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Sharpening woodworking tools is a task many put off until it is necessary. This book teaches how to embrace the fun and essence of sharpening tools, and why regular attention to sharpening can increase efficiency and improve quality. It contains techniques for keeping hand tools like saws, chisels, gouges and planes razor sharp. It also shows how to extend the life of power tools with well maintained blades and bits. This is must-have information for one of the most important tasks every woodworker has to do.

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This is the beginner's guide to boating. This is a how-to manual that gets you started. "Seamanship" provides in-depth coverage of boat handling and navigation, reading the weather, winds and water, as well as dealing with and preventing, extreme situations, such as capsized boats.

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Durable and pocket-sized, this manual includes clear diagrams and instructions. It is ideal for quick reference in the workshop that offers concise and accessible information. Dedicated to providing integral information about woodworking tools and techniques that other manuals overlook, the books in this series contain safety facts, explanations about basic project set up and tips for maximising tool performance. In "Band Saw", woodworkers will find out how to best utilise this essential workshop tool and how to get the most for their money by getting the most from their equipment. Filled with clear diagrams and instructions, this durable pocket sized manual offers concise and accessible information and is ideal for quick reference in the workshop.

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If you've ever dreamed about building your own rustic cottage in the woods or the hunting cabin of your dreams, or even homesteading off-the-grid, this handy reference provides a logical, sensible, and easy-to-follow approach to building a permanent shelter in that perfect out-of-the-way place. Including everything from choosing and clearing a site and creating an electrical power source, to clearing the land and creating a foundation, this book offers instruction on building an A-frame cabin and a rustic log cabin with a framed roof. There is also a special section on designing small buildings to cope with Mother Nature, including earthquakes, heavy snow, high wind and flooding.

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This title features step-by-step projects for building beautiful, classic American furniture, for every room of the house. Based on the successful and best-selling "Time-Life" series. Woodworkers and furniture enthusiasts alike have long loved the practical, durable and attractive style of classic American furniture and this collection of projects are suitable to grace all home interiors, from traditional layouts to more contemporary arrangements. With step-by-step instructions, each project is accompanied by detailed shop drawings that break down component parts into a manageable assemblage.

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A straightforward manual for all woodcarvers and woodworkers, this reference offers essential information on woodcarving tools and techniques. With chapters devoted to tools, sharpening, setting up shop, and incised, relief and in the round carving, there is plenty of guidance for the beginning woodcarver and suggestions for those with more experience.

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This handy reference will help you get the most for your money. No matter what project you're building, if you're working with wood you're working with glue and clamps. But are you getting the most out of your clamps and that bottle of glue when you're carving, drilling and building furniture? Where's the manual that explains how to best utilise these two essential workshop tools? This manual takes care of that for you. From gluing boards to using clamps in furniture repair, you'll discover the techniques and tips you need to achieve woodworking success.

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Get Back to Basics with the core information you need to succeed. Learn what is important to know in Woodworker's Guide to Joinery from Butt Joints, Miter Joints, and Lap and Groove Joints, to Mortise-and-Tenon, Dovetail, and Box Joints. Learn how to master the various families of joinery - from themost basic butt joints to half-blind dovetails, tongue-and -groove joints, and beyond.

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This is a visual directory to the many choices and techniques available, when selecting collars and necklines to perfectly enhance a garment. Necklines are what give a garment personality. From demure rounded collars to plunging V-necks, the diagrams and instructions inside this book will teach home seamstresses how to create fashionable necklines to suit every style.

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Homeowners will learn how to fight rising energy costs and unpredictable weather with this clear, easy-to-follow guide to the ins and outs of weatherproofing your home. This book teaches what every homeowner should know about weatherproofing their home. It's not about fancy renovations or style. Instead, it's solid basic information that will help readers make their houses into warm, weather-tight family homes. Whether you need to add insulation in your attic or weather-strip your doors, this book has the details homeowners need to keep their home comfortable year round.

