Kategoria BISAC: House & Home >> Do-It-Yourself - Carpentry

Here's an opportunity to create something truly unique by using woodworking techniques that are as "green" as it gets.

By collecting branches and logs, recycled lumber, or scavenged wood from old buildings, you can build rustic furniture with a distinctive look -- and a primitive, earthy charm.

But before you get started, you'll need the guidance of a seasoned furniture maker. And it's all here for you in Rustic Furniture Basics -- from professional woodworker, teacher and author Doug Stowe.

An ideal guide for beginners, this valuable...

A small box is an ideal woodworking project for anyone looking to gain skills and learn techniques. The reward is something elegant and functional that also makes a great gift. In this book, Dennis Zongker gives clear, step-by-step instructions for seven different projects (with variations), each designed to teach the reader skills that can be applied to a wide variety of box projects as well as to furniture and other woodworking projects.

The boxes featured are traditional in style, with a modern twist, and incorporate a rich variety of woodworking...

The router is the most versatile and resourceful power tool in the woodworking shop, capable of shaping profiles, making duplicate copies, flush-trimming, and cutting nearly every joint used to build cabinets and furniture. Add a router table to the mix, and you can do all these tasks with precision and ease. But wait--there's still one other critical tool necessary to be armed and ready to take on any project: "Routers & Router Tables"

In this all-new collection of 20 great articles from America's premier woodworking magazine, Routers & Router...

Have you ever dreamt of building doors and windows that are durable, attractive, and energy efficient? You can get exactly the look you want when you do it yourself with the simplified techniques, design tips, and guidelines for technical and structural requirements found in this book.

Eight pages of color photos provide a showcase of fabulous finished windows and doors that you can duplicate or modify to suit your needs. The thoroughly illustrated plans and concise directions explain every step in building a variety of doors and windows, including: Laminate doors Paneled doors Window...

Doors can be more than just entrances They offer guests a warm welcome and provide protection against the elements and unwanted visitors. They can hide unsightly messes, and they can also say something about the character and creativity of the people who own them. Whether you are starting from scratch or replacing a door in an existing building, you should look at a door as an important design element with many exciting possibilities.

In this fantastic, comprehensive guide, you'll find everything you need to know to make attractive, functional, and sturdy doors, including: Help in...

Build your skills and knowledge of woodworking. Beautiful Boxes: Design and Technique is perfect for the beginner to intermediate woodworker. Each chapter features a new box design--ranging from simple to complex as you work through the book with each one illustrating a key design principle:

Harmony
Rhythm
Texture
Contrast

The beauty of wooden boxes. Building a wooden box is one of the best ways to develop overall woodworking proficiency. Boxes are quick to build, require only a small amount of...

Finding an effective jig or fixture for a woodworking operation can be as elusive and time-consuming as designing a great piece of furniture, a sailboat, or a ukulele. It takes solid woodworking knowledge and some problem-solving skills, with a good dose of inspiration thrown in. Even a moderately complex setup can pose numerous choices:

• What tool or machine is best for the operation?
• Should the jig move the wood over the machine or guide the machine past the wood?
• How does the workpiece need to be referenced and clamped?
• Should the...

Doors can be more than just entrances They offer guests a warm welcome and provide protection against the elements and unwanted visitors. They can hide unsightly messes, and they can also say something about the character and creativity of the people who own them. Whether you are starting from scratch or replacing a door in an existing building, you should look at a door as an important design element with many exciting possibilities.

In this fantastic, comprehensive guide, you'll find everything you need to know to make attractive, functional, and sturdy doors, including: Help in...

Have you ever dreamt of building doors and windows that are durable, attractive, and energy efficient? You can get exactly the look you want when you do it yourself with the simplified techniques, design tips, and guidelines for technical and structural requirements found in this book.

Numerous photographs provide a showcase of fabulous finished windows and doors that you can duplicate or modify to suit your needs. The thoroughly illustrated plans and concise directions explain every step in building a variety of doors and windows, including:

• Laminate doors
• Paneled...

Few pieces of furniture, save perhaps chairs, work as hard as doors. Building them to last, especially exterior doors, takes knowledge and experience that don't come from making other types of furniture, such as tables and bookcases. Doormaking: Materials, Techniques and Projects for Building Your First Door by woodworker Strother Purdy gathers all the information and guidance that both beginning and intermediate woodworkers need to be successful making their first door.

While covering the construction of the eight most popular doors, Doormaking: Materials, Techniques and...

Outdoor Woodworking is an impressive new title containing a collection of projects, all ideal for the garden, patio or deck. There are some projects ideal for those just starting out in woodworking and others that will challenge even the experienced woodworker. All of the projects include clear guidance on how best to approach the construction of each piece. There are also a number of projects which include helpful hints and tips to achieving perfect results. All of the projects either include step-by-step photography or detailed diagrams and some projects...

Accomplished woodworker Matt Kenney set himself the challenge of designing and building one box a week for one solid year. Along the way he created a wonderful collection of simple wooden boxes, refining his unique design aesthetic and developing smart techniques for making gracefully elegant boxes that woodworkers of all levels will be eager to build.

Readers will first learn some fundamental box-making techniques that are applicable to almost every box in the book: matching grain at the corners, cutting miters, making tops and...

Following on from the success of the best-selling Shelves, Cabinets & Bookcases and Bookcases, Cabinets & Built-Ins, this all new collection of articles from recent issues of Fine Homebuilding and Fine Woodworking magazines delivers expert advice for designing and building built-ins, shelves, and cabinets.

Everyone needs more storage--whether for household items and kitchenwares, books and other media, or just plain stuff. That's why built-ins and cabinets are so popular among carpenters and woodworkers, whether the...