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Beautify your outdoor spaces with this jam-packed
magazine. For the homeowner wanting to build a deck or
improve an existing one, you'll find all you need, from
info on planning, designing, building, and finishing.
Every key detail is illustrated and explained,
guaranteeing success through completion. For those of
you with gardening and landscaping inclinations, there
are project plans for trellises, arbors, a hose holder,
and swing.
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Expand your woodworking skills with these functional,
decorative boxes. Take pride in building a varied
assortment of handsome boxes while learning new
techniques. Some of the projects draw attention because
of their good-looking joinery, others stand out because
of their figured woods, while still others feature a
unique design that defies description. Each one is sure
to have its own distinct appeal for both you or anyone
who receives one of your handsome creations.
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Imagine—the best ideas on workshop setup from over 170
issues of WOOD magazine coming together in one
hard-hitting, comprehensive package. That's the nature
of this publication, as it covers wall-hung organizers,
heating, cabinet storage, floor covering, tool
selection—in effect, everything a homeowner needs to
create their own work space, organize a garage, or
update their existing work area.
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Find out what makes Arts and Crafts furniture
distinctive, and learn how to build a variety of
characteristic pieces for different rooms. The projects,
created by the editors at WOOD magazine, capture the
Mission style to a tee, but are also versatile enough to
complement any setting. Whether it's a Morris Chair or
nesting tables, your finely constructed pieces will
beautifully enhance your home and provide bragging
rights as well.
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As the title suggests, the projects on these pages give
you just what you need for a fun and hasslefree building
experience. You'll find patterns, Cutting Diagrams,
Materials Lists, Sources, and easy-to-follow
instructions and illustrations. Plus, you can make them
with inexpensive, widely available lumber and sheet
goods.
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No real woodworker should be without this workshop
companion. Its 128 pages include a wide variety of
woodworking jigs aimed at improving your accuracy and
saving you time. Included are tablesaw jigs for
crosscutting stock and raising panels, a jig for
flush-trimming with a router, and a dead-on boring jig
for a drill press. You'll find organizers for lumber,
tools, accessories, and hardware. Also inside: plans for
classic handcrafted tools that can be made in an evening
or two. These include a dead-blow hammer, marking knife,
sanding block, marking gauge, and more. |
WOOD® magazine's best project plans fill the pages of
this pleasing collection. Larger pieces include a pine
hutch, bunk beds, pendulum cradle, and hall bench, while
smaller projects range from kitchen items to shelves,
clocks, and photo frames. Complete and friendly
step-by-step instructions guide you with photos and
drawings through each project. You'll also find our
best-ever shop tips and jigs for ensuring your success.
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Filled with storage projects, cabinets, and tool
organizers, this magazine is a must for creating or
updating your workshop. Included are 20 shop storage
projects, 9 shop tours, and numerous workcenters and
workbenches. |
Any one plan alone in this 132-page outdoor projects
special is worth the price of the entire magazine. This
info-packed magazine includes step-by-step woodworking
plans for a glider, rocker for two, slatted table and
chair, country bench, and Adirondack chair and matching
table. Plus, we've also included features on
landscaping, decks, fences, plantings, and arbors.
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60+ Projects, Tips, & Tricks for your
shop!
Filled with tips for organizing and improving your
workshop, this magazine is a must for keeping your
workshop in top shape. Included are instructions for
building a variety of workspaces, tables, and stands for
your workshop.
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From a Shaker cabinet to a country entertainment center,
bookcases to chests, these ingenious projects from WOOD
Magazine will solve every storage need, and keep clutter
at bay. The magazine’s authorities guide you every step
of the way, and ensure your success, with numerous
photos and information on the right wood and sheet goods
to use; which fasteners, hardware, and shelves to
choose; and finishing guidelines. There’s even advice on
how to prevent “shelf sag.” Consider a traditional
sideboard; three-piece cabinet combination that provides
an excellent home for a sound system, TV, VCR or DVD;
drop front desk; or a hideaway home office.
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From Adirondack chairs to birdhouses, these attractive
projects from the editors of WOOD Magazine will appeal
to do-it-yourselfers striving to beautify their garden
and make it more usable, too. The magazine’s experts
provide general guidelines for constructing outdoor
items, including information on which wood species,
screws, anchors, glues, and finishes stand up best to
the elements. And each project contains complete cutting
and assembling instructions, materials lists, and plans
to guarantee great results. From seasonal seating
surprises to structures with style, each one will
enhance your outdoor space.
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From the professionals at WOOD Magazine come technical
advice wonderful projects, and practical tips for the
most versatile and popular woodworking tool, the router.
