Description

Products You May Like

• FOR PROS BY PROS: FRAMING ROOFS Rev. Ed

  $19.95 $11.97 0 review(s)

  
  

  This essential reference for pros and passionate amateurs is back with a fresh design and updated content. Written by respected builders from all over America, this extensive revision collects all the latest roof framing articles from the pages of Fine Homebuilding magazine—from cutting rafters and framing roof valleys to building dormers and working with roof trusses. The contributors offer hard-earned, job-tested advice on an impressive variety of tools, techniques, and trade secrets. Framing Roofs shows how to work with speed and precision, and, since working on a roof is often a complicated and dangerous task, safety is always at the forefront.

• The Fundamentals of Segmented Woodturning: Projects, Techniques & Innovations fo

  $26.95 $16.17 0 review(s)

  
  

  Projects, Techniques & Innovations for Today’s Woodturner BY JAMES RODGERS In "The Fundamentals of Segmented Woodturning," professional woodturner and woodturning instructor Jim Rodgers provides the most up-to-date guide for any woodturner trying his hand at segmented woodturning. With an emphasis on visual instruction, "The Fundamentals of Segmented Woodturning" offers the new segmenter with a simple, accessible introduction to the established practices while providing advanced segmenters with all the new techniques that have emerged due to the growing popularity of the craft. Starting with the basics, "The Fundamentals of Segmented Woodturning" covers the essentials of tools, the steps of construction, and critical technique of accurate segment cutting before moving on to ring segmented, open segmented, and stave segmented turning. Also covered for today’s segmented woodturners are simple design enhancements to dress up any project, a bowl-from-a-board project that utilizes lamination to create mind-blowing designs, and fun techniques for simple and fast segmented pens and vessels that utilize scrap wood and can be completed in a small amount of spare time. Anyone interested in or currently engaged in the satisfying craft of segmented woodturning won’t find a more current, complete, or accessible guide than "The Fundamentals of Segmented Woodturning."

• PLUMBING BASICS

  $7.98 $4.79 0 review(s)

  
  

  Solve emergencies such as backed up drains, sinks and toilets. Learn to repair faucets, sinks and toilets. Working with PVC or CPVC as well as copper, and galvanized. Includes instructions for completing a range of plumbing jobs. Basic plumbing for the homeowner.

• MODERN PRACTICAL JOINERY-[LSI]

  $21.95 $13.17 0 review(s)

  
  

  Reprint of the enlarged 1908 edition. Perhaps one of the best books ever published on the subject. There are 27 chapters and 486 pages. Illus. Covers tools, stairbuilding, handrailing, doors, paneling, windows, shutters, showcase work, shaped, curved and beveled work, molding, arichitraves, skirting, machine practice, etc. A comprehensive work of interest to the professional and hobbiest.

• ROOF FRAMING

  $22.00 $13.20 0 review(s)

  
  

  Shows how to frame any type of roof in common use today, even if you've never framed a roof before. Includes using a pocket calculator to figure any common, hip, valley, or jack rafter length in seconds. Over 400 illustrations cover every measurement and every cut on each type of roof: gable, hip, Dutch Tudor, gambrel, shed, gazebo, and more.

• THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED G/T FINISHING (PB)

  $27.95 $16.77 0 review(s)

  
  

  This is part of Taunton's "Complete Illustrated Guide" series. Jewitt provides in-depth coverage of tools and materials and covers all of the key processes from surface preparation to color matching. There are sections that cover advanced techniques such as adjusting color, disguising defects, toning, glazing, spray finishing and rubbing out. This is a complete look at finishing, from storing finishing materials to using various types of end coats.