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  • Turning Boxes

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    Turn and finish three classsic boxes under Chris' precise instruction....

  • Dennis White Teaches Woodturning 5- Classic Profiles

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    From Georgian furniture legs to Victorian balusters - traditionally decorated with beads, hollows, fillets and other shapes - the correct setting out and turning sequences are exhibited here....

  • Rustic Garden Furniture & Accessories

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    Rustic woodworking is a technique that continues to attract both novice and experienced craftspeople. Through 30 attractive projects of varying difficulty, two experts in this traditional art teach th...

  • Shelves, Cabinets & Bookcases

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    Everyone needs more storage for books and other media. That's why building shelving is so popular among woodworkers, whether the project is a simple shelved built-in or a high-style bookcase. While bu...

  • 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...

  • Designing Furniture

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    Designing a piece of furniture should be fun. Yet woodworkers who think nothing of building a complicated jig or mastering a difficult finish feel lost when it comes to designing a piece of furniture....

  • Making Wooden Chess Sets

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    Chess pieces and their boards are a thing of beauty that serious players often like to display around their home. The 15 one of a kind designs in this book are sure to become conversation pieces, like...

  • Cutting & Sharpening for Woodturners

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    A sharp edge helps you to produce the finest work and this DVD takes a detailed look at sharpening all your tools....

  • Refinishing Furniture

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    Bob Flexner gives you a working knowledge of the practical and decorative aspects of refinishing. He shows when to rejuvenate an old finish, how to remove a finish that has failed and how to refinish ...

  • Woodturning Methods

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    Featuring clear language and appealing full-colour illustrations, this intermediate-level manual shifts the focus to a survey of interesting special techniques that are seldom seen together in one vol...