The Best Woodwork Crafts & Hobbies Books 2024

1. Dover Crafts: Woodworking: Making Animated Whirligigs (Paperback)

More than two dozen traditional and original models of the wind-powered toys known as whirligigs appear in this how-to manual. Easy-to-follow instructions, detailed illustrations.

The handcrafted, wind-powered toys known as whirligigs have enchanted observers for centuries with their whimsical images: birds with spinning wings, people waving their arms, and countless other fanciful figures. In this volume, an expert at designing and making whirligigs shows both novices and experienced woodcrafters how to create more than two dozen large-scale animated models. The author's easy-to-follow discussions of design and construction covers key elements such as the propeller and driving mechanism and features step-by-step instructions and detailed illustrations. Best of all, these projects require no elaborate tools and only the most inexpensive materials. Choose from both traditional and original models, including the functional variety (weather-vane whirligigs, a mole chaser, a bird scarer, and more) as well as purely decorative types: the Gooney Bird, Tony and His Wheelbarrow, Eleanor at the Tub, Pete Sawing Wood, the Moon Ship, and others. Assembling these imaginative creations will provide you with hours of satisfaction and will delight viewers.

2. Woodcraft Project Paper Plan to Build Mission Nightstand

MATERIALS NOT INCLUDED, PAPER PLAN ONLY

MATERIALS NOT INCLUDED, PAPER PLAN ONLY Build it yourself! All joinery is shown in actual size All curved workpieces are all shown in full size Detailed exploded diagram

3. Finishing & Refinishing Wood: Techniques & Projects for Fine Wood Finishes (Paperback) by Creative Publishing International (Creator)

9781589232884. New condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 142. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 142 p. Contains: Illustrations. This manual covers evaluating, repairing, finishing and maintaining wood furniture and floors. Projects are explained and undertaken, including stripping, staining and painting wood. It also has advice on preparation, equipment and materials.

9781589232884. New condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 142. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 142 p. Contains: Illustrations. This manual covers evaluating, repairing, finishing and maintaining wood furniture and floors. Projects are explained and undertaken, including stripping, staining and painting wood. It also has advice on preparation, equipment and materials.

4. Woodcraft Magazine Issue 68: December / January 2016

Segmented, polychromatic turning can produce dazzling objects like this distinctive tree ornament. Now you can learn how to assemble small, precisely cut parts and produce a geometric blank that can be turned into a unique and beautiful bauble. We love projects that provide maximum impact from minimum materials. A handmade mirror can be delightful to hold and behold. Learn how to personalize each mirror you make with incised lettering that’s created using a freehand routing technique. Wenge, bocote and bird’s-eye maple combine in a treasure box that includes velvet-lined interior dividers and a unique shop-made handle. Construction involves spline joinery, a hinge mortising jig, and a tiny tapering jig for the legs. Helical cutterheads offer definite advantages over straight planer knives, and now you can get this performance on affordably priced portable machines. Check out our test results. Bringing a beat-up chisel back to life takes elbow grease and the right sequence of flattening, grinding and honing operations. Old chisels (and some new ones, too) will reward your restoration work with years of sharp service. Don’t miss our editors’ gift picks for budgets big and small. They’re certain to increase accuracy, enjoyment, and sawdust production. Small strips of wood can improve strength, add visual interest, and keep joints aligned during assembly. Here’s how to get spline joinery done right.

The best magazine for woodworkers Contains many project ideas

5. Dover Woodworking: Chip Carving Patterns and Designs (Paperback)

126 patterns and designs — rosettes, borders, radials, etc. — from European and Polynesian sources.

If you are into chip carving, then you know about the need for new patterns and designs. This outstanding collection of 126 chip carving patterns will give you plenty of new and useful source material. Reproduced from authentic artifacts from traditional European and Polynesian sources, these designs are suitable for innumerable projects — from small boxes and chests, wooden knives, and bowls, to chairs, tables, large chests, wooden paneling, and many others. A great variety of shapes and sizes is offered including rosettes, borders, squares, triangles, rectangles, and circles. The European designs show great regularity and reveal a sound working knowledge of basic geometry: angles are uniform and all the divisions within a motif are carefully balanced. The Polynesian patterns consist of very tiny elements: simple triangles, alone and in combination; small circles, often in concentric patterns; and crescents. The oldest European design is from a chest made in Switzerland and carved in 1449. Other designs come from Holland, Spain, North Africa, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Scandinavia, and Austria. The Polynesian patterns are of relatively recent origin, though the art of chip carving is an ancient one in that culture as well. They were taken from ceremonial paddles, coconut bowls, ceremonial adzes, and one from a water jug. The designs may be used directly on the wood, or tracings can be made, preserving the pattern for repeated use. They also can be used in combination or as a source to develop your own unique ideas. Experienced carvers will find this book immensely useful and practical.

