Correct finishing can improve an uninspired piece of woodwork, but poor staining or polishing can equally ruin good craftsmanship. This book aims to dispel the doubt and mystique which surrounds the art of woodfinishing and help readers develop their skills.

The Woodfinishing Handbook (Practical Crafts)

Engineering & Transportation

Hosker, Ian

Engineering

Guild of Master Craftsman

The Internet is fast becoming an essential tool in the workplace. This book is intended for everyone employed, or hoping to become employed, by any organisation that makes use of the Internet in its daily activities.

Internet Skills for the Workplace: Empowering Yourself for the Digital Age

Business & Money

Internet Handbooks Ltd

Are you following a social science course at college or university? Are feeling the lack of a background in maths and science? Then this Studymate is the book for you. Avoiding all needless maths, formulae and jargon, it explains in easy steps how to understand, select and apply all the key statistical techniques in different circumstances. Use this simple and straightforward book, and improve your performance in dealing with all aspects of social statistics for coursework, revision, and examinations. * Probability * Populations * Data management * Initial data exploration * * Developing & testing a hypothesis * Exploring relationships/variables 1 * * Exploring relationships/variables 2 * Questionnaire survey design * * Scales and indices * Secondary data resources * Data analysis exercises * * Appendices (Formulae; Techniques) * Web sites for social science students *

Social Statistics: Data Analysis for Social Science Explained

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Studymates Limited

Statistics for Social Sciences: How to Handle and Analyse Data in Social Sciences (Studymates: In-Focus)

Studymates Ltd

If you’re looking for techniques to use rare woods affor-dably, overcome structurally unsound pieces, and improve items from furniture to floors, veneering is the answer. Learn everything about the tools, materials, and terminology, and gain the skills to do cross-banding, parquetry, marquetry, sawn veneers, book-matching, inlaying, oyster work, and more. Plus: restoration methods that bring worn pieces back to life.

Veneering: A Complete Course

Science & Math

Technology

Guild of Master Craftsman Pubns ltd

“A concise introduction to veneering, the craft of affixing a thin layer of wood to a substrate. An excellent instructor, Hosker shows readers which materials and equipment are required and explains the most commonly used techniques: cross-banding, bookmatching, inlaying, and parquetry. Recommended for all public library woodworking collections.”—Library Journal.

Veneering Handbook

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Complete and accessible, the guide simplifies daunting choices regarding proper finishes for various surfaces. Along with expert tips on finding the right finish for each job, comes a start-to-finish tour through the skills of power sanding, surface preparation, staining, bleaching, varnishing, coloring, using modern syn-thetic lacquers, and finishing turned works. Includes recipes for special finishes.

Complete Woodfinishing: Revised Edition

GMC Publications

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