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• Cigar Box Guitars: The Ultimate DIY Guide for the Makers and Players of the Hand

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  Part DIY guide, part scrapbook – this book takes you behind the music to get a glimpse into the faces, places and workshops of the cigar box revolution. Cigar box guitars have never been more popular and now you can learn to make your own. You don't need to spend a lot of money and you don't need to have a shop full of tools. All you need to do is follow the author's step-by-step instructions for making three different styles of guitar. They're fun (some would say addictive) to build and even more fun to play! The guitars that can be made with this book: • Basic CBG: A simple build with the minimum number of components. It's a three string acoustic instrument built from a paper covered box and played with a slide and has burned-in fret lines, but no real frets. • Slightly Nicer CBG. Uses a nicer cigar box, has a more decorative, built-up headstock. Also has burned in fret-lines and three strings. In addition, this one incorporates a very simple piezo pickup so it can be played through an amplifier. Slightly more complex in woodworking terms and involves a bit of wiring and soldering. • Cigar Box Telecaster. This one would be built from a cigar box and a pre-fabbed six-string guitar neck. It would use commercial pickups and volume/tone controls. I'm picturing it as a tribute to the Fender Telecaster. It involves more complicated woodworking and much more wiring/soldering, as well as filling much of the box with wood to support the tension of six steel strings. More than just a how-to guide, this book chronicles the modern revival of the cigar box guitar. You’ll learn a bit about its roots, influential personalities and the cultural trends that are bringing this instrument back to the musical landscape. Author and professional photographer, David Sutton introduces readers the faces of the CGB movement with in-depth profiles and photographic portraits of fascinating builders and performers. Basic information about learning to play and tune a cigar box guitar are also included. A perfect opportunity to put a real American tradition in your own hands.

• COMPUTER WORK CENTER

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  Space for computer, monitor and printer with pull-out shelf for keyboard, plus bookshelves, a file drawer and extra desk space that pulls down from inside door. 66 in tall X 48 in wide and 23 in deep.

• The Soapbox Bible: How to Build Your Own Soapbox, Buggy, or Go-Cart

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  Here is the definitive illustrated reference to soapbox cars, buggies, and go-carts-complete with blueprints for turning these fun rides into reality. Whether building from a kit or starting from scratch, carting enthusiasts will find step-by-step guidance for 10 advanced projects, along with the key elements of design and construction: different brakes and bumpers, forms of propulsion, and steering mechanisms. The fabulous vehicles range from basic carts assembled from ready-made components to involved models that require simple carpentry and metalwork-including sports, vintage, and wind-powered carts, plus a motorized model. Customize your creation using accessories, embellishments, paint, decals or transfers.

• TURNING VINTAGE TOYS

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  To the delight of children and grandchildren, this handy guidebook offers an assortment of vintage wooden toy projects that hearken to bygone eras. Drawing primarily from Victorian and Edwardian eras, each wonderful toy project offers step-by-step instructions, cutting lists, wood recommendations, and techniques such as jigmaking and turning spheres and cylinders. In these 15 projects, crafters will find age-appropriate toys for toddlers to teens, including a diabalo for juggling, a yo-yo, toy soldiers and mice, colorful stacking discs, spinning tops, and bowling pins. More skilled toymakers will enjoy the challenge of crafting a kaleidoscope and a walking cow. Variations for each project allow crafters to personalize each toy, and a brief history of how and where the toy was used provides added value and interest.

• MISSION END TABLE

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  This end table rounds out our small table grouping for the Mission Line. Selects the boards carefully for the top and you will have a stunning table. We details the interlocking keys in the top in great details in the instructions so that this procedure can be easily accomplished. Size 27” high by 29” wide and 29” deep. Skill level: Beginner.

• PLAYHOUSE

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  Six feet square, including the porch, by about six feet tall at the peak of the roof.