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  This compilation of fascinating articles from Woodcarving magazine combines sound technical advice with inspirational projects. Renowned woodcarving author Chris Pye takes the reader through all the practical information to achieve some great results. With diverse and appealing projects presented with clear, easy-to follow instructions, this book is ideal for all woodcarvers - whatever their ability: Includes sections on: * Tools and Equipment * Architectural Carving * Moulding * Lettering * Simple and Advanced Project

• 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%.

• THE FRUGAL WOODTURNER

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  "Make and Modify All the Tools and Equipment You Need." Filled with information on lathes, turning tools, and blades, this comprehensive guide covers all the elements needed for setting up and maintaining a personal woodturning shop. Providing the necessary knowledge for woodturning on a budget, this manual informs on where to find good deals and how—and when—to personally make repairs. Instructions on making accessories, sharpening tools, choosing a lathe, finding cheap wood, and setting up a turning shop at three different budget levels are also provided. Giving the aspiring turner options, this handy guide makes turning affordable for everyone.

• TURNING WOOD WITH CARBIDE TOOLS: Techniques and Projects for Every Skill Level

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  Everything a woodturner needs to know about using and implementing the exciting new technology of replaceable carbide cutting tips is included in this guide. Woodturning tools have taken a quantum leap since the recent introduction of these tips that have greatly simplified the task of turning in dry stock. Carbide-tipped woodturning tools are safer, faster, easier, and more efficient than traditional tools that require grinding the end of a piece of fluted steel to one of dozens of subjective profiles. The technology of the carbide cutters is fully explained, as are the various shafts and the function of the handle designs, providing insight into how and why these cutters act as they do, and why they are shaped as they are. Removing the intimidating aspects of turning, the guide explains the elimination of sharpening, addresses the issues of chatter and fatigue, and advises on maintenance, techniques, and usage. A number of projects are included—such as a candlestick, spinning tops, and a basic bowl—that can be completed right away by novice turners, rather than waiting for years to gain enough experience to do the same job with traditional tools.

• WINDOWS OF THE WORLD

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• Bird Decoys of North America: Nature, History, and Art-NS

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  Bird decoys, which were first fashioned by Native American hunter-artists at least 1,500 years ago, are the only major folk art form to originate in North America. Today, decoys made during the heyday of decoy carving--roughly from 1840 to 1950--rank among the most avidly sought of all folk art collectibles, with some rare and outstanding examples fetching upwards of $8000,000 apiece at auction. These humble hunting tools, intended to deceive wildfowl by luring them into shooters' range, are now appreciated on many levels: as compelling works of sculpture, as exacting portraits of living and extinct species, and as irreplaceable historical objects. Successful decoy carvers of the past knew their prey intimately--spending countless hours observing game birds in the wild and then bringing their accumulated knowledge of different species' appearance and behavior to the carving bench. Because the works these artisans created were meant to attract avian eyes--conveying the essence of a bird's plumage, form, and attitude at a glance--older handmade decoys are deeply observed symbols of living birds that no merely decorative object, no matter how photographically accurate, can match. In this definitive, lavishly illustrated work, folk-art expert Robert Shaw chronicles the now-vanished era in which the great decoy makers pursued their craft. Shaw traces the natural history of North American bird species--more than sixty of which are represented in antique decoys. He relates the history of wildfowl hunting on this continent, detailing the excesses of nineteenth-century commercial hunting and the rise of a conservation movement aimed at ensuring bird species' long-term survival. He examines the distinctive forms produced in each major hunting area, from the Maritime Provinces of Canada to the Chesapeake Bay to the bayous of Louisiana and beyond. And, with a storyteller's gift for the entertaining anecdote, Shaw puts us in touch with the lives and circumstances of the decoy makers themselves.