colourful new 16-page idea
gallery with photographs of finished cabinets.
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Intarsia
(Paperback)
Lucille Crabtree
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R395
R335
Discovery Miles 3 350
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This book presents a large-scale project for intarsia enthusiasts
-- a lazy lion stretched out in the sun. Detailed, step-by-step
instructions will explain how to select varieties of wood, use a
pattern, cut and shape pieces, fit them together precisely, and
finish your piece. Crabtree gives many insider's secrets for making
sure that your pieces align correctly, and for choosing the best
contours and finishes. While even a novice to intarsia will find
that Crabtree's tips make their projects fit better and look more
professional, this book is absolutely necessary for anyone who
wishes to move on to more advanced intarsia techniques. With this
book, you will learn the subtleties of painting with wood, creating
beautiful three-dimensional pictures with pieces in different
colors and varieties of wood.
Using over 230 color photographs, an introductory text about basic
wood turning techniques, and step-by-step instructions, Mike Cripps
guides his reader through the turning of bird houses, planters, and
bulb planters known in England as "garden dibbers." The bird house
and planter projects are turned from unseasoned lumber. New
hobbyists and seasoned professional wood turners alike will enjoy
this book and the freedom they will derive from turning unseasoned
timber, which is free from dust and needs virtually no sanding or
difficult-to-apply glossy finish. A color photo gallery will fire
the wood turner's imagination. Patterns are provided for each
project.
The Complete Book of Woodworking is a comprehensive guide to help
you become a master woodworker and have a house full of hand-made
furnishings to show for the effort! Set up shop, understand the
tools, learn the principles of basic design, and practice essential
woodworking techniques as you complete 40 detailed plans for home
accessories, furnishings, outdoor projects, workshop projects, and
more! With over 1,200 full-color photographs, step-by-step
instructions and illustrations, and helpful diagrams, woodworkers
of all levels will enjoy enhancing their skills and learning
something new!
Woodworking is a useful and enjoyable skill that anyone can learn.
If you've ever wished you knew how to make things out of wood, this
book is the perfect place to start. You'll be amazed at how simple
it is to build fun and practical wooden items as you work through
the easy lessons inside. Each of the woodworking projects in this
book can be completed in just a few hours. Designed to teach basic
woodworking skills, they require only ordinary lumber and simple
hand and power tools that you may already own. Each new project
builds on what you learned before, allowing you to become more
self-confident as your skills increase.
Over the next twenty years, practicality and efficiency will be two
of the biggest components of how we define energy sources, and we
will need to fully understand our individual pivotal role in this
transformation. David Nelmes makes the process virtually effortless
with his groundbreaking work, "The Rewards of Making
Energy-Efficient Choices."
Drawing on his vast experience as a home energy inspector
specializing in heating and air conditioning, electrical wiring,
and interiors and insulation, Nelmes is fully qualified to show you
how to live a greener and more efficient life without sacrificing
the normal comforts of home. Nelmes offers firsthand insight on how
energy conservation, along with the use of solar, wind, and fuel
cell technology, will help us all steer away from using foreign
fossil fuels.
With a straightforward and easy-to-understand style, Nelmes
gives you specific advice on how to convert your home and your car
to become more environmentally friendly, affordable, and
resourceful. Accompanied by illustrations, charts, helpful
photographs, and numerous Web site references, Nelmes covers topics
such as Energy efficiency and conservation Best methods for heating
and cooling Efficient hot water creation Renewable solar and wind
energy Domestic power for your vehicle In addition to reducing your
impact on the air, water, and soil, "The Rewards of Making
Energy-Efficient Choices" will help you go green by spending a
little green today and saving a lot of green tomorrow
One of the most useful functions of a modern lathe is its ability
to cut any form of external or internal thread of any thread form,
pitch or diameter within the overall capacity of the machine.
Detailed information of a practical nature is, however, not easy to
find - a situation that this book does much to rectify. The author
was a very experienced engineer with the capability of converting
factual analyses into easily understood forms. His own expertise
and the standards to which he worked are evident in his writing,
and in addition he is also quite at home with both imperial and
metric measures having considerable experience in the conversions
required when working in partially metricated areas. This book is
not only an invaluable treatise on lathe screwcutting but is also a
useful demonstration of working in both imperial and metric
standards.
Step-by-step instructions for creating four different eagle designs
from a tree trunk or log are detailed in this chainsaw carving
guide. The four projects include an eagle head plaque, a standing
eagle with a fish, a soaring eagle, and an eagle bench. Each
project features a detailed sketch, instructions for carving step
cuts, texturing, adding final details, and finishing options and
techniques. An extensive gallery of finished pieces provides
inspiration for novice chainsaw carvers and showcases the work of
both authors. A great deal of space is dedicated to chainsaw
safety, including tools, clothing, clamping, and work areas.
The ancient art of intarsia involves cutting and fitting naturally
colored pieces of wood to form a design. In this book, learn how to
create the American Bald Eagle with step-by-step instructions,
guidance, special tips, safety advice, techniques, and over 380
photos and drawings. Buckland's intarsia eagles are a sight to
behold. Using an assortment of domestic and exotic woods, he builds
five eagles in a variety of styles. With various woodworking jigs,
both the beginning and advanced woodworkers alike can create these
magnificent creatures in a variety of natural settings, Among them
is the Great Seal of the United States. Plans for each project are
included.
Find out what a screw thread is and how it functions. Gain a good
understanding of screw threads and the techniques used to cut them
in wood and then apply them to any project you want. Part one
covers techniques, such as: cutting screw threads on a lathe; using
jigs; using hand-held cutter; cutting coarse and fine threads;
using commercial tools; making your own alternatives; internal and
external screw threads; and international screw thread standards.
Part two puts the techniques into practice in specific projects
designed to help the reader understand screw threads, their purpose
and uses in wood. Projects include: a wooden bolt; a threaded
spindle; a screw-top box; and a walking stick joint.
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