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Key Selling PointsThe use of hand tools have surged in popularity In response to our overly technical world. The handsaw-the king of hand tools- is woodworking at its most pure and attracts hands-on makers seeking to unplug.The handsaw appeals to all levels and categories of woodworker, from baby-faced beginners to grizzled experts, and furniture makers to carpenters.Handsaws provide an entry point to the craft of woodworking that is simple, inexpensive, and safe. AudienceWoodworkers of all skill levels, from beginner to expert.Anyone who creates with wood including carpenters, boat builders, and more.First-time crafters and hands-on makers seeking to enter the craft of woodworking. Woodworking instructors, ranging from adult-ed to vo-tech, teaching beginner or hand tool curriculums.

Add Some Math Savvy to Your Toolbox.Woodworking and math are as closely connected as a tight-fitting dovetail. There’s no getting around it—start a woodworking project and the numbers begin flying around like sawdust. From calculating lumber to mixing finishes and all the formulas, fractions, decimals, and geometry in between, workshop math can be tricky stuff, especially if it has been many years since math class. But none of that matters, because Practical Shop Math has you covered. Packed with simple solutions, helpful illustrations, handy formulas, and more, Practical Shop Math is the perfect book for anyone looking to improve their math skills. Once equipped with the tool of understanding some math basics, a day in the workshop will involve more fun and production and less head-scratching.

Improve the Speed and Accuracy of Your HandtoolsWhen traditional woodworkers wanted to improve the speed,accuracy, and repeatability of their work, they developed ingeniousjigs and fixtures such as shooting boards, a flexible straight edge, anda grasshopper gauge. But the vast majority of those clever deviceseventually disappeared when powertool woodworking took over inthe 20th century.The result? Anyone venturing into handtool woodworkingtoday can often experience unnecessary frustration because they areunaware that simple shop-made aids can vastly improve their work.Traditional Jigs & Fixtures for Handtools changes all that. Itre-introduces traditional user-made devices, expands upon those withmore recent adaptations, and even includes some manufactured items.Most of the jigs and fixtures are simple to construct and use. Andonce you’ve tried them in your shop, you’ll quickly see they will makeall the difference between frustration and satisfying success in yourhandtool woodworking.Inside you’ll discover:• Over 150 original, handdrawn illustrations.• Jigs and fixtures to improve holding, measuring, marking, sawing, planing, joinery, boring, assembly, and finishing.• Detailed techniques for using each handmade device.• A full bibliography and appendices, including an entire section on sharpening.

The Handmade Teardrop Trailer is a captivating book by Matt Berger. Published in 2020 by Cedar Lane Press, this book delves into the world of handmade trailers, offering a unique perspective that is both engaging and informative. As a renowned author, Matt Berger brings his expertise and passion to the table, creating a narrative that is as compelling as it is enlightening. The book fits neatly into the non-fiction genre, providing readers with real-world insights and knowledge. The Handmade Teardrop Trailer is more than just a book; it's a journey into the heart of handmade trailers. So, if you're looking for a book that combines knowledge, passion, and an engaging narrative, The Handmade Teardrop Trailer by Matt Berger, published by Cedar Lane Press, is the book for you.

Back to basics: Wooden toys remain a Top 5 Trend per the Toy Industry Association as parents seek good "old fashion" fun for childrenWood is the ideal material for children's toys during our green movement: it doesn't contain harsh chemicals, doesn't break easily, and will outlast any childhood.Wooden toys provide imaginative play away from television and technology.AudienceWoodworkers and craftersParents and grandparentsWoodworking teachers and instructorsVolunteers for Toys for Tots

Four simple rules will unleash your most powerful woodworking tool. A simple and affordable 3-D design program, SketchUp® can be used to draft anything your mind can imagine—from quick and simple drawings to elaborate woodworking project plans. Once mastered, SketchUp has the power and versatility to transform your design and woodworking process. From woodworking and SketchUp expert David Heim, SketchUp Success for Woodworkers is the distilled, essential guide you need to master this potent program. With a simple set of rules for success, easy-to-­understand instructions, helpful screenshots, and step-by-step examples, SketchUp Success for Woodworkers will have you downloading SketchUp after breakfast and drawing detailed and useful plans by the time the dinner bell rings.Inside SketchUp Success for Woodworkers, you'll discover:Expert advice geared specifically for woodworkersFour reliable rules that allow you to create measured drawings, full-size patterns, and templates for any woodworking project you can dream upHandy reference guides to SketchUp's prompts, tool sets, and vocabulary that will have you comfortable in no timeTips and techniques to guide you through the drawing process so that you can construct woodworking projects faster and with fewer costly mistakesA helpful guide to plugins to generate cut lists, clean up models, and much more

