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Subtitle: "For Those Who Love to Build & Hate to Finish". An excellent introduction to wood finishing by a professional finishing. Includes a series of exercises that will enable a beginner to produce professional results. Topics include using pigments and dyes, creating test samples, using epoxy, fixing minor defects, and avoiding uneven results.
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A collection of top-rated projects – all in one gorgeous book. At Fine Woodworking, our editors are always on the lookout for quality projects in a variety of styles that meet our standards. Those that do are featured in our magazine, on our website, in videos and some are available in print and digital plans. And now for your enjoyment, 18 of our favorite table and chair projects are showcased all together in Fine Woodworking: Best Tables & Chairs. Furniture to inspire and challenge you. Whatever your abilities, Best Tables & Chairs has a place in your shop. It’s bursting with beautifully made projects that will inspire beginners to try their hand at furniture making, perhaps for the first time. For the more advanced, there are plenty of challenges to stretch your skills and advance your understanding of this fine art. Something for every taste and every skill level. From simple to sophisticated, the beautiful projects in Best Tables & Chairs are tempting to consider. But you can do more than look and wish. Because it also provides you with clear instruction and the detailed drawings so you can create your own masterpieces, including gorgeous pieces like these ... •Limbert-style coffee table •Porringer-top tea table •Bow-front hall table •Arts & Crafts side table •Hayrake dining table •Philadelphia side chair •And so much more!
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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
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Wood may grow on trees, but its still expensive, especially for fine woodworkers in the market for high-quality lumber. Heres the answer: an experts handbook on finding, processing, seasoning, and drying your own wood. Designed with the independent craftsperson in mind, it focuses on working with small loadsan approach neglected in most other books on this subject. There are tips on sources, as well as on how to select and prepare the wood to bring out the most desired grain patterns. A truly unique resource. Alan Holtham is a woodworker and a journalist who writes extensively on this subject for specialist publications including Woodturning magazine, New Woodworking, The Router and Furniture & Cabinetmaking.
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"200 Classic Things to Make". These are all projects published in the magazine in the first two decades of the 20th century. Projects such as saw horses, household gadgets, furniture, camping gear, toys and games, trellises, decoys, puzzles, a canoe, tobaggans, and much more.
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A practical guide on circular work of single and double curvature. This is a new edition of the 5th London edition of 1911. Completely annotated with numerous new drawings. Essential for the carpenter and joiner.