6. Woodcraft Project Paper Plan to Build Mission Double Dresser

MATERIALS NOT INCLUDED; PAPER PLAN ONLY

MATERIALS NOT INCLUDED; PAPER PLAN ONLY Blueprint style plan, all parts are printed in full size Joinery and all curved workpieces are all shown in full size Detailed exploded diagram

7. Woodcraft Project Paper Plan to Build Captain's Bed

MATERIALS NOT INCLUDED, PAPER PLAN ONLY

MATERIALS NOT INCLUDED, PAPER PLAN ONLY Build it yourself! Measure and trace straight from the drawing if necessary Finished bed is 40-3/8" x 79-1/8" long Headboard: 36-7/8" high and Footboard: 23" high

8. Woodcraft Project Paper Plan to Build Trundle Bed

MATERIALS NOT INCLUDED, PAPER PLAN ONLY

MATERIALS NOT INCLUDED, PAPER PLAN ONLY Build it yourself! Dimension: 39 1/2"H X 42"W X 83 1/8"L Project is ideal for use in any bedroom as a unique space saver.

9. Woodcraft Project Paper Plan to Build Pencil Post Canopy Bed

MATERIALS NOT INCLUDED, PAPER PLAN ONLY

MATERIALS NOT INCLUDED, PAPER PLAN ONLY Build it yourself! Measure and trace straight from the drawing if necessary Full-size blueprint style plan with all joinery is shown in actual size Twin is 59" X 80 1/4" and Double is 64 3/4" X 85 1/4"

10. Woodworker's Guide to Dovetails: How to Make the Essential Joint by Hand or Machine (Paperback) by Ernie Conover

9781565233874. New condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 165. Trade paperback (US). Sewn binding. 165 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Illustrations, color, Halftones, Tables, Line drawings, Frontispiece. Woodworker's Guide To.... "Dovetails-the hallmark of fine furniture-are finally demystified! Superb!" -Scott Phillips, host, The American Woodshop on PBS television The dovetail-the cabinetmaker's joint for making boxes, cabinets, chests, bureaus, and drawers-is the subject of this crafter's companion. A hallmark of fine furniture, this reference lays out, in a straightforward and accessible manner, the efficient and effective methods for cutting full, half-blind, and through dovetails by using hand tools. Upon mastering the basics and gaining an understanding of how this workhorse joint performs, this study introduces the many popular router-drive jigs available on the market today, including the Leigh, Keller, Omni, WoodRat, Incra, Akeda, Sears, and Powermatic jigs. With step-by-step photographs and clear instructions to master the secrets to making a dovetail, this manual is an ideal handbook for anyone wanting to master the secrets to making a dovetail. Ernie Conover is a professional woodworker and the author of The Lathe Book, The Router Table Book, Turn a Bowl, and Turning for Furniture. He teaches and provides academic oversight at Conover Workshops-a craft school founded by the Conover family. He lives in Parkman, Ohio.

ISBN: 9781565233874 Condition: New Trade paperback Language: English Pages: 165 Trade paperback (US). Sewn binding. 165 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Illustrations, color, Halftones, Tables, Line drawings, Frontispiece. Woodworker's Guide To.... "Dovetails-the hallmark of fine furniture-are finally demystified! Superb!" -Scott Phillips, host, The American Woodshop on PBS television The dovetail-the cabinetmaker's joint for making boxes, cabinets, chests, bureaus, and drawers-is the subject of this crafter's companion. A hallmark of fine furniture, this reference lays out, in a straightforward and accessible manner, the efficient and effective methods for cutting full, half-blind, and through dovetails by using hand tools. Upon mastering the basics and gaining an understanding of how this workhorse joint performs, this study introduces the many popular router-drive jigs available on the market today, including the Leigh, Keller, Omni, WoodRat, Incra, Akeda, Sears, and Powermatic jigs. With step-by-step photographs and clear instructions to master the secrets to making a dovetail, this manual is an ideal handbook for anyone wanting to master the secrets to making a dovetail. Ernie Conover is a professional woodworker and the author of The Lathe Book, The Router Table Book, Turn a Bowl, and Turning for Furniture. He teaches and provides academic oversight at Conover Workshops-a craft school founded by the Conover family. He lives in Parkman, Ohio.