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$12.95 $7.77 |
Manual Training Toys for the Boys Workshop was originally published in 1912. After a short introductory section on basic woodworking and shop tools, the book offers 42 shop projects. Each project comes with a cutting list and dimensioned drawing, and all date from the early part of the 20th century (many, no doubt, are from the 19th century). Many of these projects are toys that require some skill in woodwork but they are not too difficult for boys and their dads to do together. When the book was first published it was dedicated to the boy who likes to tinker round, so it was really written with the thought that the boys could make these projects without adult supervision. Many of the projects would now be considered nostalgic reminders of a time when things were much simpler and boys were trained to use tools and make things that would be at times useful, and always entertaining. This was a time long before text messaging and video games. Projects include a Fourth of July or New Years eve rattle, a cannon that shoots marbles, a kite string reel, a pop-gun and whistle, a bow and arrow, a sword, a magic box, and 35 other fun things for boys to build.
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$90.00 $54.00 |
"A Practical Work on Engineering Workshop Tools, Machines, Materials, and Equipment, Engineering Manufacturing Processes and Machining Operations" In 3 volumes. Caxton Pub. London. No date. C. 1940's. Covers all types of machine shop operations, milling, shaping, broaching, grinding, gearing, jigs and fixtures, various types of machines, measuring, drilling, hand tools, lapping, lathework, hardening, tempering, welding, forging, patternmaking, press work, foundry practice.
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$21.95 $13.17 |
The best woodworking projects from recent Taunton books. Presents 22 easy-to-build furnishings in a variety of styles. These projects will appeal to beginners in their simplicity. Provides step-by-step instructions, cut lists, and working drawings. Published at $21.95. Special $17.95.
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$185.00 $111.00 |
Two volumes, 1936 and 1937. Packed with photos and articles on carving, lumbering, furniture, marquetry, wood, woodwork, all types of information of interest to woodworkers. Example articles, "The Woodwork of the Queen Mary", "Packing Cases", "Education in Woodwork", "A Glossary of Wood", "Barred Doors and How They Evolved (Cabinet Doors) by Charles Hayward, "Tennis Rackets", "Railway Cars", "Timber Ports in Great Britain", "Timbered Town Halls in Germany", "The Coastal Forests of Kenya", "Notable Examples of Woodwork", "Mfg. of Cricket Bats".
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$14.95 $8.97 |
The book is widely recognized as the finest single source on the subject of outdoor survival. It includes the will to survive, survival medicine, making tools and weapons, building fires, shelters, direction finding, signaling, mountain, desert, tropical and artic survival. Anyone interested in self reliance will enjoy this book.
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$19.95 $11.97 |
Learn the art of box making from one of the foremost experts of the craft. Through Doug Stowe's decades of experience, you'll learn the basic techniques to get started, as well as more advanced ways to approach finely crafted boxes. Project after project, your skills will build, and you'll come to refine your work, asking how can processes could be simplified and how can finishes be improved. Throughout the book, Stowe offers this advice: Repeat yourself. Repetition leads to refinement, and refinement leads to success.