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Books > Health, Home & Family > Home & house maintenance > DIY > Woodworking
For everyone who's ever dreamed of simplifying their life and
downsizing their home, Micro Living offers an insider's look at
what tiny house living is really like. Best-selling author and tiny
house enthusiast Derek "Deek" Diedricksen profiles 40 tiny - but
practical - houses that are equipped for full-time living, all in
400 square feet or less. Detailed photography and a floor plan for
each structure highlight inventive space-saving design features
along with the nuts-and-bolts details of heating, cooling,
electric, and plumbing systems. The real-life stories of residents
highlight the pleasures, as well as the challenges, of day-to-day
living. With tips on what to consider before you build, along with
framing plans for a prototype small cabin, Micro Living is the
perfect starter handbook for both dreamers and doers.
A home can never have too much storage! In this collection of 25
articles from Fine Homebuilding and Fine Woodworking magazines,
America's most accomplished carpenters and woodworkers contribute
their advice on building sturdy cabinets, built-ins, and shelves.
build a breakfast nook, island, or pantry in your kitchen add
storage to your bed construct the perfect vanity for your bathroom
make a country hutch in your kitchen or just add shelves or
cabinets to any other room Beginners and experts alike will love
the basics section, which reviews must-know information about
plywood, lumber, glue-ups, and safety while sawing.
"Fixtures and Chucks to Make for Woodturning" will help woodturners
save money, expand their abilities and master new challenges,
giving them more success and confidence at the lathe. It gathers
all the essential information about woodturning chucks and fixtures
in one place for the first time, making it more accessible. More
than merely a reference for dedicated turners, this book is
designed to help both beginners and advanced turners improve their
skills and broaden the range of projects they tackle at the lathe,
by presenting a carefully crafted combination of how-to advice and
interesting, engaging projects. This book explains how to get the
most from commercial chucks, centres and faceplates. It also shows
how readers can make their own, tailoring the wood holders
precisely to the work they want to do.
Author's previous DIY pallet book is a strong backlist seller,
averages around 75 copies a week on Bookscan Wood pallet projects
continue to be a hot upcycling trend in DIY Includes 25 all-new
tutorials including seasonal decor for Halloween, Christmas, Fourth
of July and more Packaged in a lay-flat binding with hundreds of
step-by-step color photos
'Somerville knows more about wooden barn construction than almost
anyone alive.'-The Telegraph 'A joyful reminder of why nature,
being outside, being together and creating beauty is so good for
the soul.'-Kate Humble, broadcaster and author of A Year of Living
Simply 'For all our advances, it's hard to deny the modern world
brings with it new ills of disconnection and disenfranchisement,
but here in Barn Club they've found their cure.'-Barn the Spoon,
master craftsman and author of Spon Nature meets traditional craft
in this celebration of the elm tree, beautiful buildings and
community spirit. Barn Club calls on us to discover our landscapes
more intimately and to explore the joys of making beautiful things
by hand, together. When renowned craftsman Robert Somerville moved
to Hertfordshire, he discovered an unexpected landscape rich with
wildlife and elm trees. Nestled within London's commuter belt, this
wooded farmland inspired Somerville, a lifelong woodworker, to
revive the ancient tradition of hand-raising barns. Barn Club
follows the building of Carley Barn over the course of one year.
Volunteers from all walks of life joined Barn Club, inspired to
learn this ancient skill of building elm barns by hand, at its own
quiet pace and in the company of others, while using timber from
the local woods. The tale of the elm tree in its landscape is
central to Barn Club. Its natural history, historic importance and
remarkable survival make for a fascinating story. This is a tale of
forgotten trees, a local landscape and an ancient craft. This book
includes sixteen pages of colour photographs, and black and white
line drawings of techniques and traditional timber frame barns
feature throughout.
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