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  • 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...

  • Small Woodworking Shops

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    A good shop is a place where you want to be - a safe, well-lit space where work flows efficiently from machine to bench to finishing area. This book offer ideas and solutions on everything from design...

  • Turning Projects

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    Learn how to perfect your turning skills while making attractive and useful objects. These projects help you learn techniques for both facework and centrework....

  • Dennis White Teaches Woodturning 3- Boxes, Goblets and Screwthreads

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    Expertly covering between centre and faceplate turning, Dennis resurrects a dying technique in a fascinating demonstration of the creation of two boxes and goblets....

  • Dennis White Teaches Woodturning 6- Twists and Advanced Turning

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    A demystification of the twist technique forms the last in this series of instructional and inspirational DVDs from Dennis White. Add single, double, hollow and barley twists to your repertoire!...

  • 3D Patterns for the Scroll Saw

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    Compound cutting is a simple technique that produces astoundingly complex-looking results. Here in her first book, author and artist Diana Thompson presents all the information you’ll need to get star...

  • Finishing Handbook

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    Experts offer advice on how to colour wood for a clear finish, refine a finish with wet sanding or waxing, and use brushes, sprayers, and solvents. Painted finishes get a full chapter, with instructio...

  • 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...

  • Tables You Can Make

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    Selected from the pages of Woodworker’s Journal, these classic tables have been chosen for their ability to serve many functions around the house. Appropriate for beginner to intermediate woodworkers,...

  • Hollow Turning

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    Award-winning John Jordan dispels the mysteries from the art of hollow turning by demonstrating, with inclusive step-by-step instructions, just how to achieve the ultimate hollow-turned shape....