For any woodworker, carpenter, artist, or maker, knowing what wood to use and how to use it is critical to woodworking success. To that end, The Essential Wood Book makes the basics of using and choosing wood easy to understand. While some wood books are highly scientific or overflowing with exotic or hard-to-find woods that you’ll never use, this handy, user-friendly guide is the perfect resource for anyone seeking straight-forward information about buying and working with the most essential woods needed to tackle any project.The Essential Wood Book includes:Helpful info on the most essential native and exotic woods from Ash to Zebrawood.Expert know-how on lumber grades, buying hardwood lumber, and navigating saw mills.Essentials of wood movement, squaring up rough lumber, and perfect flat panel glue-ups.Techniques for salvaging lumber, harvesting your own, and working with wild, discolored, and toxic wood.Pro tips for drying your lumber and easy-to-make storage projects.

2022 Water Tiger Year: Feng Shui and Chinese Astrology will provide you with the utmost insights into your business, finances, love, health, and emotions. 2022 is a powerful year, your choices and actions in 2022 will be the seeds you plant for your future.With everything from Flying Starts to Chinese Astrology, this book will surely provide you with all the tips you'll need for the year! No matter your age, Self-Element, or Animal Sign, this guide will give allow you to take a deep dive into how to make 2022 the best year yet!The 2022 Water Tiger Year: Feng Shui and Chinese Astrology will help you with everything from colour combinations, animals you should look out for and ones you should keep close by, ways you should watch out for your health, to the type of business decisions that will best support your year. In flying stars, the 5 moves to the middle. We are moving into Age 9. Age 9 is Fire, all pointing us to extreme Polarities and ultimately transformation. What does it all mean? 2022 - Expect the unexpected as anything can and will happen. 2022 will surely be a year for great transformations and accomplishmentsFar and wide achievements in careerA year to gain new perspectives and enhance your knowledge baseThe Water TIGER is elegant, kind-hearted, a people person, and friendly in any environmentThe Water TIGER aligns with values including generosity, awareness, inquisitiveness, and intellect The Water Tiger is bold, resolute, unyielding, dictatorial, arbitrary, ambitious, and full of self-confidence. It is often alone, not gregarious, and difficult to get alongThe Water TIGER can be influential, risk prone, and independent!The Water TIGER protects family passionately and loves to lead2022 TIGER possesses the skills to solve disputes, manage skillfully, and connects well with those around them. The Water Tiger implies danger, caution, adventure, travel, planning, creation, and start-ups. is a good year to a start new career. THIS WILL BE A YEAR OF GREAT WEALTH LUCK AND MANY LUCRATIVE OPPORTUNITIES!!! The world is changing, we need new creativity, knowledge, and ideas fitting into the new future. THE BEST WAY TO PREPARE TO SEIZE THESE OPPORTUNITIES IS BY USING THIS BOOK AS A GUIDELINE FOR THE YEAR!2022 IS A TIME FOR HOPE, ENERGY, AND SOCIALIZATION...ARE YOU READY TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR YEAR?This book is created and produced by Michele Castle who has dedicated her life's work to mastering Feng Shui. She is an author of Beginners Feng Shui, 365 Everyday Feng Shui Tips Journal, Complete Feng Shui Diary 2022 Year of Water Tiger, Monthly Planner 2022 Year of Water Tiger. Blogger, International Feng Shui consultant, and a teacher of Feng Shui, Chinese Astrology, and Metaphysical studies. In addition to her writing, Michele teaches beginners the basics of Feng Shui as well as teaches and facilitates workshops and retreats. Michele is a trailblazer for building transformational journeys for all.

This pocket-sized guide helps readers learn to attract and feed cardinals.

This pocket-sized guide helps readers learn to attract and feed orioles.