Plentiful photos and solid information show how to use
it to straight-edge and surface boards; cut dadoes,
rabbets, and grooves; work circles and curved surfaces;
and make decorative joints. All the basic techniques and
operations are here, along with coverage of special bits
like a window-sash set that makes building custom
windows and French doors amazingly easy. Find out about
tricks for mounting the router, and try simple
shop-tested solutions to common problems.
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Filled with storage projects, cabinets, and tool
organizers, this magazine is a must for creating or
updating your workshop. Included are 20 shop storage
projects, 9 shop tours, and numerous workcenters and
workbenches. |
Solid Seating
From country to contemporary,
these tested projects provide sturdy construction and
pleasing design for any home decor.
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Country Hall Seat
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Fantastic Futon
Tables For Every Room
Tables come in all shapes and
sizes. Choose from this fine selection to show off your
craftsmanship throughout the home.
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Futon Coffee Table
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Nesting Tables
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Trestle Table
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Multipurpose Table
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Down-Home Sideboard
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Bedside Companion
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Half-Round Table
Cabinets & Display Cases
Whether you want a country-style
cabinet for hiding your TV or DVD, or a place for
precious keepsakes, these projects fit the bill.
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Home-Entertainment Cabinet
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Collector Showcase
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Showtime Storage
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Shaker Cabinet
Shelves & Chests
Build a dignified bookcase or an
heirloom chest. These timeless treasures offer spacious
storage while dressing up a deserving room.
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Shelving Showcase
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Heirloom Chest
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Shelf System
Lamps, Mirrors, & Clocks
Clean Arts and Crafts lines and early American elements
highlight these traditional designs. Pass them down for
generations to come.
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Mission Lamp
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Simply Stated Shaker Clock
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Walnut Wall Mirror
Classics for Kids
From toddlers to teens, we’ve
got your young ones covered with this selection of
sturdy furniture. These projects are ready to handle
plenty of use and abuse.
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Two of a Kind Bunk Beds
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Classic Cradle
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Categories include:
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Layout, Measuring, and Marking
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Sawing
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Bandsawing and Scrollsawing
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Routing
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Drilling
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Power Tools
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Gluing and Assembly
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Sanding and Sharpening
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Finishing and Refinishing
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Hardware and Installation Tips
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Turning
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Safety and Dust Collection
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Shop Setup
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Workbench Wonders
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Showcase your woodworking skills outdoor this summer
with a great project or two. Enjoy three of our best
newsstand specials; Best-Ever Outdoor Projects from
2005, 2004, and 2003 at just $5/issue or all 3 for just
$12 ppd. until July 1. These three magazines will
provide you with dozens of quality plans for seating,
arbors, planters, benches, fences, trellises, and more
at an unbelievable price. Quantities are limited as is
the time frame.
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Trimwork 1-2-3 is your step-by-step guide
to designing and installing crown moldings, chair rails,
baseboards and more.
Categories include:
- Styles
- Tools and Materials
- Finish Carpentry
- Basic trim techniques
- Trimwork projects
- General carpentry
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Scrollsaw lovers are always looking for new patterns on
which to practice and use their skills. With this
diverse WOOD magazine collection, you can make more than
50 pleasing designs, from simple to complex. Beginners
can work on the projects sequentially, acquiring
proficiency with each completed design. More advanced
scrollsawyers can craft the projects as shown or
incorporate a pattern, or an appealing part of a
pattern, from one project into an entirely different
one.
Review the expert advice on getting started; it's as if
you had a pro offering guidance right in your shop.
Learn which types of scrollsaws cut wood best and which
types of blades to use for a variety of scrollsaw
cutting tasks.
Practice creating gentle curves and sharply formed edges
by working on the first series of projects, from Cedar
Closet Hangers to Tree Trimmers. Designed for thin
stock, these simple patterns also lend themselves to
multiple cuttings so you can make several of each as
gifts. Then you'll move on to thicker stock, mastering
sharp curves and inside cuts, as you craft a Little
Buddy Bulldozer and a Breakfast Blooms Napkin Holder.
Move on to intermediate patterns that require a variety
of cuts like The Great Puzzle Fish. Others, such as The
Lace-Edged Memento Box, feature Victorian-style
fretwork. You can create more impressive and challenging
designs when you make the Picture-Perfect Panda, Swans
Silhouette, and Great American Skylines.
Using any one of the patterns in this book, you'll not
only enjoy learning how to use the scrollsaw but will
end up with terrific projects to boot. |
To finish woodworking projects properly, you have to
understand wood and the countless different preparations
used to color and protect it. How much wear will the
surface receive? Will the finish create an effective
seal against moisture? What kind of care will the wood
require?
You also have to decide what kind of look you want. Do
you want to bring out the grain or conceal it? Create a
satin or a high-gloss surface? Use special painting
techniques to give your project an antique look?
