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• FOR PROS BY PROS: FRAMING ROOFS Rev. Ed

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  This essential reference for pros and passionate amateurs is back with a fresh design and updated content. Written by respected builders from all over America, this extensive revision collects all the latest roof framing articles from the pages of Fine Homebuilding magazine—from cutting rafters and framing roof valleys to building dormers and working with roof trusses. The contributors offer hard-earned, job-tested advice on an impressive variety of tools, techniques, and trade secrets. Framing Roofs shows how to work with speed and precision, and, since working on a roof is often a complicated and dangerous task, safety is always at the forefront.

• BUILD STUFF WITH WOOD

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  You don’t need a ton of talent, tools, or space to make amazing projects with wood -- just a willingness to dive in and try. In Build Stuff with Wood, the former editor of Fine Woodworking magazine throws out the old rules, creating useful, stylish items using only a few portable power tools, off the-shelf lumber, and some unusual supplies. Whether you are entering the handmade world for the first time or just looking for easy, weekend projects, this book is for you. You’ll get 14 projects to build, including: •Outdoor bench •Cedar planters with bench •Curvy cutting board •Postmodern coffee table •Floating shelves •Hanging lamp •Rolling workstation •and more! Plus, Asa’s chapter on what to build and where to build it makes this the perfect book for anyone just starting out. He covers off on basic tools you’ll need, understanding lumber, and safety essentials.

• ROUGH FRAMING CARPENTRY

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  Framing can be a high-productivity, high-profit business, if you have mastered the requisite framing skills. Currie describes quick, efficient ways to frame residential and commercial buildings. How to mark, cut, and drill plates efficiently. How to speed-cut blocks, trimmers, and plates by eye. How to spot information missing from plans. The author suggests typical piecework prices you can quote for most framing work. Mr Currie owns his own construction company specializing in custom homes and residential tracts. REGULAR $26.50 OUR PRICE $19.95. You save 24%. REGULAR $26.50 SPECIAL $19.95

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  How do I turn rings? What's the best way to chuck spoons? Woodturning Methods guides you through a host of special techniques which have not been brought together before. Various chapters explore chucking, spindle turning, turning slender spindles, turning spheres, eccentric turning, multi-axis turning, turning ellipses and drilling in the lathe. Mr. Darlow was the owner of a woodturning business for many years.

• BUILD LIKE A PRO: REMODELING A BASEMENT

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