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• 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clarity, purpose, and creativity in their work … and the perfect antidote to a modern world that thinks human labor is obsolete.

• WOODTURNING TECHNIQUES

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  This is the latest in Darlow's series of books. Here he discusses bowls, vases, and other works. He includes detailed diagrams and text on gluing, spindle turning, cupchucking, threading, and finishing.

• THE BOY MECHANIC MAKES TOYS

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  This follow-up to The Boy Mechanic features more than 200 unique toys and games that anyone with a basic tool kit will want to make. Charmingly designed to capture that old-fashioned flavor, every imaginative project remains as engaging today as ever, with its appeal fully intact. There’s amusement for little kids, including a toy donkey that nods and wags its tail; a child’s playhouse and a miniature windmill; magic tricks, such as an “X-Ray” pack of cards and mystery coin box; items for the great outdoors, which range from a homebuilt canoe to a diving tower; plus gizmos and gadgets, “scien-terrific” motors and engines, and entertaining objects for an older child to create and play with.

• CONSTRUCTION, ACTION AND APPLICATION OF CUTTING TOOLS.

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  This is the second volume of the five volume work "Turning and Mechanical Manipulation". This volume was originally written in 1846 and the reprint is from the 1875 edition. This is an invaluable reference work which discusses various types of chisels, plane irons, turning, boring and screw cutting tools, saws, files, shears and punches, vises, and planing and shaping machines. This volume has long been out of print and its appearance is quite welcome.

• WOODTURNER'S WOODEN CLOCK CASES

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  This is the second in the Ashby Design Workshop collection of clock cases for the woodworker to make. Five designs, esp. for the woodturner, complete with measured plans and step by step drawings and full instructions to ensure successful results. The finished projects make fine gifts for the home or for sale. REGULAR $7.95 OUR PRICE $3.95. You save 50%.

• COMPLETE MANUAL OF WOOD BENDING: MILLED, LAMINATED, AND STEAMBENT WORK

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  Bending wood is an important facet of woodworking and can be seen in many different applications including bentwood chairs, laminated handrails, and milled window components. Lon Schleining provides step-by-step instruction on each of three basic methods of producing curved work, laminate bending, steam- bending, and milling. This is a complete course in bending. The author is a professional stairbuilder and college level instructor. He is the author of Treasure Chests, item 20-125.