Decorate the wood with gold leaf or stencil designs? Or
apply a faux finish on plain wood to make it look like
rare and expensive stock?
You'll find the experts' answers to all these questions
and hundreds more—plus color charts, tables, photos, and
diagrams—in this comprehensive handbook. Here are
detailed instructions and helpful tips on preparing
surfaces, from making invisible repairs and getting rid
of glue spots to mixing slurries or working with
commercial paste fillers.
When your wood is ready for staining, you'll want to
consider the difference between a pigment and a dye, and
between oil- and water-based stains. You'll weigh the
pros and cons of applying your finish with a brush or
sprayer, and then consider the advantages of a wipe-on
finish. If you prefer brushes, learn the best way to
use, clean, and store them—and find out why a more
expensive brush is almost always worth the money.
Get professional advice on choosing the best clear
finish and selecting the right solvent to use with it.
Learn fine craftsmen techniques, including traditional
French polish, and master such popular methods as
duplicating an Arts and Crafts finish, creating a
country look, and stripping and refinishing vintage
pieces.
Added to all the essential information on every aspect
of finishing, you'll find plans for two handy projects:
a compact finishing center for your workshop and a
turntable that gives you easy access to every surface of
your piece without having to handle it.
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Projects include:
Gardening Zone Map
Building Outdoor Projects to Last
6 Exterior Construction Tips
Ultimate Spring Shrub Border
Neighborly Numbers House Sign
One Plot 5 Ways
Potting Bench
Compost Bin
Keep-’Em-Warm Cold Frame
Garden Hose Holder
Garden Hose Hider
Decks of Many Colors
Garden Markers
Fence Planter
Fence Plantings
Best-Yet Patio Set
Folding Adirondack Chair
Settee for Two
Arbor and Swing
Oak Patio Planters
Pumpkin-Shaped Pot
Planter/Bench Comb
Use Salvage in Your Garden
Put Plants on Pedestals
Deck-Rail Planter Frames
Plants for Planters
46 Most Rewarding Plants
Trees With Great Bark
Garden Art
Soothing Tones Wind Chimes
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Workshop Shortcuts
WOOD magazine's Master Craftsman Chuck Hedlund offers
some time-saving ideas about setting up your shop
efficiently, and solving common problems sensibly.
Precision Jigs
Here's a collection of some of our best
tried-and-true jigs—quick-and-easy ways to make your
power tools more versatile and super accurate.
- Our all-time favorites
- Box-joint jig
- Good-looking box joints
- 10 scrapwood jigs
- How to flatten an uneven worktop
- Fast-forming fairing stick
- Dovetail-jig stabilizer fixture
Store-all Organizers
Put your tools within easy reach using this
wide range of shop organization projects and tips.
Leading off is a cabinet that rolls right up to your
work area as needed.
- Mobile tool cabinet
- Sanding-disc organizer
- Craftsman’s-pride tool chest
- Storage for chisels
- Drum-sanding table
- Protect-and-serve blade rack
- Mobile storage
- One-day workbench
Best-ever Tips
Try out these time- and labor-saving ideas
submitted by our readers. Each is geared to specific
techniques and work areas.
- Assembly and clamping
- Machining
- Workbench/work surfaces
More Tips
Use everything from dental floss to clothespins
to solve a variety of everyday shop problems. You'll
want to put these to work right away.
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Storage strategies
Homeowners often put effort into a floor plan or a
remodeling project, while neglecting realistic storage
needs. Plan ahead with the best options for cases,
cabinets, and built-ins so everything will have its
place.
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Solutions All Around the House
Beautiful bookcases
Few furniture pieces lend homes an air of
distinction more than solid-wood bookcases filled with
cherished volumes. These heirloom-quality projects will
serve for generations while building a rock-solid case
for your woodworking skills.
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Barrister's Bookcase
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Shelving Showcase
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Woodworkers' Standards
Family space savers
Not everything should be hidden away in a
closet. These storage projects let you show off your
treasures and stow other items in the same space-saving
units.
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Knockdown Cabinet System
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Modular Built-Ins
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GoCarts
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Planning a Window Seat
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Storage Window Seat
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Wine Rack
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Hard-Working Pantries
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Dream Kitchen Planner
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Closet Ideas
Utility areas
Basements, shops, and work areas are often
small, so you need storage units that provide maximum
efficiency. These projects offer practical solutions for
tight spaces.
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Fold-Away Work Center
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Top-Notch Chisel-Rack
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Quick Mobile Storage
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Tool Carousel
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Mobile Tool Cabinet
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Cutoff Catchall
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Full-Service Blade Rack
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Forstner Bit Holder
Cases and cabinets
Books, pictures, and collectibles deserve their
own types of storage, in places where they can be seen
and safeguarded all at once. Here's a great selection of
woodworking projects that fit the need for storage with
style.
