Hugh Bonnecourt, a former CIA agent, agrees to help Cathlyn Collis determine what really happened that night eighteen years ago when all of her family was brutally murdered

A reference book and workshop manual for both the professional and amateur woodcraftsman.

A practical guide to the woodworker's craft of making twists, both cutting them by hand and by the use of a lathe. The reader is taken through many different processes of design and execution. The selected projects include a hostess trolley, candelabra, goblet, small table and music stand.

This is a do-it-yourself guide to building poultry houses and allied equipment. It discusses the needs of the various types of fowl, and gives detailed plans and material lists for building coops, nest boxes, runs, arks, folds, a show box and a 'poultry palace'.

This text shows how to use Japanese tools effectively and maintain them properly, and explains the role they play in traditional Japanese craftsmanship. It describes how to create razor-sharp cutting edges and introduces almost 50 different planes.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. (view table of contents)

Providing 100 tips to prevent and fix woodworking mistakes, this guide includes advice on: rejuvenating joints; repeat accuracy; measuring errors; colour changes; tablesaw break-out; insect damage; grain splits and cracks; tear-out; warping and winding; and disguise beads and banding.

This manual contains detailed instructions for 22 projects from a simple feed scoop holder to housing and fencing for chickens, sheep and goats. There are plans for gates and hurdles; troughs and hayracks; brooders, nestboxes and dustbaths; and a sawbench, ratbox and goat milking bench.

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Once you are done framing and sheetrocking your new or remodeled home, your are ready to tackle the trimwork. The door and window casings, baseboard and crown moldings, and other details that give the interior of your home reflect your personal character and style. In TRIM CARPENTRY TECHNIQUES, an experienced finish carpenter details designing, selecting and installing interior trim, the finishing touches on any building or remodeling project. In TRIM CARPENTRY TECHNIQUES you will find practical instruction on hanging doors, setting windows, buying or making molding and installing it, selecting the right tools for the job, and finishing the trimwork with appropriate paint or varnish. Included are solutions to common problems, especially found in older homes, such as: walls that our out of plumb, floors that aren't level, and doors that aren't quit square. Each technique is fully illustrated with photos and detailed line drawings. (view table of contents)

Part of the 'Woodworking Class' series, 'Wood Turning' shows how to use a lathe and woodworking tools to create a variety of items, from professionally rounded and detailed finials to decorative items such as a garden urn. Step-by-step instructions are accompanied by colour photographs throughout.

Product Description: Finally, a book that tackles the concepts, processes and aspects of design particular to woodturning! Features 600 color photographs and drawings from turners around the world.

Product Description: Provides storage ideas for different rooms in the house, and how to fit a wide variety of shelves, brackets and shelf supports on walls and in alcoves. Includes practical projects for racks, shelves and wall units, and 185 photographs.

In Framing Floors and Stairs, Larry Haun and his brother Joe frame the floor of a basic 1,600 square foot house. They take you step-by-step through the entire process, showing you practical ways to organize tasks, streamline procedures, and handle all the right tools and materials efficiently.

Product Description: In this wall-framing video, Larry Haun and his brother Joe build the exterior and interior walls of a basic 1,600 square foot house. Starting from the completed floor deck, they take you step-by-step through the entire process, showing you practical ways to organize tasks, streamline procedures and handle the right tools and materials efficiently...read more

Product Description: In this tape, designed for professionals and homeowners alike, Savage guides you step-by-step as he trims out parts of a house and shares his job-site savvy and secrets. You'll learn to match pieces of trim precisely, negotiate unsquare openings, and seat moldings solidly against bumpy walls and ceilings...read more

Whether you want to refinish an old floor or sand and coat a new one, this video is your practical guide to a beautiful surface. Don Bollinger has been teaching pros and first-timers his proven techniques and trade secrets for almost two decades. In this video, he sands and finishes oak strip flooring in his own living room, kitchen, dining room and hallway, showing you step by step how to achieve a durable, blemish-free surface. By watching Bollinger you'll learn how to: prepare an old or new floor for sanding, load and confidently operate tilt and lever-action sanders, control an edger to sand the perimeter of a room, remove edger and drum marks caused by sanding mistakes, trowel on filler to hide small cracks, select the right finish for your floor, and apply a tough, attractive finish. This video is the companion to Bollinger's video workshop Laying Hardwood Floors. In addition, both tapes are keyed to Bollinger's book, Hardwood Floors, where you'll find techniques for laying, sanding and finishing a variety of hardwood floors.