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• Creative Woodcarving for Beginners: Basic Techniques + 50 Projects

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  Woodcarving is a time-honored art, and here is the definitive beginner's guide to this traditional craft, from carving with a pocket knife to sculpting with chisels and mallets. Starting with a detailed course in techniques such as chip carving, relief carving, and sculptural carving, it goes on to offer detailed plans, templates, and instructions for 50 projects, from distinctive front-door house numbers to a spectacular fire-breathing dragon. Every step is thoroughly illustrated with photos, right up to applying finishes such as paint, varnish, burning, or oiling.

• MARQUETRY COURSE

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  Covers tools and materials and how to cut logs into veneers. Tutorial projects enable you to practice your skills on a numnber of designs, such as a convex corner fan, rose, shell, chessboard, and chevron. See how to mount, press, create borders, sand, and finish your pieces. Four projects are presented, a tray, pier table, jewelry box and fire screen.

• FWW: VIDEO WORKSHOP SERIES #19: BASIC WORKBENCH

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  Build a master furniture maker’s favorite bench. In this Fine Woodworking workshop DVD, award-winning craftsman Philip C. Lowe will show you how to build the workbench that’s been his trusty workshop companion for 40 years. Plus, your DVD comes complete with digital and SketchUp plans. Don’t let the size fool you! Despite its relatively small footprint, this bench offers woodworkers big benefits: It easily fits in most shops and is nicely proportioned, allowing you to reach your work from all four sides. And, the design offers loads of storage down below for stowing your favorite tools. Master a variety of traditional joinery techniques. As you build your own version of Philip’s workbench, you’ll expand your know-how on these important topics: •Joinery preparation •Mortise-and-tenon joinery •Sliding dovetails •Gluing up the base •Benchtop construction •Dovetailed drawers •Door and bench dogs Get the inside story on Philip Lowe’s signature techniques: With Basic Workbench with Built-In Storage DVD you can build the same exact bench that has served Philip for decades. Plus, you’ll learn his secrets for cutting sliding dovetails, laying out and cutting benchdog holes, and tackling benchtop glue-up in easy stages.

• Google SketchUp® Guide for Woodworkers - The Basics (FWW)

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  Just what woodworkers have been asking for. This instructional video is specifically designed for the way woodworkers use SketchUp. Whatever your skill level, novice to advanced, you’ll get up to speed fast with Fine Woodworking’s Google SketchUp Guide for Woodworkers: The Basics. Easy and intuitive to use. Learn how to set up the program, use drawing tools, navigate in a 3-D space, sketch, refine drawings, and create shop-ready plans. Already know a little? This easy-to-skim video lets you focus on what’s new to you and even lets you go back to review any topic, any time. Learn from an experienced instructor. Dave Richards, an authorized SketchUp trainer, uses a basic cabinet as a model. He walks you through the whole process, from rough sketch through developing your own set of project plans. Along with his expert tips and shortcuts, you’ll get his handy cheat sheet plus a bonus digital plan. The best way to invest an hour. The Basics video is just what every woodworker needs to do custom work. With SketchUp, it’s easier to design your own furniture, refine the concept in 3-D before you build, and assemble all the parts flawlessly. 66 min.

• THE COMMERCIAL WOODS OF AFRICA: A Descriptive Full Color Guide

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  THE COMMERCIAL WOODS OF AFRICA: A Descriptive Full Color Guide profiles 90 exotic African woods. A full set of relevant facts is provided for each tree, including: a full-color photograph of each wood’s grain and pattern, a list of botanical, commercial and vernacular names, a map indicating the tree’s habitat in Africa, and descriptive text about the tree itself, the qualities of its wood, and its common uses and applications. Finally, mathematical values detailing the woods various physical properties such as density, durability, bending strength, and shrinkage are included.

• Woodworking 101: Skill-Building Projects that Teach the Basics

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  For absolute beginners looking to become confident woodworkers relatively quickly, this self-teaching guide will do the trick. Woodworking 101 combines the best material from the four books in Taunton’s Getting Started in Woodworking Series (Getting Started in Woodworking, Your First Workshop, Projects for Your Shop, and Furniture You Can Build). Highly visual and easy to follow, the book includes detailed step-by-step photos, illustrations, shop schematics, and exploded drawings. Readers will learn how to set up and maintain their own shop, work with basic tools, and finesse their skills building a chair, a table, a bookcase, a bench—even a simple bed. With the basics mastered here, there’s no end to what new woodworkers will accomplish for years to come.