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• Doormaking: Materials, Techniques and Projects for Building Your First Door

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  Materials, Techniques and Projects for Building Your First Door. Few pieces of furniture, save perhaps chairs, work as hard as doors. Building them to last, especially exterior doors, takes knowledge and experience that don’t come from making other types of furniture, such as tables and bookcases. Doormaking: Materials, Techniques and Projects for Building Your First Door by woodworker Strother Purdy gathers all the information and guidance that both beginning and intermediate woodworkers need to be successful making their first door.

• THE BOOK OF WOOD NAMES

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  Vernacular and Botanical Nomenclature of World Woods. This work, originally published in Germany in 1936, contains over 30,000 wood names with their corresponding commercial, common, and vernacular names. Includes are species, family and area or country of origin. The great practical value of the work lies in the availability of common or local names for various timbers. There are no illustrations. REGULAR $35.00 OUR PRICE $25.95. You save 26%.

• FOR PROS BY PROS: WINDOWS AND DOORS

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  "Installing, Replacing, Repairing". Learn from the builders who have installed (and fixed botched installations) of doors and windows. 21 articles from past issues of Fine Homebuilding magazine are presented, all of which deal with windows and doors-choosing them, building them, installing them, fixing them. Topics discussed include weather-tight installation, how to choose engery-efficient units, how to install specialty doors, how to make stock windows a custom look, and more.

• TURNING SALT & PEPPER SHAKERS AND MILLS#

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  Subtitle: : 30 Projects for turners of all levels Please pass the salt! And pepper! This first ever book dedicated to turning salt and pepper shakers and mills will guide turners in creating small projects that are practical and beautiful, perfect for yourself or to give as a handmade gift. The 30 step-by-step projects, rated by level of difficulty, are fairly easy to finish and use only small amounts of expensive materials. While turning wood is the focus, author Chris West also shows how the same design can be reconceived using different accessories—like glass, metals, or ceramics—and assembly methods. The designs include both traditional and CrushGrind mechanisms, which allow for more flexibility and grinding options (for coarse or fine grit). A gallery of work from internationally recognized turners rounds out this craft-pleasing book filled with beautiful pieces.

• GUNSTOCK CARVING: A Step-by-Step Guide to Engraving Rifles and Shotguns

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  The specialized art of carving gunstocks is very popular with both hunters and crafters. Many hunters commission artists to carve an image replicating a successful hunt on their gun or rifle which is then displayed to commemorate their catch. This type of woodcarving can be very lucrative and now carvers of all levels can learn this process from start to finish with this new book by Bill Janney.

• 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.