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Books on Carpentry & Joinery

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Paul Anthony, HOME STORAGE PROJECTS Ref: CHT0132

This offers 13 different projects with cutting lists and detailed instructions on building with excellent drawings including: a modular CD storage cabinet, a desktop organiser, a mobile closet, a convertible wine cabinet, a secure tamper proof medicine chest and a versatile kitchen workstation.

Price: £16.95 (€18.48)

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Dirk Boelman, SCROLL SAW Ref: CHT9326

First Time of beginners' guide ventures into woodworking. This covers-all-the-basics, fully illustrated, question-and-answer manual to the scroll saw, novices can jump in and create great decorative items right away. Go beyond the basics and expand your skills, with instructions for fashioning a Fleur-de-lis Wall Shelf with an attractive support bracket. Includes many practical, eye catching projects.

Price: £6.99 (€7.62)

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Sam Clark, REMODELING A KITCHEN Ref: CHT0086

With years of experience in remodelling kitchens the author advises on selecting cabinets, counter tops, fixtures and finishes which help home owners to get the most value for their money.

Price: £16.95 (€18.48)

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George Collings, CIRCULAR WORK IN CARPENTRY AND JOINERY Ref: CHT0141

Reworking of the 5th edition of 1911. There are over 240 redrawn illustrations. The only book to cover complex single and double circular joinery in doors, windows, stairs, mouldings, cased frames, elliptical heads, conical roofs and skylights.

Price: £16.95 (€18.48)

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Jere Cray, BUILDING YOUR OWN KITCHEN CABINETS Ref: CHT0127

Every aspect of custom building of kitchen cabinets; layout, materials, construction and installation, with copious detailed illustrations presented in a step-by-step sequence.

Price: £16.95 (€18.48)

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George R. diCristina, A SIMPLIFIED GUIDE TO CUSTOM STAIRBUILDING AND TANGENTS HANDRAILING Ref: CHT0148

The first new treatment of quality construction for the past 60 years. Primary focus is on the building of climbing-turn continuous handrail sections using the tangent principle. Instruction is in a comprehensive, to-the-point manner.

Price: £21.95 (€23.93)

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George Ellis, MODERN PRACTICAL JOINERY Ref: CHT0154

Reprint of the 1908 edition of one of the most authoritative books ever published on joinery. 27 chapters cover every aspect of joinery and there is a large glossary and a large index. 100s of technical drawings together with photographs complement the excellent instruction in this book. Whether constructing a sash window, making a wreath for a handrail or building a shop front you will find very good information in this text.

Price: £18.95 (€20.66)

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George Ellis, MODERN PRACTICAL STAIRBUILDING & HANDRAILING Ref: CHT0150

Reprint of the 1932 edition of the two-volume book (1 - stairbuilding, 2 - handrailing). 51 chapters include: setting out; the geometric, spiral, elliptical stair; newels, balusters and brackets; single and geometrical handrailing and the making of wreaths for different types of handrails.

Price: £21.50 (€23.43)

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FH, FRAMING FLOORS, WALLS & CEILINGS Ref: CHT0129

In Taunton's For Pros by Pros Series. this is a selection of some to the best articles on the subject from Fine Homebuilding magazine. Included are: Truing with a square; Creating simple jigs for easier framing; Building coffered ceilings; Laying out perfect walls; Straighten, plumb, align and brace framed walls; Framing simple curves and Planning and framing Cathedral ceilings. Fully illustrated.

Price: £14.95 (€16.30)

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FW, MACHINE AND HAND JOINERY Ref: CHT9134

Compiled by the editors of Fine Woodworking the articles in this book offer expert advice on choosing the right joinery, laying out joints, cutting joinery for frames and carcasses, and jigs for joinery. There are sections on: reinforcing joints; mastering the mitre; compound angle layout; tenoning strategies; cutting through dovetails; rebates and dadoes; a shopmade slot mortiser.

Price: £12.99 (€14.16)

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Paul Hasluck, PRACTICAL STAIRCASE JOINERY Ref: CHT0341

A reprint of the First edition 1899. A thorough introduction to staircase making by the best 19th century interpreter of difficult woodworking techniques. Starting with explanation of terms and moving through construction of a simple stair way with handrails through to geometrical and winding staircases and the setting out of handrail scrolls. There is a final chapter on ships' staircases.

Price: £12.95 (€14.12)

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P. Knobloch, TREASURY OF FINE CONSTRUCTION DESIGN Ref: CHT0138

Detailed plates from the files of 10 leading American architects at the turn of the 20th century. They reflect the finest construction methods for doorways, windows, stairs, cornices, fireplaces, mouldings and paneling.

