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Woodworking with Tommy Mac takes you right into the workshop with host Tommy Mac and recreates all the projects featured in "Season One" of this popular WGBH-TV series. Called one of the best by The Boston Globe. A rising star, Tommy Mac has also been hailed as the van Gogh of woodworking by The Woodshop News. As he walks you through these 12 projects, he teaches key skills and shares his expertise and observations. Take advantage of his keen insights and helpful tips to improve your own work. Sneak a peek behind the scenes. Youll learn the back story of why these projects made the show, including: How a unique piece of artisan wood became a trestle table. How the Old North Church inspired the detailing on a wall cabinet. How an authentic 1600s design is adapted for a new blanket chest and so much more. All 12 projects and so much more are here for you. Rough Cut Woodworking with Tommy Mac includes detailed drawings, materials lists, and step-by-step photos everything you need to build any or all of these projects in your own workshop. Whether youre already a fan or missed tuning in heres your chance to enjoy Season One in a photo-filled book you can refer to again and again.
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Includes digital plan. A classic cabinet with heirloom potential. In this lesson-packed video, Fine Woodworking's Michal Pekovich demonstrates the key skills and techniques required to build this authentic oak cabinet, including lessons on crafting tight-fitting, blowout-free through-mortise-and-tenon joinery, how to execute a classic ammonia-fumed finish and more.
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While new construction has slowed to a crawl and upgrading to a bigger house is no longer a sure thing, more and more homeowners are choosing to remodel. Theyre actively looking for information on how to make their current home a better place to live. This collection of 36 articles from the experts at Fine Homebuilding lays out detailed information on every stage of remodelingfrom planning and design to building and installation, upgrades, finishing, and clean-up. Coverage includes interior and exterior design and building strategies, as well as information on additions and tips for living comfortably through a remodel. With 300 color photographs, 75 drawings, practical sidebars, and case studies, this complete guide is a one-stop reference. For over 30 years Fine Homebuilding, based in Newtown, Connecticut, has been the magazine of choice for people who care about quality home improvement and construction. Today, with a circulation of 300,000, it is the best source of home improvement information, inspiring readers to build projects better, faster, and more efficiently.
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Major home remodeling isnt for the faint of heart; there is huge potential for design problems, cost overruns, or just unsatisfactory workmanship. Here, a professional construction manager who masterminded the redesign at New Yorks famed Avery Fisher Hall as well as a massive institute-wide renovation of St. Lukes Hospital, offers an indispensable guide for homeowners who need to manage a large-scale renovation. Theres advice on how to articulate your thoughts clearly to designers, architects, and contractors; tips on negotiating contracts; suggestions for protecting yourself from legal and financial threats; and help understanding warranty claims. Each stepfrom initial planning through the completed projectis covered in laymans terms, and sample contracts, floor plans, cost estimating worksheets and other forms are provided.
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Contractor's Guide to QuickBooks Pro 2007 can save hours of time in setting up and putting to use all the new features that this 2007 edition offers. It includes a CD-ROM with a template for a construction company to help speed your set up, an estimating program with a 5000-item database, a program that converts your estimates into QuickBooks forms so you can compare with your actual costs, and blank construction forms for your use.
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The comprehensive woodworking sourcebook. Finally the best casework projects from America's foremost woodworking magazine are assembled in one book, Chests and Cabinets. For years woodworkers, seeking the finest woodworking projects, have turned to Fine Woodworking magazine, FineWoodworking.com, and Fine Woodworking-branded digital and print plans to create exquisite furniture projects. Now you can have expert information, guidance, and instruction all in one book! Step-by-step instruction. Through clear instruction, fine detailed working drawings, and hundreds of beautiful photographs guide you through projects from start to finish with: •Hard-to-find, practical advice •Expert instruction for building a wide range of storage projects •Information and inspiration for all styles from Shaker to Modern designs 18 projects in all styles. The styles vary widely ensuring something for everyone's taste. You'll find just the storage project you are looking for here: •Chests and Cupboards •Hickory and Ash Blanket Chest •Shaker Chest of Drawers •Classic Storage Cupboard, and more •Sideboards and Consoles •The High Art of the Lowboy •Arts and Crafts on Display •A Low Console for Home Theater, and more •Wall Cabinets •A Better Way to Build Wall Cabinets •Wall Cabinet in Cherry •Build a Vanity Cabinet •Bookcase •Quick, Sturdy Bookcase •Cherry and Fir Bookcase •A Portable Book Rack, and more