FRED AND JULIE BYRNE
The scrollsaw is a versatile machine, which lends itself to a host of practical and decorative projects. It is not difficult to use, and good results can be obtained in a short time, even if you have little or no prior experience of woodworking. In Scrollsaws: A Woodworker's Guide, scrollsaw experts Julie and Fred Byrne tell you all you need to know to get started on this absorbing hobby, from choosing the right equipment and materials to coloring and finishing your completed work. You will learn how to set up your scrollsaw to get the best possible results from it, and how to work safely and efficiently.
Plans and instructions are included for a series of attractive projects, themed to suit different rooms?including the garden. Once you have seen for yourself what the scrollsaw is capable of, you may well be hooked! Projects include:
•Kitchen: key holder, trivets, letter rack, doorstop, blackboard
•Bathroom: fish mobile, peg rail, towel rail, door plate
•Child's room: bookends, coat hooks, name plate, wall hanging
•Garden: birdhouse, boot rack, house name, seed organizer
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Woodworkers are always on the lookout for clever tips or new twists on techniques. That's why Fine Woodworking magazine has such broad appeal; every issue is filled with expert advice on how to become better at the craft. This book brings together nearly 350 shop-tested tips -- from storage solutions and surface preparation; to milling lumber and power-tool strategies; to insights into clamping, gluing, sharpening, finishing, and more. This collection of great woodworking ideas is sure to become a quintessential reference book.
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This is a collection of all of the best recent material on finishing published in Fine Woodworking Magizine. The Authors range from experts in the manufacturing field to highly skilled amateur woodworkers. This is a great guide to basic finishing.
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by Rafael Nathan. For a woodworker, there’s nothing more satisfying than building a project that adds beauty and function to a busy home: the stunning cutting board used every night in the kitchen, the elegant and helpful end-table next to the bed, or the handsome coffee table that proudly serves in the living room. Ultimately, it’s the handmade pieces of furniture that become the family heirlooms for generations to come. With Handmade Furniture by Rafael Nathan, a professional cabinetmaker and the former co-publisher of Australian Wood Review, woodworkers of all skill levels will discover 21 beautiful projects that will be a welcome and proud addition in any room in the house. Ranging from boxes and trays to tables and cabinets, the stylish yet straightforward projects require only a limited number of hand and power tools and will enhance a woodworker’s joinery abilities as they progress from biscuits and dowels to dovetail and mortise and tenon joints.
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A contemporary view of the effects of wood, as used for building and fuel, and of deforestation on the development of civilization. Until the ascendancy of fossil fuels, wood has been the principal fuel and building material from the dawn of civilization. Its abundance or scarcity greatly shaped successive societies over the millennia. This book was named one of the "100 Great Books" by Harvard University Press.
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In this collection of 29 projects, woodworkers of all skill levels are taught several variations of chip carvingthe timeless art of decorating a wood surface by removing chips of wood with short triangular-shaped cutsincluding basic chip carving, line carving, shallow-chip carving, and highly stylized European chip carving. Featuring patterns from a host of preeminent chipcarverssuch as Barry McKenzie, Dennis Moor, Darrell Jannsen, and Roger Strautmanthis handy guidebook includes Christmas ornaments, a beautiful line-carved birdhouse, a handsome chip-carved chess set, and fun chip-carved golf balls with intricate, geometrical designs.
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A bumper collection of the best articles from Woodcrving magazine. This was originally published as two separate books, "Useful Techniques for Woodcarvers" and Woodcarving for Beginners". Over 50 articles covering everything from the importance of light to the restoration of oak panels.