From tree to table

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"Discover how to build rustic furniture from cut timber in this comprehensive guide for woodworkers. Award-winning outdoor writer Alan Garbers shows how to use raw logs to make cabin-style beds, tables, benches, lamps, coat racks, kiva ladders, and more"-- Provided by publisher.

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ISBN:

9781565239821

Description:

152 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:

Includes index

Contents:

Getting ideas and finding inspiration
Safety first
Styles of furniture
Logs
Peeling bark
Why wood shrinks, warps and cracks
Found wood
Bark on or bark off?
Working with logs
Insects: friend or foe?
Drying wood
Finding nature's gifts
Steam bending
Fastening/joining wood
Finishing your artwork
Portable band-saw mills
Glue and gluing
Sanding
Workstations
The basics of making furniture
Building a slab bench
Making a rustic framed mirror
Rustic coat rack
Making tables
Rustic and log lamps
Building a quilt or rug ladder
Building beds
Tips, tricks, and techniques
Making money from scraps

LCCN:

2018045954

Control Number:

2664552

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