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CREATIVE DESIGNS FOR ONE-OF-A-KIND, UPCYCLED PROJECTS USING THE
WORLD'S MOST WIDELY AVAILABLE RECLAIMED WOOD Crafting with Wood
Pallets offers readers innovative new projects for transforming
wood pallets into all types of beautiful, useful items for the home
and garden. Packed with color photos and easy-to-follow
instructions for over 25 DIY projects, this book shows how to
build, paint, and finish unique gifts, decor, and furniture,
including: * Cute jewelry organizer * Rustic coffee table * Chic
wine bar * Family chalkboard * Inspiring word art * Handy step
stool
Easy-to-follow instructions and diagrams for building dozens of
attractive, practical birdhouses -- from a one-room house for
bluebirds to a forty-two-room structure for purple martins. Also
contains a supplement with easy projects for novices, among them
houses made from such common objects as gourds, flower pots, and
tin cans. 56 plates; 4 figures.
This innovative collection features 35 simple, inexpensive projects
that you can make from salvaged and upcycled materials - cardboard,
metal, plastic, and wood. The projects include tables, shelving
units, chairs, lamps, and more, in a variety of styles. Many are
stackable and easily portable, most can be made in a weekend, and
all include instructions for disassembly and disposal when you're
ready to re-purpose the materials. If you'd rather make than buy,
these low-budget, high-style designs are just what you're looking
for.
For more than twenty years, Roy Underhill has taught the techniques
of traditional woodcraft with muscle-powered tools. With his four
previous books and his popular PBS series, The Woodwright's Shop,
now in its sixteenth season, Roy has inspired millions to take up
chisel and plane. The master woodwright returns here with
instructions for handcrafting an appealing selection of projects
from the American woodworking tradition. The Woodwright's
Apprentice begins with directions for building a workbench. Each
successive project builds new skills for the apprentice
woodworker--from frame construction to dovetailing, turning,
steam-bending, and carving. Among the twenty items featured are an
African chair, a telescoping music stand, a walking-stick chair, a
fireplace bellows, and a revolving Windsor chair. Designed both for
woodworking novices and for more seasoned woodworkers looking for
enjoyable projects, the book includes step-by-step directions,
complete with easy-to-follow photographs and measured drawings, and
an illustrated glossary of tools and terms. All of the pieces
presented here are based on projects featured in past and upcoming
seasons of The Woodwright's Shop television show. |Amidst the
violent racism prevalent at the turn of the 20th century, African
American cultural elites, struggling to articulate a positive black
identity, developed a middle-class ideology of racial uplift.
Insisting that they were truly representative of the race's
potential, black elites espoused an ethos of self-help and service
to the black masses and distinguished themselves from the black
majority as agents of civilization; hence the phrase 'uplifting the
race.' A central assumption of racial uplift ideology was that
African Americans' material and moral progress would diminish white
racism. But Kevin Gaines argues that, in its emphasis on class
distinctions and patriarchal authority, racial uplift ideology was
tied to pejorative notions of racial pathology and thus was limited
as a force against white prejudice.
With more than 1,800 drawings, diagrams and photos, this authoritative guide encompasses the whole art and craft of woodworking. Designed to instruct and inspire every woodworker from the beginner to the most exacting expert, it has become a classic. It includes a discussion of all the principal hardwoods and softwoods, how to choose and use hand tools, detailed information on every woodworking technique--jointing, bonding, fastening, laminating, and much more.
Wood bending is intriguing to the vast majority of woodworkers,
but until now most have not had access to the information they need
to add it to their repertoire. This highly visual book and DVD
changes that. It features step-by-step instruction on some of the
most common techniques. Expert Lon Schleining explains and
demonstrates both steam bending (where steam relaxes wood fibers so
they can be shaped when clamped to a bending form) and bent
lamination (where thin strips of wood are glued together, then
clamped to a bending form). Schleining shows just how easy it can
be to master these techniques, even using relatively low-tech
equipment.
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.
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
Carving Kitchen Tools is the beginning of your woodworking journey
and is a practical guide to creating your own beautiful utensils.
From the all-important wooden spoon to butter knives, salad servers
and spatulas, Moa Brannstroem Ott shows you how to create kitchen
implements that will bring individuality and personality to your
home. As well as this, Carving Kitchen Tools explores the variety
of different woods, their properties and the whittling techniques
to which they are most suited. With step-by-steps to illustrate the
correct grips for knife and wood, tips on how to source your wood
and details on the tools you need, this book is the perfect guide
to this surprisingly simple and mindful craft. Projects include:
Butter knives Frying utensils Straight spoons Curved spoons Salad
servers Kuksa cups
A Place for Everything...
Whether you need storage for books, DVDs, games or clothes,
you'll find attractive, custom options in this book. Open shelving?
An enclosed cabinet? A classic bookcase? They're all here.
"Building Bookcases, Cabinets and Shelves" offers 29 storage
solutions in a variety of styles and sizes with both open and
enclosed storage. Each project includes cutting lists, step-by-step
instructions and tips and advice from professional woodworkers who
have made each piece. Best of all, you can build them just as they
are, or customize further to make each piece uniquely yours.
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