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• TURNING VINTAGE TOYS

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  To the delight of children and grandchildren, this handy guidebook offers an assortment of vintage wooden toy projects that hearken to bygone eras. Drawing primarily from Victorian and Edwardian eras, each wonderful toy project offers step-by-step instructions, cutting lists, wood recommendations, and techniques such as jigmaking and turning spheres and cylinders. In these 15 projects, crafters will find age-appropriate toys for toddlers to teens, including a diabalo for juggling, a yo-yo, toy soldiers and mice, colorful stacking discs, spinning tops, and bowling pins. More skilled toymakers will enjoy the challenge of crafting a kaleidoscope and a walking cow. Variations for each project allow crafters to personalize each toy, and a brief history of how and where the toy was used provides added value and interest.

• STONESCAPING IDEA BOOK

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  Discover practical and inspiring ideas for beautifying your landscape using stone. Along with tried and true designs for inviting walkways and beautiful walls, you’ll see new ways of using stone in gardens and patio spaces. You’ll create graceful streams, waterfalls, or even simple fountains that will help transform your backyard into a private retreat. And you’ll find a wide range of outdoor living spaces that family and friends can enjoy for years to come.

• THE CARRIAGE TRIMMERS' MANUAL

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  Written in 1881 by William N. FitzGerald, a veteran of the carriage industry, this was the most comprehensive addition to trade literature on the subject at the time of its publication. Rare, hard-to-find and long out of circulation, it is now back in print to inspire a new generation of carriage enthusiasts. Provides descriptive text and illustrations of numerous carriage interiors: from the everyday model to those suited for royalty. Furthermore, the book describes the complexity of materials—leathers, silks, laces—and range of skills (upholstering, tufting, stitching and binding, cutting enameled leathers, making leather sockets, welting, fabric selection, etc.) required for this branch of the carriage trade. It also includes recipes for cleaning, oiling and blacking leather, polishing metals and restoring ivory, among others.

• GREAT BOOK OF WOODBURNING

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  "Pyrography Techniques, Patterns, & Projects for all Skill Levels". Irish provides details on temperature, speed of stroke, texture patterns, and layering. She also discusses equipment, surface selection and preparation as well as finishing. There are 30 patterns included that differ in skill and ability.

• MAKING CONCRETE GARDEN ORNAMENTS

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  You can create everything from bookends to a Venetian bench. Concrete can be formed, carved, enhanced with color, mosaics and embedded designs. You need few tools and everything can be found at the local DIY store. Projects include birds, a table base, a garden throne, bench, totem, fountain, a decorative face, relief planter and more.

• SCHOOL HOUSE CLOCK

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  This is typical of clocks manufactured by Seth Thomas. The plan details both the short drop and the more tradition long drop for longer pendulums. The plans list suppliers for the movement and the bezel. 32"H (long drop) 22" (short drop) x 18" x 5.5"D Beginner