Revised metric edition with tables giving lengths of rafters, hips and valleys, and difference in lengths of jack rafters - all in millimetres, plus all angle cuts. An ideal pocket-sized companion.

The Carpenter's Metric Roofing Ready Reckoner

Engineering & Transportation

Gray, W. E.

Engineering

Stobart Davies Ltd.

The construction of period country furniture

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Taylor, V.J.

Home Improvement & Design

A unique book containing a fold-out wallet with 40 actual veneer samples. Each wood is described in terms of 14 key characteristics to teach the method of identifying these and other woods. Illustrated.

What Wood Is That? : Manual of Wood Identification

Science & Math

Herbert L. Edlin

Agricultural Sciences

10,000 terms relating to timber and its uses, explained and clarified with 1,000 illustrations. This highly successful hook has been republished to meet continued demand. Its 10,000 terms cover tree names, location, type of timber, workability and use: joints in timber; machine working and mill work: seasoning, preservation, decay and diseases: woodwork tools and construction methods: veneering, finishing and polishing.

A Glossary of Wood

Corkhill, Thomas

Crafts & Hobbies

Artistic Woodturning

Nish, Dale L.

Here are complete details to build ten attractive pieces of cane furniture, with information on the materials and tools needed, the assembly techniques, finishing, suppliers, designing to suit your own taste, plus a repairs section. Ideal furniture for the summer room, patio, garden and conservatory.

How to Make Your Own Cane Furniture

Alth, Max

Alth, Charlotte

Techniques of creative woodcarving

NORBURY, Ian

Devoted to design principles, influences, appreciation, and application, this fully illustrated manual presents a thoroughly unique approach to becoming a professional furniture maker and designer. Examples of work suitable for both batch production and one-off commission work are discussed, as well as the tools and machinery required for a variety of working situations. Business efficiency methods are also explored, including the available professional help such as accountants and solicitors who may ease the paperwork side of running a business, in addition to the promotional aspects—exhibitions, press coverage, gallery display, and photography—that are so essential to growth. This handbook is indispensable to any self-employed craftsman, student, or woodworker looking to start a business.

Cabinetmaking: The professional approach

Arts & Photography

Peters, Alan

Decorative Arts & Design

This authoritative and hugely popular reference book contains almost 300 colour illustrations showing the natural grain and colour of wood, along with data that includes distribution, properties and uses of more than 300 timbers from world-wide sources.

World Woods in Colour

Lincoln, William A.

A major work on the traditional craft of woodfinishing, containing chapters on widely used techniques such as staining and polishing, as well as an array of antique and specialist finishes including marbling, graining, gliding, etc, plus preparation, minor repairs and refinishing.

The Complete Manual of Wood Finishing

Oughton, Frederick

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