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Curio Cabinet
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Stylish Storage
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Blanket Chest
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Mobile Kitchen Cabinet
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Clutter got you down? Reorganize with these multitude of
ideas and how-to projects to make the most of every room
in your house. Fully detailed plans allow you to create
space-saving projects, and articles on hardware and
material selection help you make the most of your
purchases.
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300 great shop tips, volume 2 brings you woodworking
wisdom from the pages of WOOD magazine. In here you'll
find ways to:
• Organize your shop for more effective storage.
• Apply flawless finishes even with difficult
pieces.
• Turn tricky clamping situations into foolproof
successes.
• Get more out of your router than you ever
thought possible.
• And build dozens of money-saving jigs from
ordinary scrapwood.
Logically organize into 18 chapters and supported with a
comprehensive index, 300 great shop tips, volume 2 can
improve your woodworking regardless of what level you're
at today.
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Over 665 tricks of the trade are yours when you order
both books. Each tip, jig, hint, and technique is fully
explained and illustrated. This powerful pair of books
is a must for every shop.
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From the editors of WOOD® magazine.
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Over 200 shop-tested ideas.
Plus these super plans: 10 great shop organizers and 10
terrific shop jigs.
Surefire pointers on joinery, finishing, routing,
sawing, and drilling.
Table of Contents:
Joinery Solutions
To build sturdy projects that will last a lifetime, you
need to properly glue and clamp together the components
that go into them. Here you'll find our favorite tips
for difficult tasks such as clamping miters, hiding
nailheads, repairing broken spindles, clamping edges,
and a whole lot more.
Woodworking Techniques
Many of us can quickly improve our woodworking results
just by learning a few of the tricks that experienced
woodworkers have used for years. Among other things,
we'll show you how to paint pinstripes like a pro,
shorten your sanding time, and measure and mark for
dead-on results every time.
Tool Tips
To work effectively and efficiently, you need to get the
most from your tools and available workshop space. In
this section, we'll show you how to make simple,
performance-enhancing modifications to your shop
equipment, improve your margin of shop safety, and
control sawdust.
More Great Tips
Many of our best shop tips don't fit neatly into one of
the other categories, but you'll find all of them here.
From tips on making your own wood filler to hide
blemishes, scratches, and dents on project surfaces, to
cleaning up a sticky epoxy mess, to transferring
patterns, and more ideas too numerous to mention,
there's more than a little something here for everyone.
10 Drilling Dos and Don'ts
Because they're sharp and spin so rapidly in the chuck,
drill bits and boring devices demand caution during use.
Follow these pointers for using them safetly.
Pointers for Planning Your Home Workshop
Having a specific place to do your woodworking makes
sense. As with any other hobby, you'll need an area
that's convenient, comfortable, well-organized, and with
sufficient space for work and storage. Depending on your
experience level, the number of tools you own, and the
size of most of your projects, that space can be great
or small, basic or elaborate. But you need a definite
area for a workshop to call your own.
Make The Old Finish Look Like New
Stripping an old finish isn't a pleasant task, so why do
it if you can avoid it? Fortunately, the right
materials, some know-how, and a little ingenuity often
will save that "doomed" piece you've been meaning to
work on.
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13 great designs for outdoor living. Backyard ponds and
water gardens. Easy-to-build brick-paved patios.
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Think of it! Twenty great projects fo you to build—the
best we could find. And all of them were designed for
completion over a weekend. Let's face it, your time is
limited. But your woodworking accomplishments don't have
to be. |
34 Shop-tested projects for every skill level, 352
Step-by-step diagrams and photos, Complete assembly and
finishing instructions, Materials and cutting list.
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Dazzle everyone with sensational holiday
decorations!
Here's sheer inspiration for holiday projects, inside
and out!
• Outdoors — lawn ornaments, lighting, door
decorations!
• Indoors — tree trims, table decorations,
gifts!
• Easy, step-by-step instructions!
• Cutting diagrams and materials lists!
• Full-size project patterns!
• 112 colorful, idea-packed pages!
Everything you need for stunning success! |
Lots to make! 10 vintage projects for your home.
Lots to learn! Restoring antiques, applying
country finishes, tin punching, stenciling and more. |
Trio of Woodworking Charts by the Editors of WOOD®
Magazine.
Expand your woodworking horizons with this set of
useful, 20x30" woodworking charts:
- Guide to Router Bits
- Woodworking Woods
and Where They Grow
- Guide to Woodworking Screws
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A CD jam-packed with 15 project
plans from WOOD magazine, tips, techniques, and more,
presented by TV's master woodworker Scott Phillips. The
CD contains these popular WOOD
magazine plans:
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Best-Ever
Decks & Backyard Projects