See the great things the specialized press is saying about this book. After you read the description of the book scroll down this page and read the Editorial Reviews section. Chris West, the author of "Adding Spice to Your Woodturning", is Europe's go-to guy for turning salt and pepper shakers. If you know him through his woodturning articles you will already appreciate his practical approach which gets you working on projects right away. This book presents 15 original and unique projects for turning salt and pepper shakers plus 5 additional projects on making spice shakers and other condiment accessories for either the home or the restaurant. Hone your skills turning these unique, beautiful and useful objects for family and friends, or to sell through your site or at markets. Chris wrote this book for American turners so measurements are in both metric and in inches. "Adding Spice to your Woodturning" was designed for use in the workshop. The book is hardcover, the pages are made of heavy-duty art paper, and the book is spiral bound so the pages will lay flat and will not turn while you are working on a particular project. There are projects here for beginning, intermediate and experienced turners but regardless of the skill level of the project, each one will result in a beautiful object that will give you great satisfaction and words of praise from those who see it. Order yourself a copy now and start turning some great looking, practical and very marketable salt, pepper and spice shakers.

Adding Spice to Your Woodturning: 20 Salt, Pepper & Spice Shaker Projects for Woodturners

West, Chris

Artisan Ideas

This is a new English language translation of an internationally bestselling book for blacksmiths. This new printing has been completely re-edited and is also priced substantially less than the original printing, which was imported from Europe. In this fascinating and useful project book for beginning and intermediate level blacksmiths, twenty-four Italian master blacksmiths share their techniques with you on a great variety of jobs, ranging from the basic and simple to the more complex and artistic. This large 250-page hardcover book measures 9-½-inches x 11-¼ inches and contains 48 different blacksmithing projects. The individual steps of each job are clearly illustrated with high quality close-up color photos. The text in this new translation has been expertly edited so all technical details are clear to the reader. Secrets of the Forge begins with basic smithing jobs such as twisting bars and making spearhead shapes and scrolls. As you progress through the book the projects become more difficult and complex and involve forging truly artistic iron sculptures such as a duck in flight, a snail, flowers, a dragon, a nude, and more. The book concludes with two highly specialized projects: making a Damascus steel blade, and the construction of a fully functional hand-forged lock. There is a wealth of knowledge in this excellent book. Experienced professional smiths will get as much from it as novices. Antonello Rizzo is also the author of The Blacksmith's Project Book: Intermediate &amp; Advanced Projects from European Masters which picks up where Secrets of the Forge leaves off.

Secrets of the Forge: Beginning and Intermediate Projects for Blacksmiths

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Rizzo,Antonello

Crafts & Hobbies

Scroll down this page to the "EDITORIAL REVIEWS" section to see what they are saying about this book. "The Blacksmith's Project Book" presents 20 original intermediate and advanced projects for blacksmiths looking to further hone their skills and learn techniques from European master smiths. This hardcover 248 page book, with over 900 high-quality photos, clearly explains the necessary steps and techniques for completing projects which include metallic fusion, damascening, chromatic finishing techniques, foldforming, patination, sculpture forging, and other interesting topics. Antonello Rizzo's first bestselling project book, "Secrets of the Forge", contained almost 50 original projects by master smiths for beginning and intermediate level blacksmiths. This excellent new book brings the level up a notch and has the intention of also serving as creative fodder for the smiths' own project designs. Rizzo's two project books together provide blacksmiths with what are probably the most varied, the most interesting and most modern blacksmithing projects available today in a printed format. The bonus 21st chapter of this book is a fascinating essay presenting the essayist's heartfelt thoughts on the restoration of old wrought iron. You can be sure that there is plenty of material in The Blacksmith's Project Book that will be of great interest to any practicing blacksmith.

The Blacksmith's Project Book: Intermediate & Advanced Projects from European Masters

Antonello Rizzo

These two highly reviewed books provide blacksmiths with what are probably the most varied, the most interesting and most modern blacksmithing projects available today in a printed format. The beginning and intermediate projects in the 1st book have the aim of teaching blacksmiths new skills and techniques in a methodic, step-by-step fashion using excellent color photos and complete written instructions. The more advanced projects in the 2nd book give more freedom to the blacksmith to use his or her creativity to deviate from the instructions and personalize the projects.

