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• ALL SCREWED UP!: TURNED PUZZLES AND BOXES FEATURING CHASED THREADS

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  John Berkeley, well-known turner and teacher, shows you how to hand chase threads in wood, then use the technique in twenty projects to produce clever puzzles and boxes that combine beauty with a brain-teasing twist.

• Handmade: Creative Focus in the Age of Distraction

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  Why would you spend a lifetime learning to build furniture by hand, when machine-made furniture is perfectly adequate? For master furniture craftsman Gary Rogowski, the answer is that the discipline of working with one’s hands to create unnecessarily beautiful things shapes the builder into a more complete human being. In the tradition of “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” and “Shop Class as Soulcraft,” Rogowski’s “Handmade” is a profound meditation on the eternal value of manual work, creativity, human fallibility, and the stubborn pursuit of quality work. Rogowski tells his life story of how he became a craftsman and how years of persistent work have taught him patience, resilience, tolerance for failure, and a love of pursuing beauty and mastery for its own sake. Part autobiography, part guide to creativity, and part guide to living, “Handmade” is a book for craftspeople, artists, and anyone who seeks clarity, purpose, and creativity in their work … and the perfect antidote to a modern world that thinks human labor is obsolete.

• The Art of Whittling [LSI]

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  One of the earliest guides to traditional whittling, this reprint of a 1930s classic preserves all of the original projects and text. This manual is still sought after by whittlers because it explains how to carve many items popular in American tramp art and more complicated items that are not included in most whittling books, such as continuous wooden chains, hand tools, puzzles, balls inside spirals, swivels, entwined hearts, and buildings inside bottles.

• HOUSEBUILDING A DO-IT-YOURSELF GUIDE

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  This is the new revised and expanded edition. This is one of the classic books on housebuilding, over 350,000 copies in print. The new edition includes newly revised drawings, additional photos, and a thoroughly updated text. Procedures such as positioning doors and windows, laying a foundation, setting up a drainage system are all simplified so that it is clear what is needed. This covers all aspects of housebuilding. Regular $19.95 Special $15.95

• THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED G/T FINISHING

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  This is part of Taunton's "Complete Illustrated Guide" series. Jewitt provides in-depth coverage of tools and materials and covers all of the key processes from surface preparation to color matching. There are sections that cover advanced techniques such as adjusting color, disguising defects, toning, glazing, spray finishing and rubbing out. This is a complete look at finishing, from storing finishing materials to using various types of end coats. Regular $39.95 Special $31.95

• BEYOND BASIC TURNING: OFF-CENTER, COOPERED, AND LAMINATED WORK.

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  Cox covers design and techniques for producing fine pieces of turned woodwork using off center and segmented methods, coopering and laminating. Over 350 drawings and photos illustrate the procedures and show finished work. The author has included exercise pieces to acquaint the reader with basic skills and problems which may arise before attempting any of the dozen or so project pieces.