Woodshop for Kids has you everything you'll need to know to get kids (ages 4-12) started using real tools to build real projects. Safety, tools, wood, measuring, hammering, nails and screws are discussed. Included are many tricks gleaned from Jack's 15 plus years of helping kids build with wood. Construction details for 52 projects are given. Projects range from the very simple like wood sanding, tops or puzzles for preschoolers to the more advanced like boxes, boats, yahoo stick or rope machine for older elementary age kids. Included are many photographs of kid created projects.

Featuring each piece in highly-detailed, exploded drawings and applying time-honoured dimensions and ergonomic standards, this comprehensive visual sourcebook takes the guesswork out of furniture joinery, assembly, dimension and style. Woodworkers of any skill level will benefit from more than 1,300 crisp and detailed drawings that explain classic solutions to age-old problems, such as hanging a drawer, attaching a tabletop and pegging a mortise. Covering hundreds of pieces of furniture, including kitchen cabinets, dining tables, desks, bookcases and chests, readers will unlock the mysteries of legs, moldings, separate braces and dozens of other sub-assemblies.Bill Hylton is a frequent contributor to woodworking magazines, including "Woodworker's Journal".

Originally published in 1918, this is a wonderful book of things for children, young adults or 'handy' grown-ups to make, full of great project pieces. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include A Sawing Trestle A Joiner's Bench A Handy Bookstand A House Ladder A Developing Sink A Poultry House and Run A Shed for your Bicycle A Target Apparatus for Rifle Shooting Cabinet-Making Telegraphic Apparatus A Reciprocating Electric Motor An Electric Alarm Clock A Model Electric Railway A Simple Reciprocation Engine A Horizontal Slide-Value Engine Model Steam Turbines Steam Tops Model Boilers Quick-Boiling Kettles A Hot Air Engine A Water Motor Model Pumps Kites Paper Gliders A Self Launching Model Aeroplane Apparatus for Simple Scientific Experiments A Rain Gauge Wind Vanes with Dials A Strength-Testing Machine Lung-Testing Apparatus Home-Made Harmonographs A Self-Supplying Matchbox A Wooden Workbox Wrestling Puppets Double Bellows A Home-made Pantograph A Silhouette Drawing Machine A Signalling Lamp A Miniature Gasworks

"This Old House "meets "Wayne's World "in this zany guide to designing and building tiny homes"" Derek Diedricksen has always had a love for small, modest houses ever since his father gave him the book "Tiny Tiny Houses" by Lester Walker for his tenth birthday. Combining his artistic abilities, wild imagination, and his passion for small houses, he self-published "Humble Homes, Simple Shacks, Cozy Cottages, Ramshackle Retreats, Funky Forts, and Whatever the Heck Else we could Squeeze in Here" in 2009. This book is a collection of Diedricksen's creative/imaginative sketches for building small houses, shacks, cottages, and forts. The sketches are accompanied with hand-written commentary, both instructive and comical. Derek's main purpose is to get your creative juices flowing and encourage you to get off the couch and use your hands. Believing that specific building plans squash creativity, he avoids too many detailed instructions, giving you the chance to put your own creative spin on your very own small abode (even if it is just in your imagination).

This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of international literature classics available in printed format again - worldwide.

The Illustrated Living History series offers a close look at how Native Americans, explorers, and colonists lived their everyday lives in the America of the 16th-19th centuries. Each title in the series, especially created for grades 5 to 10, has been carefully researched for authentic detail and accurately illustrated to help young readers have fun discovering America's earliest history and development.

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

An inspiring, aspirational and practical guide to building fires both indoors and out. 'A cracking book' Sainsbury's Magazine 'Follow these tips and your inner caveman will be proud' Sunday Times 'A brilliantly informative guide with stylish illustrations' Yorkshire Post 'Celebrates the heart-warming properties of the hearth' Simple Things Nothing beats the companionable crackle of an open fire. Fires invite us to sit and share stories or watch in contemplative silence. We feel drawn to the flickering flames, the gentle curls of aromatic smoke and reassuring radiant heat. Snuggled under a blanket, toasting crumpets and listening to the pleasing pops of burning wood - what better way to spend a winter's evening? Or, come the summer, few pleasures are richer than cooking food, perched around a campfire, waiting for the stars to come out. But for all this talk, how many of us know how to build a fire? Would we know which kinds of trees burn best? Could we make our own firelighters or build the perfect fire stack? The Little Book of Building Fires is a richly illustrated pocket guide to sourcing, seasoning and storing firewood, choosing kindling and tinder, and how to build and light the perfect fire. From campfires to woodburners, bonfires to open hearths, this book blends practicality with personal experience and will get you back in touch with your ancient firemaking instincts.

'Carving the Little Guys' presents an accessible introduction to the art of caricature carving for beginning woodcarvers. Author Keith Randich takes you cut-by-cut through the process of transforming a small block of wood into an expressive little guy. This easy-to-learn tutorial teaches all of the essential techniques needed to get started in an enjoyable and rewarding new hobby. Basic information is included on wood, tools, sharpening, cutting, safety, finishing, repairs and more.

Originally published in 1934, this guide to French Polishing contains a wealth of knowledge for anyone who wants to find out more about the subject, and also for those who are in the trade and wish to know more about methods and techniques. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include: The Improving and Preparation of Furniture Woods Stains and Imitations French Polishing Cheap Work Re-Polishing Old Work Spirit Varnishing General Instructions Enamelling American Polishing Processes Miscellaneous Recipes Materials Used

This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of international literature classics available in printed format again - worldwide.

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.