A Victorian-era collection of plans, diagrams and instructions for a variety of projects, not just cabinets.Just a few of the chapter headings are: hints about wood, hints about glue, a tea table, a 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 wooden coal-box, a double washstand, a combination bedroom suite, a child's cot, a chest of drawers, an umbrella stand, a luggage-stool, a combination music-box and stool, a combination music-cabinet and coal-box, a corner bracket cabinet, a garden swing, a revolving book stand, a wool-winder, instantaneous shutters, a three-cornered writing table, a folding jewel-case, an easily-made dog kennel, and how to make a mortise and tenon joint.

In harmony with the Shaker spirit, Measured Drawings of Shaker Furniture and Woodenware emphasizes simplicity, precision and utility. This book, along with Handberg's Shop Drawings of Shaker Furniture and Woodenware, is represented by over 100,000 copies in print and nearly twenty years of service to cabinetmakers and antiques collectors worldwide. These highly respected books have established themselves as an authoritative source. No furniture makers, antique lovers, libraries or museums should be without them. This book includes careful advice on the selection and drying of wood and provides accurate scale drawings of such sought-after Shaker items as apothecary cupboard, sewing stand, revolving stool, sewing accessories, workstand, high chair, cupboard chest, candlestands, stool dippers, chest of drawers, trestle table footstool, chair finials, work counter, drop leaf table, settee, knobs and pulls, tailoresses' counter, washstands, wall clock, oval boxes and carriers, sewing desk, chairs, lap desk, and more.

This book explains how to make a solid-body lap steel guitar. Because building a lap steel is relatively easy, it provides an excellent introduction into the art of guitarbuilding. With 225 photos and 40 line drawings, Martin Koch shows how to make two different lap steel guitars in simple, easy-to-follow steps. He even explains how to make your own guitar pickup using the world's simplest pickup winder. The author puts special emphasis on the use of hand tools.

Techniques, tools, and designs used in wood carving are described and illustrated in this edition originally published in 1905 - a practical manual and guide to all kinds of wood carving, including chip carving, flat carving, incised work and figure carving, together with an essay on the principles of design for carved work of all kinds. Fred T. Hodgson was an architect, editor of the National Builder, and author of many other books on construction techniques.

The Custom Home Office shows readers how to build attractive custom home office furniture and provides essential information on office layout, materials, and wiring. The opening section offers general guidance on design, with chapters on space planning and ergonomics, materials and hardware, and lighting and computers. Section two covers specific projects including a built-in desk, a filing cabinet, a desktop with cubbyholes, closed storage cabinets, and shelving. Each project is described in a detailed chapter with cutlists, complete drawings, and clear process photography. Sidebars offer style options so each component can be customized to fit any room or office setup. Included are 12 building projects with a variety of style options and a focus on practical issues.

This true story of Texas millionaire Tom Slick's quest for the Abominable Snowman and other cryptids--creatures unknown to science--reveals a life made for the movies. Fascinating stories of Slick's early brushes with adventure such as his stepfather's abduction by George "Machine Gun" Kelly in 1933 and his creation of a research facility near Loch Ness are followed by his later expeditions into Nepal and the Pacific Northwest in search of the yeti and its counterpart, the Sasquatch. The story of Slick's amazing, fanatic, and driven search for the stuff of legends takes readers on a whirlwind journey from the dense temperate rainforests of Washington State to the icy peaks of the Himalayas--and shows that sometimes cryptids leave the halls of the imagination and are found and captured, as proved by the giant panda and the Komodo dragon, leaving readers to wonder what more there is to be discovered.

Benewens duidelike stap-vir-stap aanwysings en foto's en pragfoto's van elke voltooide kunswerk, is daar nuttige patroneen ontwerpe wat jy kan gebruik op jou pad na roem. Die titel oorbrug die gaping tussen kuns en handwerk met maklike handwerktegnieke wat enigeen kan gebruik vir treffende skilderye. Jy kan dit ook doen - jy moet net weet hoe!

All about building entrances to the home. Detailed charts for identification of parts and joints, steps for constructing and hanging, exercises for perfecting building skills, and dozens of designs.

" Chains carved from a single block of wood, cages whittled with wooden balls rattling inside -- all "made with just a pocketknife" -- are among our most enduring folk designs. Who makes them and why? what is their history? what do they mean for their makers, for their viewers, for our society? Simon J. Bronner portrays four wood carvers in southern Indiana, men who had been transplanted from the rural landscapes of their youth to industrial towns. After retiring, they took up a skill they remembered from childhood. Bronner discusses how creativity helped these men adjust to change and how viewers' responses to carving reflect their own backgrounds. By recording the narratives of these men's lives, the stories and anecdotes that laced their conversation, Bronner finds new insight into the functions and symbolism of traditional craft. Including anew illustrated afterword in which the author discusses recent developments in the carver's art, this new edition will appeal to carvers, scholars, and anyone interested in traditional woodworking.

Stairbuilding and handrailing, the very summit of the joiner's art, has interested woodworkers for centuries. This classic text is a wealth of information regarding design and construction of traditional wood stairs and handrailing for the beginner, the stairbuilder, and the architect. "There is simply no better book available on the subject". -- Fine Homebuilding

Master carver, Ian Norbury, provides a detailed guide for all craftsmen to discover the art of creating facial expressions in woodcarving.

Blending traditional and modern skills, this is a comprehensive and practical guide for all students of woodwork. Subjects covered include tools, doors, windows, floors, roofs, stairs and access.

This book presents complete measured drawings and detailed plans for 20 clocks for the craftsman to make and features designs ranging from period bracket clocks and a traditional long-case to more contemporary styles. Throughout the text there are instructions and the plans are scaled both in metric and imperial units, with a range of suppliers for clock components included.

With "The Woodwright's Companinon," Roy Underhill continues to demonstrate "how to start with a tree and an axe and make one thing after another until you have a house and everything in it." This volume features chapters on helves and handles, saws, the search for the whetstone quarry, crow chasers and turkey calls, hurdles, whimmy diddles, snaplines and marking gauges, candle stands, planes, window sash, riven shingles, and pit sawing. The final chapter offers a glimpse of traditional woodworking techniques still used by the Colonial Williamsburg housewrights. More than 260 photographs complement the text.

Superb guide to every aspect of the craft: necessary tools and appliances, esthetics of wood carving, comprehensive history of wood carving design, and of course, clear, precise instructions on every technique. Index.

Dogpatch, Arkansas carver gives detailed instructions and illustrations for ten delightful projects -- Rufus and Sadie, Bootsie the cow, banjo player, "Ozark Trail's End," "revenooers," and more. Includes illustrated general carving instructions. 22 drawings and 47 photographs altogether. .,."one of the better (books) around on wood-carving..."--"Indianapolis News,"