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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.

• PRACTICAL BLACKSMITHING VOL I

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  This is a basic resource for today's blacksmith. Volume I begins with an account of the tools and equipment of the blacksmith and continues with shop plans, diagrams demonstrating various smithing techniques, and discusses iron and steel. Richardson also discusses a number of basic processes such as drilling, fullering, and swaging. Volume II see item 2-309

• BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS AND HOW TO BUILD THEM

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  First published in 1881, this volume presents dozens of practical examples of barns and outbuildings, complete with floor plans and building instructions. Includes a corn house, self-feeding corn crib, icehouse, springhouses, granaries, dog houses, pigeon houses, various types of barns, a duck house, sheep shelters, and much more. Quite an interesting book that shows old time ingenuity in both craft and design.

• GARDEN ARBOR

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  This arbor is 66"W x 24"D x 90"H and can be made as a simple archway, or a gateway, or you can add a bench seat and sit and relax instead. This plan comes with a complete shopping list, cutting list, construction details, step-by-step instructions and photography. Skill Level - Beginner Tools Needed Drill, jigsaw, circular saw, hammer, tape measure, shovel, post hole digger, handsaw, miter box, level, square

• QUILT RACK

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  Includes bill of materials. Exploded drawing. Approx. 30" wide by 31" high

• WINE RACK

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  This handsome cabinet stores 21 bottles of wine and can be made with domestic hardwoods. Size: 32” high by 31” wide and 19” deep. Skill level: Intermediate.