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This book includes choice camping and fishing ideas; gadgets, projects, and appliances to construct (including an improved tent peg and an outdoor fireplace); advice for making the most of your time on the water; all the basics of creating a temporary or permanent camp structure; and fundamental skills such as archery. From the fascinating (making a bed of boughs and a paddle-wheel boat) to the fantastic (building a log cabin), everybody will find a panorama of entertaining possibilities represented here.
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Resource for beginners, intermediate and advanced burners wishing to improve their skills. Includes reference chapter on tools and sources, tips, tricks, techniques and step-by-step projects.
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This advanced guide to carving and illustrating dogs demonstrates how to capture the unique personality found in a wide variety of dog breeds. Detailed tips for depicting long-haired dogs, short-haired dogs, and puppies are provided, including step-by-step instructions for a short-haired dachshund, a Lhasa apso, and a golden retriever puppy. Vital tips and techniques are further clarified with full-color images of each carving project and a sampling of illustrated patterns of the country's top breeds. Intermediate and advanced carvers who use power carving tools will find creative inspiration in this project book.
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This Thorough Introduction To Stickmaking Explains How To Craft A Wide Range Of Traditional Walking Sticks, Market Sticks, And Crooks From Start To Finish. Craftsmen Of Any Level Will Benefit From The Detailed Explanations On Identifying, Cutting, And Seasoning Suitable Wood And Selecting Alternate Carving Materials Such As Antlers And Ram Or Cow Horn.
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Brought to you by two tiling experts -- each with over 20 years as working professionals -- this all-encompassing manual delivers everything you need to handle any tiling job from start to finish. The authors even point out several types of tiling projects -- with potentially costly repercussions -- that are best left for the professionals. Loaded with color photographs and detailed instructions in clear, precise language, Tiling Complete makes it a breeze to get the job done right -- even if you're a novice.
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Inspired by Shaker, Arts & Crafts, and other popular styles, here's a new book of Traditional Box Projects that will appeal to a wide range of woodworkers. It's not a book full of exacting reproductions for master craftsmen only -- but more of a detailed guide to creating attainable interpretations of the most beautiful and enduring box designs. Although most of the boxes are easy to build, there is a range of complexity to the projects you'll find -- with a few challenging projects that will test your skills. Here are just a few of the projects you'll discover. Shaker lap box Fumed oak humidor Glass-tipped display case Jewelry box with dovetailed drawers By presenting each project with step-by-step instructions -- and detailed photos -- author Strother Purdy gives you all the advice you need to build these durable, functional boxes with precision. And he shares lots of inside secrets on how to add the final aesthetic touches to each piece. You'll also discover some tried and true tips on how to avoid common pitfalls -- plus some very creative alternative design and construction options. If you've always wanted to try your hand at building these classic wooden boxes, here's a user-friendly guide that will walk you through a range of satisfying projects. And the next time you're searching for a unique gift, you can share a little part of yourself with one of these beautiful boxes.
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Amy Mathews, the host of DIY networks Bathroom Renovations, takes the intimidation out of restoration. Using projects adapted from the series, she provides a superbly organized, informative introduction that assesses the space and layout possibilities; reviews the range of styles and prices for cabinets, countertops, sinks, faucets, showers, tubs, fittings, walls, and floors; and covers design elements such as lighting, storage, and ventilation. Concise, illustrated instructions (peppered with lots of encouragement) provide the fundamental nuts and bolts of renovation techniques, from removing tubs and installing toilets to laying tile and restoring windows. Ten complete redos come with before, during, and after photography, and offer homeowners their choice of styles, time investment, and budget options. Theres something to appeal to every taste and need.
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Lavishly illustrated with beautiful, evocative watercolors, this record visits dozens of locations influential to the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Saroyan, best known for his play The Time of Your Life. Accompanied by well-documented biographical research, this series of paintings highlights places critical to Saroyans life, such as his familys ancestral home of Bitlis, Armenia; the Fred Finch Orphanage in Oakland, where he spent five years of his early childhood; and the MGM Studios in Los Angeles, where he enjoyed a short and tumultuous career as a screenwriter. The majority of this collection, however, explores the beloved vistas of Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley from which he drew his inspirationfrom the Armenian churches of Fresno to the sprawling vineyards of the surrounding California landscape.
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Inventive and unique, this dynamic collection of woodworking projects teaches the basic skills needed to make exciting, action-packed toys. From rapid-fire nickel launchers and ball-and-socket robots to a monkey-toss gumball machine, each project includes a color photograph, a tools and materials list, a full diagram, woodworking plans, and instructions for using the finished product. Covering all the methods necessary for creationselecting wood, drilling and shaping, making wheels and axles, and decorationthese constructions are simple enough for children and parents to complete together, all in an afternoons time.
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"The Fine Art of Containment & Concealment" . 400 outstanding works that range from traditional to wildly contemporary. Each box appears in a color plate and many of them include detailed images that reveal important construction features. The boxes were all picked for inclusion in the book by Tony Lydgate, a renowned boxmaker.
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Explore the charm of the bungalow through 500 color photos. Discover the enduring charm and artistry of the bungalow by touring hundreds of examples, from prairie- and Spanish-style, to Craftsman and beyond. Douglas Keister, renowned architectural photographer takes you on a visual tour of Americas favorite house style. He has beautifully photographed bungalows from across the country, and presents them here in crisp detail. Whether youre looking to build or improve your home, or just want enjoy this architectural forms casual elegance, 500 Bungalows is a delight!
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Discover the appeal of this modest, yet inviting house style through 500 color photos. Few things do more to set a homes character than its scale. And in the cottage, people have for hundreds of years found a home that is inviting, without being ostentatious, modest without a feeling of confinement. Doug Keisters photography brings to life 500 cottages, organized by style, including English, storybook, bungalettes, Victorian, and Spanish-influenced casitas.
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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.
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50 simple projects for birds, butterflys, and bat. All you need is basic woodworking tools and skills. Each design is guaranteed to attrack a specific species in every region from Australia, the US and Europe. Includes step-by-step instructions and color photos throughout. All materials lists in inches and mm.
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Freedman presents a wide variety of box styles and step by step instructions for collection of 15 boxes. This is for the beginner and intermediate woodworker. Boxes have become a very popular project for the shop because generally they do not take much material, advanced tools, and they make terrific gifts. In addition they can be very simple or very complex in construction. The author sells his boxes through galleries and craft shows.
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Boxmaking is extremely popular because it offers the woodworker a canvas for so many approaches, styles and techniques of working in wood. This book is the result of a worldwide competition for placement in the exhibition of "Celebrating Boxes" to be held at Tullie House, England. The book includes work by artists from Britain, US, Australia, Russia, Denmark, Canada, Israel, and New Zealand. This book is a tour de force on the art of boxes and will be a huge source of design ideas for woodworkers, interior designers, and artists.
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Lots of good ideas from the long neglected area of Celtic art. Step by step instructions are included and the projects can all be made with a fairly basic range of tools. The projects include a Hand Mirror, Message Board, Lovespoons, Celtic Knotwork Border, Celtic Cross, Coasters in a Holder, and more.
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Subtitle: "A Modern Approach to Traditional Design". With this richly-illustrated manual, Bogdanovich shows exactly how to build that first, beautiful guitar, using traditional, time-tested methods. Requirements are simply basic woodworking skills and a minimally equipped shop. 300+ pages lay out construction in painstaking detail.