Price: £12.95 (€14.12)

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George Nash, WOODEN FENCES Ref: CHT9303

Chapters are: Evolution of the American Fence; Wooden Fence Types; Design Factors; Fence Materials; Planning and Layout; Building a Fence; Gates; Maintenance and Repair; Bibliography. Every practical aspect is discussed from laying out the fence, to digging post holes, anchoring post and installing gates and fence boards. "From country picket to estate grandeur...the book is chock-full of everything you need to know". American Bookseller. All the illustrations are instructive. Rich colour photography by James P. Blair.

Price: £19.95 (€21.75)

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Rick Peters, KITCHENS. Ref: CHT9328

From planning a makeover to tackling the nuts-and-bolts of each project, The author provides three appealing ways to create the kitchen. This is renovation on a real kitchen, so see what amazing transformations are possible on economy, and other budgets. All the fundamentals are shown, in a variety of styles, along with remedies for such common problems as lack of counter space; the essentials of electricity, plumbing and ventilation; and the 'work-flow and traffic patterns' of different layouts. Everything from flooring to walls to cabinets are covered.

Price: £9.99 (€10.89)

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Andy Rae, WORKING WITH WOOD Ref: CHT0119

A step-by-step pictorial reference covering all of the techniques for working with wood. Over 800 illustrations show how to buy timber, dry and store it choose joinery for durable construction as well as how to machine, bend and finish any type of wood.

Price: £29.95 (€32.65)

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Gary Rogowski, THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO JOINERY Ref: CHT0145

The most readable modern guide to joinery consisting of step-by-step photographic essays to show you how to make every practical woodworking joint. Colour photographs and drawings illustrate the methods, from simple butt joints through mortises and tenons, rebates, dados, lap and bridle joints, dovetails and finger joints to angled tenons and complex scarf joints. Joinery leads to your making the right choice of a project based on your time, skills and tools.

Price: £31.95 (€34.83)

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J. E. Rose, THE PATTERN MAKER'S ASSISTANT, 6th edition 1899 Ref: CHT0124

Reprint of a practical instructional manual on how to design and construct patterns, describing shop practice, terms and methods. Subjects include lathe-, branch -, core-, sweep-work and gears, pulleys, cog teeth, valves, square and round columns and more

Price: £13.95 (€15.21)

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Scott Schuttner, BASIC STAIRBUILDING Ref: CHT9330

Detailed instruction on building 3 kinds of stairs. Chapters include: Basic stair design; The stairwell; A simple straight-run stair; An L-shaped stair; skirts, An L-shaped stair, newells, rails and balusters; An open-riser ladder stair. The book is full of step-by-step instructions with excellent drawings and photographs showing construction of a stair every step of the way. All illustrations are strictly practical.

Price: £14.99 (€16.34)

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Kiyosi Seike, THE ART OF JAPANESE JOINERY Ref: CHT0096

The author, an architect, classifies joints under two headings, splicing and connecting. He then selects 48 joints for examination.

Price: £7.99 (€8.71)

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Small & Woodbridge, MOULDINGS & TURNED WOODWORK of the 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries Ref: CHT0005

Originally published as a set of cards, this reprint comprises: 1) Wrenn and Georgian mouldings; 2) mouldings of the Tudor period; 3) turned woodwork of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. The mouldings and turned work are presented in full size detail. The examples are of staircases and balusters, beams, doors, panelling, fireplace surrounds and skirting amongst others. See Warne, FURNITURE MOULDINGS (1574-1820) which deals with turnings in cabinetwork.

Price: £16.95 (€18.48)

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Spence, CONSTRUCTING STAIRCASES, BALUSTRADES & LANDINGS Ref: CHT9312

Chapters are: Preliminary Planning; Designing a Stair; Framing Stairwells; Straight Stairs with Notched Stringers; Stairs using Housed Stringers; L-Shaped & U-Shaped Stairs and Landings; Curved and Spiral Stairways; Installing the Ballustrade; Open-Riser Stairs; Disappearing Stairs. Each illustration is of a strictly practical nature including exploded-view drawings.

Price: £11.99 (€13.07)

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Roger B.Ulrich, ROMAN WOODWORKING Ref: CHT9120

A detailed survey of the art of woodworking in the ancient Roman world. The chapters cover: The Roman Woodworker, including training and Guild membership; Tools of the Trade with some 50 illustrations; Joints; Foundation Work; Framing and Wall Construction; Wooden Flooring; Roofing and Ceilings; Interior Woodwork; Wheels; Furniture and Veneers; Classification of Trees and species of Timber used by Roman Woodworkers; A Glossary of Woodworking Terms and an appendix on Tools.

Price: £49.95 (€54.45)

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