DIY: carpentry & woodworking books

Shows the work of almost 200 makers, and presents a collection of 450 examples of the finest British handmade woodwork...  Read More >>

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Over 25 easy-built, step-by-step projects for the weekend woodworker. The introduction tells how to attract birds,...  Read More >>

Here's every saw, blade, option, and technique--and how to select the right one for you. 1,000 illustrations and...  Read More >>

This handbook describes a range of hand tools and simple muscle-powered machinery appropriate to developing countries...  Read More >>

This text offers advice and tips volunteered by expert spindle turning craftsmen, and also demonstrates how to achieve...  Read More >>

Covers different methods of cutting and drying timber.  Read More >>

This text presents essays and photographs by American furniture-maker Sam Maloof.  Read More >>

A master woodworker, George Nakashima, shares his experiences, techniques and devotion to his medium in this text....  Read More >>

Learn how to carve sternboards, billetheads, trailboards, eagles, dolphins, rope borders, and more. Learn design...  Read More >>

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There is no reason why a home-made tool should not wear as well, but if it does break, it can be repaired or replaced...  Read More >>

The reprint of this classic 1902 text covers a vast scope of joinery practices concerning doors, panelling, windows,...  Read More >>

A major work on the craft of woodfinishing, with chapters on staining and polishing, an array of antique and specialist...  Read More >>

A popular, highly practical manual, which includes information on adhesives, presses, shaped and curved work, panelling,...  Read More >>

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Roy Underhill is America's best-known master of traditional woodcraft. The Woodwright's Workbook features step-by-step...  Read More >>

Learn how to buy, dry, store and mill timber. This text explains which species are good for which jobs and how to...  Read More >>

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This volume outlines the scope of pyrometallurgy and pollution problems associated with the field of extractive...  Read More >>

28 country furniture designs, accompanied by constructional notes, drawings, and cutting lists, plus chapters on...  Read More >>

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CONSTRUCTING A 5-STRING BANJO  Read More >>

This text presents real solutions to real problems - devised by real woodworkers. Also presented are ideas from...  Read More >>

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