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A-0034...........$10.95 Furniture Restoration. By Kevin Jan Bonner. Contains expert instructions and tips on restoring furniture. Teaches how to identify and repair finishes and veneers, master stripping techniques, repair structural damage, apply fillers, stains, waxes, oil finishes, and varnishes. 160 pages, 119 color illustrations., 14 black & white illustrations 5x 8-1/4" paperback. |
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A-0035..........$14.95 Classic Finishing Tips By Sam Allen. Instructions for woodworkers with some skill on how to apply centuries old finishes including French polish, varnishes, oil and wax finishes, natural and chemical stains, fumed finishes, and milk paint, providing good directions and helpful color illustrations. 128 pages (all in color), 8-1/2x10" paperback |
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A-0057................$24.95 The Veneering: A Foundation Course. By Mike Burton. With this fully illustrated guide, learn to use woods that may be rare, expensive or structurally weak in their solid form. Teaches the use of crossbanding, book-matching, quartering, inlaying, oyster work and marquetry to stunning effect. Includes a chapter on restoration and working with sawn veneers enabling you to repair damaged pieces. 160 pages |
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A-0058................$17.95 Wood Bender's Handbook By Zachary Taylor. It's one of the hidden secrets of woodworking and an essential technique for anyone who works with wood. It doesn't take expensive machinery or exotic hand tools-Just apply these proven methods and techniques of cold-bending, as well ashot water, steam, and hot air bending Handy charts show you the bending qualities of the 25 most important woods, as well as the desired effects of numerous wood types for each project. 144 pages (all in color) |
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A-0059................$19.95 Working Wood: A complete Bench Top reference. By Jim Tolpin. This handy bench reference tells what kinds of jigs make a table saw more efficient or accurate, what's the best drill-bit speed to use to drill a one inch hole in hardwood, what clamps and fixtures to use if you're laminating curved pieces and many more tricks, tips, and techniques of a master woodworker. A comprehensive, accessible, and easy-to-understand guide you can pull off the shelf whenever you're stumped. 208 pages, 700 black and white illustrations. |
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A-0062................$14.95 Upholtery Tips & Hints By David James Take a hint from someone who spent most of his life in the furniture industry- in fact, take many tips! Make this essential little guide your practical companion, and any upholstering you will go more smoothly and look better than it ever did before. You get the benefit of a professional's accumulated ideas and vast pool of knowledge, arranged alphabetically for easy reference, on canework and webbing; stuffing materials and techniques; pipings, buttons, tufts, and nails; fabrics and linings; gussets and gathers; and health and safety concerns. Inspirational and instructive anecdotes, traditional sayings from the business, and an insider's view of the craft offer a facinating glimpes into upholstery's history and developmment, and how specialist ply their craft. |
