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• MARKUP & PROFIT: A CONTRACTOR'S GUIDE

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  Nobody wants to lose money on a job because they charged too little. If you know the markup for your business, and every business is different, you can apply it to your job costs and come up with the correct price to charge for a job. This book is an excellent guide for figuring markup for any construct- ion company, regardless of trade or size. Includes a free computer disk with formulas, forms and checklists.

• Chainsaw Carving: The Art & Craft, 2nd ed

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  Get inspired to create your own chainsaw art with the help of author and artist Hal Macintosh as he guides you through the chainsaw basics and step-by-step projects that show you how to create "scratch drawings," relief and pierced relief carvings, step-cut carvings, life-sized three-dimensional carvings, and totem poles. An extended photo gallery features the works of 23 chainsaw carvers, and this expanded edition includes new projects with detailed line drawings that show you how to make eight craft projects out of one log, as well as benches, planters, and fire wood holders. You'll find that everything imaginable can be created by a skilled chainsaw artisan -- glass-topped tables, stately bed frames, old-world Santas, soaring eagles and more.

• O'DONNELL'S WOODTURNING TECHNIQUES

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  From an internationally renowned turner who brought you "Turning Green Wood" comes an extremely practical guide to the process of woodturning. This new book covers materials, equipment and machinery, how to store timber, safety, tools, sanding and much more. Projects include a bowl, lamp, goblet, box and more. Even complex techniques are made simple with O'Donnell's logical step-by-step manner of instruction.

• CODE CHECK BUILDING, 2nd Ed.

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  Code Check Building's 2nd Edition is a builder, remodeler, and inspector's trusted friend. The most up-to-date information presented in Taunton's Code Check series' trademark straightforward text and unique illustrations. Designed to withstand the jobsite, Code Check Building has durable laminated pages and spiral binding. Toss it in the truck, put it in your on-the-job portfolio, or make room in the tool box -- just be sure to keep it at reach...you'll be needing it.

• DIY TO THE RESCUE

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  Subtitle: "50 Home Improvement Projects". This book by the two co-hosts of DIY To The Rescue features extremely detailed step-by-step instructions and images and is a superb guide leads beginners—and weekend warriors. It covers all the basic home improvement skills and showcases more than 35 complete indoor and outdoor projects—in a variety of styles, techniques, complexity, and budgets, with before, during, and after photography.

• BUILD LIKE A PRO: BUILDING OUTDOOR STRUCTURES

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  Building Outdoor Structures offers practical, easy-to-follow instructions on enhancing any home’s front and backyard with the natural beauty of wood. Starting with the simple uses of wood in landscaping, such as raised beds, author Scott McBride shows the average DIYer how to build retaining walls, arbors, pergolas and 7 other projects, including a gazebo. The book covers everything from choosing materials to building techniques.