A complete guide to making wooden toys and trucks! Learn from skilled woodworkers Sam Martin and Roger Schroeder as they walk you through a featured Peterbilt truck tractor project with step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow photography. Once completed, detailed woodworking plans for a Ford Model A pickup, a 1932 Buick sedan, a flatbed trailer, and a van trailer are also provided for you to accomplish on your own! Each project contains measured drawings and parts lists. Perfect for intermediate to advanced scroll sawyers and woodworkers looking to practice their skills and create vintage cars and toys, Making Toys: Heirloom Cars & Trucks in Wood is an excellent source of inspiration for all to enjoy.
Whether you’ve been working from home for years and want to update your space, or you’re brand new to telecommuting and have a lot of questions, Home Office Solutions holds all the answers and inspiration for making a workspace you’ll love! From a cozy corner to converting a shed or garage, this must-have guide provides tips on home office ideas, space-efficient furniture, lighting, soundproofing, WIFI, organization, and so much more, also included is helpful, detailed advice on how to successfully work from home. Understand both the advantages and disadvantages of setting up a home office in different areas, including the kitchen, spare room, basement, and other creative spaces. With this timely resource, you’ll be inspired to create an efficient and attractive workspace so you can earn your living from home comfortably and affordably.
Combine your love for chess, Halloween, and woodcarving into one incredible masterpiece! Perfect for both beginner and advanced woodcarvers, this guide includes simple caricature carving techniques and step-by-step instructions for each piece. With 6 full-size patterns, you’ll carve werewolf knights, mummy pawns, coffin rooks, Frankenstein bishops, a witch as Queen, and Dracula as King! Also included are instructions for finishing and painting your carvings. Build your woodcarving skills as you carve and ultimately play the coolest (and creepiest) game of chess ever! Author Dwayne Gosnell is an award-winning carver, president of the Catawba Valley Wood Carvers, and a member of the Caricature Carvers of America, making him the perfect instructor for this exciting new take on a timeless game!
Whittle in a way you never have before! Whittling in the Wild features more than 30 fun and exciting objects to make using a simple pocket knife, wood, and a handful of household items. Learn all the basic techniques and safety precautions, then follow step-by-step instructions to whittle and carve a boat, parachute, and so much more. Also included are expert tips and high-quality photography throughout! Author and leading pocket knife expert, Felix Immler is a full-time Victorinox instructor and ambassador.
A complete project guide for homeowners to create 20 useful backyard and garden furniture pieces, from simple to sophisticated · Each project contains step-by-step instructions and photography, parts lists, cutting plans, and assembly views · Includes simple projects for novice woodworkers – planted bench, basic garden bench – as well as more challenging pieces – deck chairs, porch rocker · Written by Bill Hylton, a contributor for Woodworker’s Journal and author of several woodworking and home improvement books
The best and most convenient guide to stabilizers you’ll ever have, Pocket Guide to Stabilizers will help you fully understand all the options for the many different types of stabilizers and which ones to use on every kind of fabric. From tear away and cut away stabilizers to working with woven, sheer, knit, and napped fabrics, you won’t want to start another project without this must-have pocket guide. Take it with you to the store so you get the right stabilizer every time, resulting in finished products you’ll love! Author, owner of Sue O’Very Designs, and Aurifil thread designer, Sue O’Very is also a columnist for Designs in Machine Embroidery magazine and owns an online store that specializes in machine embroidery patterns.
A woodcarving book devoted solely to magical little gnomes and other charming creatures! The perfect source of inspiration for beginning and experienced whittlers and carvers alike, Learn to Carve Gnomes, Trolls, and Mythical Creatures boasts a menagerie of 15 woodcarving projects that range in difficulty from easy to more challenging. With complete plans and step-by-step instructions and photography, carve charismatic characters and objects, from a mushroom house, unicorn, and gnome to a wizard, dragon, hedgehog, and much more. Sara Barraclough is a master carver and a regular contributor to Woodcarving Illustrated Magazine, as well as the author of the incredibly charming Weekend Whittling Projects.
Transform simple copper wire into stunning works of wearable art! From best-selling author and popular artist Lora Irish, learn expert techniques to create over 150 stylish DIY earring designs. With step-by-step instructions, high-quality photography, and helpful tips and tricks, you’ll be able to make dozens of beautiful copper wire earrings with unique formations and beaded details! Author and internationally known artist Lora Irish has written several books on many types of art forms, including woodcarving, pyrography, craft pattern books, and more.
All batting is not alike, and it can make or break your final quilt. Never get the wrong one again and bring this resourceful, pocket-sized guide to batting with you to the store! Small but mighty, Know Your Battings will help you choose appropriate batting, use it correctly, and avoid common mistakes so you end up with a perfect quilt every time! Containing over 50 pages of terminology definitions and charts listing retailer batting names, finishes, roll widths, stitch spaces, recommended quilting comments, and so much more, you won’t want to start another project without this guide! Author Krista Moser is a professional machine quilter, pattern designer, quilt maker, and instructor, and offers classes, tutorials, and patterns on The Quilted Life via her website www.kristamoser.com.
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, straightforward and immensely popular designs have graced American homes for more than 100 years. The author, a master cabinetmaker, measured original Craftsman antiques to create these detailed plans. This revised new paperback edition is compiled from three of his previous books: Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture; Shop Drawings for Craftsman Inlays & Hardware; and More Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture. Every type of furniture is represented here: from trestle tables, love seats, and nightstands to corner cabinets, rockers, tabourets and more. With perspective views, elevations, sections, details, and cutting lists, this book gives woodworkers the heart of the Craftsman aesthetic, along with all the information needed for workshop success. A bonus section on inlays and hardware offers original designs that add color, lyricism, and a graceful flourish to ever-popular Craftsman furniture.