Woodworking

Create useful products out of reclaimed wood from shipping pallets. 20 step-by-step projects include raised garden beds; herb and rail planters; wine, spice and coat racks; book shelves; benches; water barrel stands; small compost bins; and more.

Learn how to make, modify, restore, and use traditional wooden handplanes. Discover the different types and how to use them to their best advantage; how to tune up a new plane for peak performance; and how to make your own set of planes.

Discover why this traditional tool has a home in your modern workshop, with step-by-step instructions, full-color photos, detailed illustrations, and clear diagrams. Learn how to choose, set up, maintain, and use Japanese handplanes to achieve stunning results.

Making your own bird boxes and feeders is a rewarding and environmentally sound way to enhance any garden by attracting birds. This book offers informed advice on siting, nesting, and feeding, along with 17 practical step-by-step construction projects.

Create charming holiday decorations that double as small toys with this easy-to-follow guidebook. Full-size patterns and step-by-step instructions are provided for 14 working wooden toy ornaments.

Learn the secrets of creating fascinating 3-D wooden inlay projects, with 14 exciting portraits of the most popular North American wildlife. Includes step-by-step intarsia demonstrations for a Bald Eagle, a Wild Mustang, and a Bull Moose.

This big book provides complete working shop drawings for 61 classic furniture pieces. The author, a master cabinetmaker, measured original Craftsman antiques to create these detailed plans. With full perspective views, elevations, sections, details, and cutting lists for each project, this revised collection gives today's woodworkers the heart of the Craftsman aesthetic, along with all the ...

With this pocket-sized guidebook and your favorite Victorinox® Swiss Army Knife, you’ll be ready to whittle wherever you go.

Learn the basics of caricature carving with quick and easy first-time projects that use just blank basswood “eggs” and a few simple cuts. Includes clear carving and painting instructions, color photographs, two step-by-step projects, and 44 ready-to-use patterns.

Carve beautiful wildlife walking sticks with step-by-step projects, ready-to-use patterns, an inspirational color photo gallery, and advice on wood sourcing and finishing.

Turning a photograph of a loved one into a realistic pyrography pattern is easier than you think! Discover the art of portrait burning, and start creating perfect likenesses of your favorite people in wood.

Carve and paint a folk art masterpiece that will delight your family for generations to come. Includes a full-size pullout pattern pack.

With this book and a well-chosen and correctly maintained set of planes, you will be able to handle any type of wood in every woodworking situation.

This essential DIY guide shows how to build the garage of your dreams by doing all or part of the work yourself. Choose from more than 175 construction plans, prepared by garage experts.

Make wildly inspired mechanical marvels from wood, with step-by-step projects and full-sized patterns attached to the book in a handy pouch.