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This introduction to the slender craft of pencil carving shows how to make ordinary pencils come to life. Readers learn to whittle fascinating Santa pencils, Wood Spirits, Leprechauns and even an iconic Uncle Sam. Each complete project includes detailed instructions for whittling these skinny subjects, accompanied by dozens of step-by-step illustrations. The author provides important tips for selecting the proper micro-mini carving tools, plus advice on choosing the right kind of oversized pencil-made from plastic resin-that will take fine detail. He describes different options for popular beard variations, plus basic rules for painting, finishing and sealing.
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Features 17 quick and easy to carve projects for beginners. Each project has been chosen to introduce new techniques. Norbury covers the techniques of carving in the round, chip carving, and relief carving, as well as knife work, and working with burrs and rasps. The projects are small, useful, and fun to make and most can be completed in a few days or over a weekend.
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This book helps fill the gap between what you can find in the building code span tables and what you need to pay a certified engineer to do. This shows you how to figure stresses for pre-engineered wood or wood structural members, how to calculate loads, and how to design your own girders, joists, and beams. Includes an easy to use version of NorthBridge Software's Wood Beam Sizing program. Regular price $38.00 our price $30.00 you save 20%
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Laughton is a professional woodworker and here he gives a well thought out, methodical approach to laying out, cutting, fitting, and final assembly for miters, butt and edge joints, notched and halved joints, mortise and tenon, dovetails, and dadoed joints.
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With Jeff Jewitt's proven methods you can achieve beautiful, professional looking results. Detailed step-by-step instructions lead you through each technique. You'll also discover how to get just the look you want, from Arts & Crafts to colonial cherry to a modern whitewash. Chapters cover Tools, Materials, Surface Preparation, Coloring Wood, Filling Pores, Glazing, Toning and Shading, Applying Finishes, Rubbing Out, and Cleaning and Repair. There is also a chapter covering numerous specialty finishes.
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In these two classic volumes, now combined into one convenient paperback, Frid has packed more than 50 years of practical woodworking experience. He his techniques step by step, with instructions keyed to sharp black-and-white photographs. In the first part, Frid shows you how to make a wide variety of joints with hand tools and machines, and how to select the right joinery for each application. In the second part, Frid continues the documentation of essential woodworking techniques: bending, shaping, carving, turning, veneering, inlaying, and finishing.