Secrets of the Forge plus The Blacksmith's Project Book (Two Book Set)

"I am asked many lock questions in the course of a year. The most common one is: ‘where can I learn more about locks and keys?’. This book is what I recommend to collectors to go to first. I personally feel all lock and key collectors should have this book. It contains a mixture of European and American locks and keys across time. It includes lock mechanisms too. This is a quality book in every way; an impressive work” - Robert Dix, Journal of Lock Collecting, (a Publication of the American Lock Collectors Association) Vol 51, N.1, March 2020. 
This volume is widely considered the best book ever written on the history of locks. It is illustrated throughout with photos from the Lips’ Collection. It was written in 1957 by Vincent Eras, the director of one of the most important lock manufacturing companies in the world at that time - the Lips’ Safe and Lock Manufacturing Company (now part of the Assa Abloy Group). The author was not only a master locksmith who developed important patents but he was also a collector and was passionate about the history and development of locking mechanisms. His extensive knowledge of the field comes across on every page. In fact, Eras had been in the lock manufacturing business for 58 years before he wrote this book. In the preface he states: “I consider it a gratifying task to place on record my experiences and through this book save them from oblivion. At the same time an excellent opportunity is presented to show the reader my collection of antique and modern locks – the tangible result of more than 50 years travelling, searching and study in many countries”. In over 280 black-and-white photos and drawings Vincent Eras brings us on a grand tour of the development of locks from pre-historic to modern times and he also explains to us, in words and illustrations, how their mechanisms work. This is a high-quality hardcover reprint of the 1957 edition of the book from the publishers of Persian Locks.

Locks and Keys throughout the Ages:

Eras, Vincent

Antiques & Collectibles

The author of this bestselling book, Basic Wax Modeling, Mr. Hiroshi Tsuyuki, is the Japanese authority on Jewelry Wax Modeling. In this book he presents 11 basic projects, each one designed to teach the use of certain tools and types of waxes in a progressive manner as one's skills improve. Each step of every project is accompanied by a photo and text and in some cases supplementary sketches and notes are provided to clarify those particular processes. Mr. Tsuyuki states that by conscientiously completing each project, the student should be well on the way to becoming a designer/modeler. Hiroshi Tsuyuki's second book, Practical Wax Modeling (ISBN 9780997979886) , co-written with Yoko Ohba, starts off where Basic Wax Modeling leaves off. 
List of Projects in Basic Wax Modeling: A High Domed Ring A Ripple Patterned Ring A Signet Ring A Box Type Ring A Carved Flat Band Ring A Textured Pendant with Open Work A Wax Build-Up Pendant A Wax Build-Up Ring A Ring with Flower and Leaf Motif A Lozenge Pendant with a Cut-Out A Brooch with a Flower and Leaves Hardcover, 112 pages, 283 black and white photos and illustrations.

Basic Wax Modeling: An Adventure in Creativity

Tsuyuki, Hiroshi

“I highly recommend this book of technical information and procedures for anyone wanting to learn wax modeling techniques… this book is clear and well organized. Good large step-by-step explanatory black and white photos illustrate the points made in the concise, strictly informational text. This is the second in a series of books on professional wax working for lost wax casting. It might be useful to have read the first volume - ‘Basic Wax Modeling’ before this volume but it is still a good stand-alone text” - Charles Lewton-Brain (internationally known lecturer, author, designer, inventor of Fold-Forming) from his review on Ganoksin. 
In this book jewelry wax modeling techniques are introduced and explained in detail, illustrated with step-by-step photographs. Some special features of Practical Wax Modeling include: a) Practical applications when using a variety of waxes b) Mitsuro and its uses c) Demonstrations of a variety of textures d) Methodology of finishing castings. Practical Wax Modeling was written as an applied compilation for the book "Basic Wax Modeling" (ISBN 9780997979879). 
In this printing of “Practical Wax Modeling” by Artisan Ideas all of the original B&W photos have been improved using the latest digital technology, the typeface has also been changed and improved and various corrections to the original text have been made. Part 1 of the book, HARD WAX MODELING TECHNIQUES, contains 7 projects including various rings, a pendant and 2 brooches. Part 2, SOFT WAX MODELING TECHNIQUES, contains 10 projects, plus ‘free-forming’ and making jewelry using ‘mitsuro'. The technique of making ‘mitsuro’ is fully explained. Parts 3, 4, and 5 have additional projects.