Small Changes. Big Impact.Climate change and sustainability are part of every choice we make every day; we know we need to be environmentally responsible, but how?Raising three active kids, Fredrika Syren and her family made a commitment to go Zero Waste over 10 years ago when faced with this same question. Shifting their habits gradually to live mindfully in the environment, they made small-scale changes to do their part for climate change.From removing the household trash can to composting everything and growing their own food, the adventures of teaching their children how to live a greener lifestyle in an ordinary San Diego suburb yields the practical guidebook that became Zero Waste for Families. Syren shares their steps - and missteps - to guide families from low waste to zero waste with small changes, tips and tricks that add up to a BIG positive impact on the planet.Top features include: Over 150 pages of practical tips for beginners and advanced zero-wastersTried-and-true DIY recipes for healthy sustainable meals, eco-friendlybeauty, and a less-waste, healthy homeHow to travel zero waste and reduce your carbon footprintHow to grow your own food and compost everything - even in the city!Tips for reducing waste with babies and and children, including crafts, toys and school suppliesHow this family saved $18,000 a year going zero waste

Life on 1/10th the fossil fuels turns out to be awesome A powerful reminder that it is possible - and joyful - to move away from fossil fuels, even in a society still in the throes of addiction. BILL MCKIBBEN, author, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet A vital message about how we can indeed be the change we need to see in the world if we are to avert a climate catastrophe. MICHAEL E. MANN, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science, Penn State University, co-author, The Madhouse Effect WE ALL WANT TO BE HAPPY. Yet as we consume ever more in a frantic bid for happiness, global warming worsens. Alarmed by drastic changes in the Earth's climate systems, the author, a climate scientist and suburban father of two, embarked on a journey to change his life and the world. He began by bicycling, growing food, meditating, and making other simple, fulfilling changes. Ultimately, he slashed his climate impact to under a tenth of the US average and became happier in the process. Being the Change explores the connections between our individual daily actions and our collective predicament. It merges science, spirituality, and practical action to develop a satisfying and appropriate response to global warming. The core message is deeply optimistic: a world without fossil fuels is not only possible - it will be better. Kalmus walks the walk for his kids, for the land, for our future -and he can help you do it too. KELLY COYNE and ERIK KNUTZEN, authors, The Urban Homestead and Making It What anyone can do to reduce climate impact - and live a better life in the process. RICHARD HEINBERG, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute, and author, The End of Growth PETER KALMUS is an atmospheric scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory with a Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University. He lives in suburban Altadena, California with his wife and two children on 1/10th the fossil fuels of the average American.

This pocket-sized guide helps readers learn to attract and feed woodpeckers.

A comprehensive, fully illustrated guide to the fascinating sport of picking locks, Locksport is authored by five of the field’s foremost champions. Together, they’ll show you how to ethically, efficiently, and effectively bypass anything—from simple locks and safe dials to deadlocks and vaults.Welcome to the world of locksport, the sport of defeating locks. Whether you’re new to the challenge of lockpicking or aiming for championship gold, this book serves as your definitive guide, packed with practical advice from a team of experts.DIVE INTO THE ESSENTIALS WITH LOCKSPORT FOUNDATIONSHow various locks work and how to maintain and disassemble practice locks What makes some locks more secure than othersThe laws, competitions, and communities that make up the world of locksportMASTER YOUR CRAFT WITH HANDS-ON TECHNIQUESHow to pick pin tumblers and lever locks, make impressions or craft a working key from a blank, and manipulate open combination safe locks How to work with picks, rakes, tension wrenches, files, magnification tools, safe-lock graphs, and depth-measuring instrumentsThe intricacies of security pins, wards, dimple locks, keyways, and antique locksGAIN THE COMPETITIVE EDGE WITH COMPETITION INSIGHTSThe ins and outs of competition setup and tools and how to host your own competitions Expert strategies for managing your nerves and gathering lock intelWhat it’s like to participate in timed head-to-head competitions, PicTacToe™, escape challenges, and other lockpicking contestsFrom mastering your first padlock to conquering a competition, Locksport will show you how to take your skills to the next level—and have endless fun doing it.

The star of HGTV's Boise Boys and founder of the beloved design firm Timber + Love, Luke Caldwell showcases his impeccable eye for intentional and timeless design and offers readers an approach to living with the things they love in an aspirational and accessible book.

