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For absolute beginners looking to become confident woodworkers relatively quickly, this self-teaching guide will do the trick. Woodworking 101 combines the best material from the four books in Tauntons Getting Started in Woodworking Series (Getting Started in Woodworking, Your First Workshop, Projects for Your Shop, and Furniture You Can Build). Highly visual and easy to follow, the book includes detailed step-by-step photos, illustrations, shop schematics, and exploded drawings. Readers will learn how to set up and maintain their own shop, work with basic tools, and finesse their skills building a chair, a table, a bookcase, a bencheven a simple bed. With the basics mastered here, theres no end to what new woodworkers will accomplish for years to come.
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Subtitle: "Techniques, Projects & Expert Advice for Fine Furniture". With this complete resource from professional furniture-maker and veneer specialist Jonathan Benson, youll learn how to re-create the beauty of exotic wood with veneer and in-lays. A series of step-by-step exercises will take you through all the techniques and culminate in four beautiful finished pieces: a dining room table, a wall mirror with shelf, a marquetry picture, and a parquetry design. Also included is a complete troubleshooting section for repairs and problems.
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Discover the tiling options available for your home, and how to ensure a perfect job youll be proud of. Covers all aspects of tiling, from start to finish. Includes trade secrets, tool buying tips, common techniques and safety procedures. Numerous side-bars offer design tips and options.
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This definitive homeowners guide to solar energy has arrived at just the right time. With the cost of heating oil and electricity fluctuating wildly, consumers are clamoring for information on alternative energy. This source book covers all the relevant technologies, including solar space and water heating, as well as photovoltaic electricity. Its practical (with cost calculators, tips on taking advantage of rebates and tax incentives, and advice on finding specialized contractors). And its authoritative, written by a recognized expert in the field, Everett Barber, Jr., who has 30 years experience installing all kinds of solar energy systems. Co-author Joseph Provey has been writing about the topic for almost as long. Together, they cover every facet of planning, installing, operating, and maintaining a residential solar energy system.
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The book includes the best field-tested advice, tips, techniques and instruction on the most common carpentry jobs. It covers every important facet of residential carpentry, from framing the mudsills, walls, floors, ceilings and roof to building stairs, cabinets and other built-ins, as well as basic finish carpentry skills such as interior trim carpentry and exterior siding.
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This is a practical approach for the homeowner. Dresdner covers choosing paints and finishes, surface preparation, and application methods. Both interior and exterior painting and finishing are covered. Dresdner offers many tips and shortcuts gleaned from years on the job. This is a step-by-step guide to accomplishing the major finishing tasks around the home. Kitchens, baths, built-ins and paneling, doors, moulding and trim, furniture, siding, decks, porches, fences and patios.