Woodwork

Celebrate the season with Santa! Whether you're a beginner or you've been carving for years, this book will have you celebrating the holiday season with your very own handcrafted Father Christmas. Featuring 34 festive projects and full-size carving...

Let a little wildness in. Adventure is closer than you think. A lavishly illustrated celebration of the wonders that await in the outside world; the perfect gift for fans of Norwegian Wood, The Dangerous Book for Boys and The Almanac.Fly through the air...

Discover how to create amazingly lifelike portraits of animals, pets and wildlife in Woodburning Realistic Animals. Award-winning artist Minisa Robinson challenges the reader to rethink the possibilities of woodburning with her techniques for creating...

This is a collection of 37 all-time favourite intarsia and segmentation projects from the archives of "Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts" magazine. It features unique designs and inspirational stories from renowned intarsia artists. It includes expert...

Completely revised and updated, The Lathe Book, 3rd Edition is the definitive guide to this essential turning machine written by legendary woodturning author, teacher, and lathe designer Ernie Conover. In the 17 years since the 2nd edition came out,...

Get the expert guidance you need to become a master woodworker! With 448 pages, more than 1,000 lavish full-color illustrations, easy-to-follow diagrams, and step-by-step instructions to walk you through each and every phase of the process, Woodworking...

How to plan, carve and paint your personal totem pole. This well-illustrated guidebook includes the history of totem-pole carving and its West Coast native traditions, techniques and patterns. It examines the historic and modern tools involved. And it...

Woodworker Vic Tesolin's Projects from the Minimailist Woodworker teaches the basics of furniture making using step-by-step photos detailing the process of building handsome projects any woodworker will be proud to create. A follow-up to Vic's...

This complete guide to wooden clock making shows how to construct a wide variety of traditional, Shaker and contemporary clocks. Plans, parts lists and instructions are provided for 37 handsome hand-made timepieces, including stately grandfather clocks,...

Wood veneer offers a wide range of artistic and creative freedom; the varied figures, colored grains, and shimmering textures of veneers, especially burls, offer an aesthetic not found in any other natural material. Scott Grove, award-winning artist and...

A great finish can make even a simple project look terrific. A bad finish can ruin the most well-built, sophisticated piece of furniture. Finishing can be a daunting and mystifying task to many woodworkers and DIYers who fear wrecking their projects at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781879335691Author John M. WhelanFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Astragal PressPublisher Astragal PressWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm...

A faster route to handcrafted results! In the last few years, there's been a push to return to the roots of woodworking when every step was done with hand tools--from resawing lumber and planing it flat, to cutting joins and creating profiles. Working...

Humans have always used their hands to create the world around them. But now most of us have gone from being practitioners to theorists, from being producers to consumers. What happens to our society when we are so divorced from the act of making? What...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950934393Author Tim SnyderFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Cedar Lane PressPublisher Cedar Lane Press

An informative book designed for beginning and intermediate turners. Bill Bowers leads this step-by-step workshop for constructing the classic cylinder box, cylinder box variants with embellishments, the classic capsule box, and capsule box variants with...

For those who would like to have the benefit of a woodworker's extensive experience with hand tools, this is the book to own. Crammed with practical information, it is the next best thing to looking over a craftsman's shoulder as he works with his tools,...

This book offers 30 North American wildlife illustrations and 10 border designs to use in woodburning projects. Large ready-to-use designs are provided in both line and tonal patterns. The author includes tips on transferring patterns, plus advice on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840335446Author John Murchie DouglasFormat HardbackPage Count 104Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 170mm * 170mm *...

Take your woodburning art to the next level by taking a masterclass with award-winning pyrographer Simon Easton! This inspired sequel to the bestselling book Learn to Burn offers the opportunity to advance your skills with guidance from a master...

Great Book of Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture, Revised & Expanded Second Edition is a complete sourcebook of working shop drawings for 61 classic pieces of American furniture. Whether known as Craftsman, Arts & Crafts, or Mission, these sturdy,...

Beginner carvers are presented with jargon-free instructions for eight skill-building projects in this copiously illustrated guide to carving in the round without a bandsaw. An introductory section acquaints novices with the art of carving and includes...

This book features seven unique hollow-form projects, presented in order of difficulty. It includes all the practical knowledge needed to get started; comprehensive chapters on tools, equipment and understanding wood. Form templates are included for...

The world's pre-eminent woodturning teacher provides everything you need to know about turning bowls on the lathe. From wood selection and design advice to surface embellishment and finishing techniques, the detailed text and step-by-step photographs are...

Intended to show what to carve, rather than how to carve, this selection of classic designs and pattern ideas, orientated towards more traditional styles of woodworking, can be used for wood carving, wood burning or wood painting.Book InformationISBN...

The book takes a classical approach to teaching woodworking, introducing fundamental tools and shop practice. It is a solid, systematic learning tool for the advanced beginner seeking to master the basics of woodworking craftsmanship. This is a book with...

A collection of 15 box-making projects that range from simple through to complex. With each group of projects a woodworking technique related to their construction is introduced and there are clear step-by-step instructions of the key woodworking...

Carving Kitchen Tools is the beginning of your woodworking journey and is a practical guide to creating your own beautiful utensils. From the all-important wooden spoon to butter knives, salad servers and spatulas,...

This book features a wonderful collection of clock projects from the editors of "Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts" magazine. Learn how to make beautiful time pieces including grandfather clocks and pendulum clocks! It includes projects for all abilities...

This book features a wonderful collection of clock projects from the editors of "Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts" magazine. Learn how to make beautiful time pieces including grandfather clocks and pendulum clocks! It includes projects for all abilities...

The Why and How of Woodworking reflects the growing appreciation for the handmade, a movement toward simplifying and uncluttering. There is a growing understanding of the need to fill our lives with meaningful and useful objects. How can woodworkers...

Originally published in 1928, this classic reference presents more than 40 unique puzzles to challenge the woodworker's hands and mind. Projects include bewitching cubes, caged balls, intricate banks, locked links and perplexing burrs. Secret drawers and...

For centuries, post-and-beam construction has proved to be one of the most durable building techniques. It is being enthusiastically revived today not only for its sturdiness but because it can be easily insulated, it is attractive, and it offers the...

A book for everyone who loves trees and woodlands...This 2015 edition of the 2001 classic is written from the heart by an innovative woodsman who is deeply committed to sustainability, this radical book presents an immensely practical alternative to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951217402Author Daniel ClayFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Blue Hills PressPublisher Blue Hills Press

Windsor chairs are a beautiful and traditional feature in any home. Some three hundred years of tradition lie behind chairs made today. While sound joints are essential, it is the sensitive shaping of each component that leads to a fine chair. This...

This well-illustrated guide offers a range of building options, with complete instructions and plans for five different styles of shed, including a small timber-frame garden storage shed, a traditionally framed shed and a post-and-beam barn. From...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486402642Author Jim HarterFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 1060gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486402642Author Jim HarterFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 1060gDimensions(mm)...

Learning to bend wood can take a woodworker in a whole new direction. Canoes, guitars, whimsical furniture and many other projects are within reach with an understanding of this age-old technique. Now, with the help of professional furniture maker,...