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  • No-Fuss Wood Finishing

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    Amateur woodworkers can achieve professional quality finishes on their projects with simple materials that are brushed or wiped onto the wood. There's no need to shell out the expense of professional ...

  • Wood for Woodturners

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    A guide to different woods catering specifically for turners. Fifty turning woods from around the world are described in detail and colour photographs illustrate varieties of grain and figure. A furth...

  • Woodturning

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    With a demonstration of turning between centres, faceplate and copy turning; Keith Rowley provides a thorough introduction to all the basic techniques and practices needed to enhance and improve your ...

  • Safe Wood Machining

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    Operate machinery safely and confidently including radial-arm-saws, bandsaws, spindle moulders and others....

  • Basic Off Centre Turning

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    Learn how to turn a hedgehog, candlesticks, eccentric boxes and off centre bowls....

  • Relief Carving Projects & Techniques

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    Tried-and-true relief woodcarving projects and patterns, to create an assortment of compelling carvings for the home and beyond. This book is packed with 37 relief woodcarving projects and patterns fr...

  • Lettercarving In Wood

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    What makes this book truly different, and worthwhile, is that at it's heart is a well-tried, structured course. By working through the exercises, you can acquire or improve on existing lettercarving ...

  • New Complete Guide to the Bandsaw, The

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    This essential guide to woodworking’s most versatile tool includes a thorough analysis on everything needed to know in order to purchase, setup, use and maintain a band saw. This book details what woo...

  • 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....

  • The Versatile Router

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    Pat Warner, a clever router engineer, shows how to use the router as a "finishing" tool. With the help of router jigs and templates, you can easily make almost any kind of joinery and edge ...