DIY: carpentry and woodworking Books
Fox Chapel Publishing Illustrated Guide to Carving Tree Bark: Releasing
Book SynopsisAward-winning carver Rick Jensen, with the help of carver and photographer Jack A. Williams, helps you release the inner spirit from tree bark in this new book. The natural beauty found in a piece of weathered cottonwood bark provides inspiration and direction to create something new and original each time. Inside, you'll find step-by-step instructions on carving a whimsical tree house, plus detailed advice on painting and finishing your carvings. You'll learn about the various species of cottonwood and their particular carving characteristics, plus tips on where to find your supplies. Learn the bark carving basics, tools, how to sketch your ideas, and so much more. Follow along with a series of detailed patterns of a variety of wood spirits and be guided through each step of the finishing process to gain a soft, touchable finish by using a unique combination of lacquers, waxes, shoe polish, and paint.
£12.32
Fox Chapel Publishing Chainsaw Carving an Eagle: A Complete
Book SynopsisWhether you are a chainsaw craftsman searching for inspiration or you are just getting started this book is for you. Jamie Doeren, author of Chainsaw Carving a Bear and Dennis Roghair - bothnationally recognized award-winning chainsaw carvers - instruct you on how to create our nation's symbol from a tree trunk or log. Inside you'll find everything you need to carve with confidence including an overview of the chainsaw, safety, wood selection and preparation, step-by-step instructions, and 4 chainsaw carving projects including an eagle head plaque, a standingeagle with fish, a soaring eagle, and an eagle bench. Reference photos and an extensive gallery are also included which you can use for inspiration in future chainsaw carvings.
£12.34
WW Norton & Co Backyard Building: Treehouses, Sheds, Arbors,
Book SynopsisBackyard Building will cover backyard accessories, the fundamentals of tools and materials, and useful tips based on real-life questions from the couple’s popular website. Its unique style, with hand-drawn illustrations to guide the reader through the building process in a user-friendly way, stands out from the crowd. The clear, detailed drawings are not only easy to follow but a pleasure to look at; they are supplemented by irresistible color photographs.Trade Review" " -- Newsday
£18.99
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Crafting Wood Logic Puzzles: 18 Three-dimensional
Book SynopsisFor centuries, logic puzzles have entertained, inspired and educated kids of all ages. Studies show these engaging brain teasers provide unsurpassed benefits to the body and mind, increasing manual dexterity, mathematical abilities and overall intellectual agility. Crafting Wood Logic Puzzles provides plans and instructions for crafting 18 of the most popular manual puzzles. Projects range from traditional put together/take apart games like pentominoes and soma cubes to more sophisticated unlocking head-scratchers, such as the Burr and Heart Box puzzles. Readers will also learn specialized cutting, drilling, sanding, gluing and finishing techniques that make crafting wooden puzzles possible.
£17.74
Shambhala Publications Inc Woodworking: Traditional Craft for Modern Living
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£23.76
Chicago Review Press Tiny Whittling
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£15.26
Rockridge Press Step-By-Step Pyrography for Beginners
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£16.14
Firefly Books Ltd The Real Wood Bible: The Complete Illustrated
Book SynopsisA practical and inspiring A-Z guide to the world's most popular woods. Many of the world's most beautiful and useful woods are in serious decline due to over-harvesting and environmental degradation. The Real Wood Bible gives the current sustainability status of these rare and important woods. Wood is a favoured building material because of availability, ease to cut and join, decorative properties, functionality, flexibility, and a favourable strength-to-weight ratio. The Real Wood Bible is a comprehensive handbook for anyone who works with wood...or is planning to. Woodworkers, crafters, carpenters and interior designers will find extensive information about the woods they regularly use as well as discover some new ones. This colourful, easy-to-use book features: * How trees are converted into boards and veneers; * How to convert your own trees into boards; * Woods that incorporate beautiful natural effects; * A list of woods available from sustainable sources; * Useful advice on buying and storing lumber. An extensive and illustrated A-Z guide to the world's most popular woods is at the heart of this book.Each wood is shown with a colour illustration demonstrating the true look and beauty of the finished and unfinished grain. A special section on sustainability is included, with an introduction to key conservation issues. The Real Wood Bible is the essential reference for the appreciation of the practical beauty of the world's most popular building material.Trade Review'You'll learn all about wood color and grain, sustainability and storage - even how to turn your own trees into boards and veneers. It's a must-have reference to the world's most popular building material' Sara Scott, Log Home Design Ideas.
£18.61
Laurence King Publishing How to Build a Shed
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£14.99
Fox Chapel Publishing Shop Drawings for Craftsman Interiors: Cabinets,
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£16.99
Pardey Books Details of Classic Boat Construction: 25th
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£44.96
Wisconsin Historical Society Press Chainsaw Love
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£23.60
