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  • Natural Wooden Toys

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    Featuring over 75 patterns for wooden toys with safe, natural finishes, it's easy to get away from the plastic and mass-produced and give a child playthings that encourage creativity and imagination. ...

  • Making Heirloom Boxes

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    Peter Lloyd shares his skills and excellence in producing exquisite, solid wood boxes. Their seductive, satin-smooth finish and fine detailing beg to be touched and demonstrate beautifully Peter's tra...

  • Creating Wooden Boxes on the Scroll Saw

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    Direct from the pages of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts comes a collection of 29 favourite projects and patterns for the most unique wooden boxes. From delicate fretwork jewellery boxes to creatively...

  • Carving Techniques and Projects

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    Discover the basics of woodcarving and see how to carve an 18th century scallop shell. Includes lettercarving, relief carving, outlining, modelling and contouring and finishing....

  • Elliptical Turning

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    David Springett’s detailed demonstrations make accessible the sixteenth century skill of elliptical turning. With great attention to technique, Springett also reveals how to build a specialist, yet af...

  • Small Shop Projects

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    Woodworker Jim Cummins shows you how to transform that small scrap you can't bear to throw away, into a valued treasure. In addition to several intriguing boxes with many variations, you'll discover a...

  • Sam Maloof

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    This visually rich documentary spans a week with Maloof while he builds and discusses his designs, including his much imitated signature rocker. It’s an opportunity to savor the nuances and substance ...

  • Relief Carving In Wood

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    A complete carving tutorial, leading you in detail through the process of carving in both low and high relief. It’s the next best thing to having the master by your side as you learn to carve. Each ...

  • Natural Edges & Hollow Forms

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    Learn to wet-turn and create end-grain bowls whilst retaining the bark as a rim....

  • Wood Carving Basics

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    Carving is an area of woodworking that has wide appeal and can start as simply as whittling figures with a pocket knife. Since the cost of entry is so low, many people are willing to give it a try. Bu...