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• WOODTURNING WIZARDRY, revised edition

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  This fascinating guide gives woodturners the chance to create eye-catching and decorative projects using special tools and techniques. Spheres inside of spheres, delicate latticework, puzzles, whistling top, 20 projects in all. The book combines special techniques with special tools, chucks and exact measurement. Springett explains it all in precise style so that you too can perform magic with your lathe.

• Lesson Plan for Woodturning: Step-by-Step Instructions for Mastering Woodturning

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  Written by a professional woodturning instructor with over a decade’s teaching experience, A Lesson Plan for Woodturning is a systematic, skill-building introduction that helps beginning woodturners master basic woodworking techniques on their own.
  
  A Lesson Plan for Woodturning provides a complete, self-directed course in woodturning safety, tools, and techniques that will help any beginning woodturner learn the basics on his or her own time. Using methods proven in the classroom, A Lesson Plan for Woodturning provides the equivalent of three semester-length classes in one book.
  
  Designed to give readers a thorough grounding in every essential woodturning technique, A Lesson Plan for Woodturning is systematically organized to teach basic skills that are building blocks for mastering more complex tasks. Each lesson features projects designed to develop the specific skill discussed. The structure, order and specific exercises are based on classroom-tested experience in teaching woodturning to both adult and younger students and are well tested in the classroom.
  
  Each project is thoroughly documented with step-by-step instructions, illustrations and photographs, showing the specific tasks, positions, and cutting motions needed to successfully complete the project. The projects are simple, direct, and focused on skill development. Readers can easily develop their own similar projects following the same general steps.
  
  A virtual training course in one book, A Lesson Plan in Woodturning is the next best thing to having your own personal woodturning instructor. This is the most practical book for the home hobbyist who wants to thoroughly master the fundamentals of woodturning.
  
  About the Author: The founder and senior instructor at the Mount Diablo Woodturning Center, Jim Rodgers is a professional educator who has been teaching woodturning to both adults and youths for over a decade. Rodgers lectures throughout the United States and has published many articles on woodturning.

• FOOLPROOF WOOD FINISHING

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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.

• 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.

• FOR PROS BY PROS: WINDOWS AND DOORS

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  "Installing, Replacing, Repairing". Learn from the builders who have installed (and fixed botched installations) of doors and windows. 21 articles from past issues of Fine Homebuilding magazine are presented, all of which deal with windows and doors-choosing them, building them, installing them, fixing them. Topics discussed include weather-tight installation, how to choose engery-efficient units, how to install specialty doors, how to make stock windows a custom look, and more.

• CONTRACTOR'S SURVIVAL MANUAL, revised edition

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  Whether you’re just getting started or have been bidding jobs and meeting payroll for years, this practical manual will suggest unique ways to overcome your most persistent problems – getting through a debt crisis: what to do when bills can’t be paid, finding money and buying time, conserving income, trans ferring debt, handling creditors, choosing assets to liquidate, setting payment priorities, cash float techniques, alternatives to bankruptcy, dealing with lawsuits, judgments and liens and laying the foundation for recovery. Then there’s building sales and profits – using other people’s cash, becoming a great salesman,setting goals, using limited partnerships, building financial reserves, accurate estimating, calculating overhead, contingency and profit margins. Completely updated, including major new sections on the use of personal computers for bookkeeping, estimating and scheduling, and Web addresses that have additional useful information. You won’t find conventional advice in this book. Instead, expect to learn what’s really needed to survive, stabilize and thrive as a construction contractor.