Practical Wax Modeling: Advanced Techniques for Wax Modelers

Tsuyuki

Hiroshi - Ohba

Yoko

This is the most beautiful, complete, and largest book on antique locks and keys ever published. Not only are there over one-thousand stunning high-resolution photos of European locks and keys from Roman times through the Industrial Revolution, all with dates, dimensions, and provenance, but the detailed photos and the author’s notes also allow us to examine and understand the workings of the locks’ internal mechanisms.This is a book that every lock and key collector, locksmith, blacksmith who makes locks, and architectural restorer, will want to own. Author Ulf Weissenberger’s tour de force covers the history of locks and keys, how their mechanisms developed over the centuries, and how each major art period affected their shape and decoration.The author also presents his personal ideas on the restoration of antique locks and keys.Ulf Weissenberger has been collecting and restoring with passion and attention to detail for over 35 years. In this book he gives us impressive insights into almost 5000 years of cultural, technological, and artistic history and, almost incidentally, answers the question of how naturally locks and keys have been part of our lives for millennia.

Antique Locks and Keys: Their History, Uses and Mechanisms

Arts & Photography

Weissenberger, Ulf

History & Criticism

The New Spruce Forge Manual of Locksmithing: a Blacksmith's Guide to Simple Lock Mechanisms is a totally revised, updated and expanded version of the original work which has become a treasured sourcebook for blacksmiths the world over. This new hardcover edition, at 304 pages, is more than double the size of the original manual. The number of lock projects has increased from five to fourteen. And the first section on blacksmith lockmaking tools and techniques can now be considered a complete manual in its own right. The authors have maintained their original trademark style that relies on well-illustrated step-by-step instructions that guide you through the whole lock-making process. They have also kept their low-tech approach that demonstrates how to go about creating good work using only a handful of simple tools. For The New Spruce Forge Manual of Locksmithing, Bill Morrison and Denis Frechette divided the book into two distinct sections: Technical Information: This section is a complete reference manual that covers the specific techniques needed to build all the parts for each lock, as well as providing all the information needed to understand the assembly instructions outlined in the second section. The Locks: Patterns and Instructions: This section provides all the plans and detailed step-by-step instructions for each of the 14 lock projects in this new edition. The detailed and clear assembly instructions describe when and how to use the technical information provided in section one. This is the most complete book available on how to use simple technology to solve complex metalworking problems. What you learn in this book will provide you with the skills needed to replace a broken "blacksmith-lock" with a similar one of your own making for an old gate, door, cabinet, chest, etc. After having worked through the projects you will have gained the skills and confidence to fashion replacement parts for old "blacksmith locks" needing repair. Hardcover, 304 pages, 11-inches x 8-1/2-inches, over 800 color photos and drawings.

The New Spruce Forge Manual of Locksmithing: A Blacksmith’s Guide to Simple Lock Mechanisms

By Denis Frechette

By Bill Morrison

In Iran, the padlock was developed in an amazing variety of sizes, shapes, materials, and mechanisms, the likes of which are less frequently encountered in Europe. On the whole, very little attention has been devoted to the history and development of the lock in Iran. Parviz Tanavoli, Iran's leading sculptor, was first attracted to the locks of his own country because of their sculptural qualities. In this beautiful and informative book the author shares with us, in over 500 photos and drawings, the most interesting examples of locks from his famous collection which was first introduced to the American public by the Smithsonian Institute on the occasion of the American Bicentennial. You will also find detailed drawings which clearly illustrate the workings of the various locking mechanisms (e.g., barbed-spring, helical-spring, notched-shackle, hook and revolving catch, etc.) used in the locks in this book. All locks are dated and when known, the place of manufacture is given. A smaller version of this updated and expanded book was published by The Smithsonian Institution in 1976 with the title, "Locks from Iran: Pre-Islamic to Twentieth Century." In 2019 and 2020 the author edited his original book adding new text and a great number of new high-quality photos of locks which have been added to his collection in the 44 years since the first book was published. Hardcover, 144 pages, 10-inches x 8.5-inches, over 500 photos and drawings. From the publishers of Locks and Keys throughout the Ages.

Persian Locks: 1500 Years of Iranian Padlocks

Tanavoli, Parviz

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