DIY: carpentry & woodworking books

This guide to finishing features advanced techniques on controlling and adjusting color, disguising defects, and...  Read More >>

A well-designed, well built workshop can do more for your woodworking than a new tool. A good shop is a place where...  Read More >>

Designing a piece of furniture should be fun. Yet, woodworkers who think nothing of building a complicated jig or...  Read More >>

For most woodworkers, the router is an essential power tool because it can do so much - whether you are working...  Read More >>

The pocket hole jig has revolutionized how joints are made. Not only does this innovative tool produce a strong,...  Read More >>

Jim Tolpin shares his techniques for using the table saw to achieve a variety of safe and accurate cuts, including...  Read More >>

With 225 photos and 40 line drawings, Koch shows how to make two different lap steel guitars in simple, easy-to-follow...  Read More >>

A step-by-illustrated-step guide through the entire construction cycle of building a plywood kayak from a stitch...  Read More >>

This book assumes no previous experience and using the medium of twelve lathe turning projects will lead prospective...  Read More >>

This is a step-by-step guide to both the art and the craft of woodturning. It explores all the most popular shapes...  Read More >>

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- Scope of the book includes coverage of residential construction applications, cabinetmaking, and basic furniture...  Read More >>

- Scope of the book includes coverage of residential construction applications, cabinetmaking, and basic furniture...  Read More >>

Comprehensive text designed to meet the needs of both beginning and advanced woodworking classes.  Read More >>

This complete reference for woodworkers includes: a wood characteristics chart; estimates for materials needed for...  Read More >>

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Expanding on techniques covered in 'The Complete Illustrated Guide to Shaping Wood', this volume offers more advice...  Read More >>

In this tape, designed for professionals and homeowners alike, Savage guides you step-by-step as he trims out parts...  Read More >>

In Framing Floors and Stairs, Larry Haun and his brother Joe frame the floor of a basic 1,600 square foot house....  Read More >>

In this video, flooring expert Don Bollinger installs oak strip flooring in his own home-complete with uneven floors...  Read More >>

Shows you how your raw building materials stack up, with everything you would need to know about hardwood, softwood,...  Read More >>

Features complete working shop drawings for Craftsman interiors developed from original Gustav Stickley architectural...  Read More >>

Driftwood is abundant, renewable and free. This book shows how to use it to construct chairs, tables, benches, arbors,...  Read More >>

The emphasis throughout is on graceful, well-proportioned forms, and on the sympathetic use of a wide range of materials...  Read More >>

Beginning with the basics such as cutting straight, curved, and jagged lines, this book details progressively more...  Read More >>