Design your own sustainable homeMANY PEOPLE DREAM of building a beautiful, environmentally friendly home. But until now there has been no systematic guide to help potential builders work through the complete process of imagining, planning, designing, and building their ideal, sustainable home. Essential Sustainable Home Design walks potential homebuilders through the process starting with key concepts, principles, and a project vision that will guide the house to completion. Coverage includes:How to clarify your ideas and create a practical pathway to achieving your dreamA criteria matrix to guide design, material, and systems decisionsCreating a strong, integrated design team and working with professionals and code officials to keep the project on track from start to finish.Key building science concepts that make for a high-performance, durable buildingPrimer on building logistics, material sourcing, and protocols to ensure that the initial vision for the project comes to fruition.One-page summaries and ratings of popular sustainable building materials and system options.Ideal for owner-builders and sustainable building contractors working with clients aiming to design and build a sustainable home. Chris Magwood has designed and built some of the most innovative, sustainable buildings in North America, including the first off-grid, straw bale home in Ontario. He is co-founder and director the Endeavour Centre for Innovative Building and Living and co-editor of the Sustainable Building Essentials series. Chris is the author of Essential Prefab Straw Bale Construction , Essential Hempcrete Construction , Straw Bale Details , More Straw Bale Building , and Making Better Buildings ."It's all here. Everything you need to know about designing a sustainable home, for you, your family and the planet. Easy to read and understand while tackling a myriad of complex subjects." - Martin Hammer, architect, co-author of the Straw Bale, Light Straw-Clay and Tiny Houses appendices in the International Residential Code "Finally! An up-to-date overview of the most important approaches and questions to address when making a more sustainable home." - Ben Falk, MALD, author, The Resilient Farm and Homestead and Whole Systems Design, LLC"An intelligent synthesis of all things "green," presented in an easy-to-understand format to help future home owners make the best choices for every stage in creating their new home." - Paula Baker-Laporte FAIA co-author, Prescriptions for a Healthy House and The EcoNest Home "Both comprehensive and concise." - David Eisenberg, Director, Development Center for Appropriate Technology"I will be referring prospective clients and colleagues alike to Essential Sustainable Home Design ." - Tim Krahn, LEED AP, P. Eng. New Society's Sustainable Building Essentials Series aims to provide the highest quality information on sustainable building methods and materials. Editors Chris Magwood and Jen Feigin have scoured the world of sustainable building to bring you the techniques and systems that deliver measureable benefits in terms of greater energy efficiency and reduced environmental impact. Written by the world's leading sustainable builders, designers, and engineers, these succinct, user-friendly handbooks are indispensable tools for any project.

Knowing how to properly tie a knot can be very important, especially in the open sea. An incorrectly tied knot might loosen and it can be very dangerous. There's a knot for every situation, and knowing at least the most common and effective ones is key. Trying to learn them by yourself would involve a lot of research and, in most cases, a waste of time and effort because it's not easy to find a well-organized guide around. Here is a sneak preview of what you will learn:Some of the basic terminologies that are used in knot-tying to make it easier for you to understand everythingThe common major categories of knots that existHow to tie some of the basic knotsHow to tie different knots for fishermen and sailors, mountaineers and rock climbers, campers, farms, and animals.Some of the pro's, cons, and possible applications of the knotsAnd much more...If you ever dreaded the thought of being stranded in a remote place without any idea how long you will remain away from civilization, this is your opportunity to learn some important skills of survival. This book clearly indicates the knots you need to be skilled at tying, being the most convenient ones to use in the wilderness. It also gives you indication as to when to use each of those knots, so that you do not end up causing more harm to yourself than good.

Taken from the sixty-fifth annual report of the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, this is an analysis of the importance of honey in the early twentieth century. It discusses how the demand for honey sharply increased in Europe with the outbreak of the First World War, and explores what this means for American bee-keepers. It also looks at other aspects of the industry, including honey-plants and apiary management. This volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in the history of bee-keeping, and it would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on Bee-keeping.

This is a vintage article concerning "The Roller Entrance Bottom Board", a bee-hive modification that improves ventilation and helps prevent bees from swarming. This book is highly recommended for modern bee-keepers, and it would make for a useful addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: "For the Queen Breeder", "How to Operate the Entrance Bottom Board During Swarming Time", "Testimonials", and "Maple Lawn Apiary". Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on Bee-keeping.