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This title teaches home seamstresses how to create a casual drawstring, a comfortable elastic or a tailored seam. This book will help you select the waist or waistband of your choice, adding the perfect detail to your own designs. Simply select the choice that's right for your style and follow the step-by-step sewing directions. Whether you are looking for a casual drawstring, a comfortable elastic or a tailored seam, this book will teach home seamstresses how to create waistbands to suit a variety of garments and styles.

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A no nonsense guide to turning wood on a lathe. People are drawn to the woodturning lathe because it is the quickest way to go from raw wood to a finished object. Most projects can be finished in an afternoon and many can be completed in less than an hour. Unlike most woodworking machines, the lathe grips and whirls the wood while the woodworker attacks it with a hand held chisel or gouge. This makes the chips and shavings fly into the air as the blank takes on its new shape. This is also what makes woodturning so much fun: simple machines, easy skills to learn, fast results. This book provides readers with the distilled, accessible content that they need to get right to work, as well as some highly detailed illustrations and a great number of pictures.

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This title helps you learn the ropes to tying the best seaman knots, from basic to fancy rope work. It is a wonderfully illustrated guide to knot tying. Clear step-by-step instructions will help the reader learn how to tie all the essential boating knots.

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Pockets are more than practical, they give a garment personality. This is a visual directory to the many choices and techniques available, when selecting pockets to perfectly enhance any garment. Simply select the choice that is right for you and follow the step-by-step directions for sewing. This book will teach you how to create functional (and fashionable) pockets to suit every style.

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With this book, learn how to properly maintain a boat for years of trouble free, smooth sailing. From repairing scratched and worn hulls and decks, to fixing engines and tightening fittings, readers will learn to take care of their boat so that it will provide years of enjoyment. This is a comprehensively detailed guide with step-by-step information and charts on what to do when and how, such as how to protect a boat from harsh weather. This title also includes interesting historical details and examples from real-life events.

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With this book, the handy homeowner goes back to school to learn how to tackle metal working projects and repairs around the house, saving money and guaranteeing good results. From installing and maintaining galvanized metal rain gutters and downspouts, to repairing and augmenting ductwork for hot air heating systems, to cutting and joining iron and copper pipe for plumbing repairs and installations, "Metal Working" will help the handy homeowner tackle many of these tasks himself. Although home metal working is not as widespread as woodworking, many home workshops include metal working equipment. This book will give the reader a basic introduction to metal working tools, skills and techniques. Covering everything from understanding the differences among the various metals and their alloys, to cutting metal with a hacksaw, the reader will learn all the fundamentals of working with metal through to finishing surfaces by grinding, polishing and patinating.

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This title includes information that is presented in a clear and friendly manner making this an approachable book for beginners. This guide covers all aspects of cabinet construction including carcase construction, frame and panel construction, drawers, doors and legs. "The Back to Basics Series" bypasses the overwhelming amount of woodworking information with the core information needed to succeed. Woodworker's learn what is important to know now and what can be left for later. Best of all, the information is presented in the plain spoken language one would hear from a trusted friend of relative.

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This title avoids overwhelming woodworkers with unnecessary information and reveals how to set up a functional workshop. The information is presented in the clear, accessible way. In "Setting Up Your Workshop", woodworkers will learn what is important to know now and what can be learnt later. Best of all, the information is presented in the clear, accessible way and includes: using creativity and flexibility in setting up a home workshop; assembling a modern workbench; accessories designed to make a shop safer and more comfortable; storing tools and materials using as little work space as possible; getting the most from work surfaces; and simple precautions to reduce mishaps.

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What would you do if a whale thought your boat looked like lunch? Dive deep into these stories of real life boating disasters, as told by those who survived them. Not a guide book, but a great read. Real life disasters and how they lived to tell the stories, fill the pages of this book. It covers everything from sperm whales biting a hole in a hull and escaping in a rubber dingy, while your boat goes down in the Pacific, to running ashore on rocky shoals. It also includes tips on how to survive when the worst happens.

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