Holzwerken - Werkstatteinrichtung
The workshop is the most important space for the woodworker. And the effort put into fitting it out reflects that. This book gathers together the most useful projects from 10 years of woodworking. As well as ideas for new workbenches and...
HolzWerken - Die besten Vorrichtungen
19 self-constructed aids for saw, router, and workbench. They are helpful and valuable when working with machines and tools. And often easy to make yourself! The most popular topics on making your own apparatuses have been compiled in a...
Handbuch Polstern - Techniken, Werkzeuge, Materialien
New life for old furniture. A comprehensive manual which explains modern and traditional upholstery techniques. With just a few basic techniques, it is possible to successfully restore a wide selection of upholstered furniture. Whether...
Handbuch der Konstruktion: Möbel und Einbauschränke
This standard reference for furniture design provides rapid and reliable information on all imaginable design details for constructing furniture and built-in cupboards. It shows design variants for corner joints, frame and housing...
Handbuch der Konstruktion: Innenausbau
This popular standard reference for interior fittings provides readers with rapid and reliable information on numerous design variants which take into consideration the relevant standards. It also contains almost 500 detailed drawings in...
Tische - 17 Bauprojekte für jedes Niveau
Twelve authors from the American journal »Popular Woodworking« offer 17 different table construction proposals. This book features various styles of projects, including simple tables, historical models, as well as variants with a drawer,...
Werkstatt unplugged - 11 Projekte mit Herz, Hand und Hobel
An increasing number of woodworkers prefer to work exclusively with hand tools. Tom Fidgen builds customised furniture, working without electricity and with hand-selected woods. The unique collection of projects in this book ranges from...
HolzWerken - Grundkurs Möbelbau
This book by Heiko Rech provides a thorough introduction to furniture making. The first part consists of the basic chapters workshop planning, wood, hand tools, sawing, milling, grinding and finishing. These basic chapters are...
The Intelligent Hand
This book profiles David Savage, the UK’s best-known contemporary furniture maker, and his exceptional career. The author is known for defying standard woodworking practices. His goal is to create things that are »beautiful and useful«...
Praktische Werkstattmöbel
This book provides basic knowledge on the subject of workshop equipment, from building your own clamping aids and workbenches to the appropriate arrangement of manual and machine workstations. The author also focuses on how to keep the...
Making Shoji
Masterpieces of Japanese craft culture. In this book, Toshio Odate explains how to make a Japanese sliding door, from layout to gluing on the paper. Having been trained himself as a tategushi (sliding-door maker) in Japan, he gives...
The Essential Woodworker
This revised edition of the renowned text written in 1988 is an invaluable collection of all woodworking basics using hand tools. It covers a wide range of techniques and carpenter’s pieces of wisdom, it shows many illustrations of...
To Make as Perfectly as Possible: Roubo on Marquetry
»To Make as Perfectly as Possible: Roubo on Marquetry« is the first English-language translation of the most important woodworking book of the 18th century, written by the exceptional French cabinetmaker André-Jacob Roubo. A team of...
By Hand & Eye
This book provides a deep insight into the world of architecture and design. Instead of complex formulae with magical names like the golden ratio, the authors present simple ubiquitous proportions that were already used in crafts before...
Campaign Furniture
For almost 200 years, simple and sturdy pieces of campaign furniture were used for travel all over the globe, and yet this remarkable furniture style is now virtually unknown to most woodworkers and furniture designers. Campaign pieces...
Chairmaker's Notebook
Gain an insight into the art of chairmaking on 406 pages. With this book, both the experienced chairmaker and the hobbyist will get their money's worth. Professional chairmaker Peter Galbert brilliantly explains all necessary work steps...
The Tool Cabinet and Workbench of Henry O. Studley
In a space of just 25 x 100 cm, Henry O. Studley managed to artfully arrange more than 250 of his tools into a dovetailed mahogany cabinet. Since it was first unveiled in 1988 on the cover of »Fine Woodworking«, this cabinet has...
The Woodworker: The Charles H. Hayward Years, Vol. III: Joinery
This admirable companion covers all types of woodwork joints, including how to design, cut and fix them when things go awry. Based on the important book »Woodwork Joints« by Charles H. Hayward (1898-1998), which was first published in...
The Anarchist's Design Book
Most of the American furniture we celebrate as the pinnacle of design is overbearing, over-embellished and a monument to waste and excess. These are precious pieces that are auctioned, collected, reproduced and written about in...
The Woodworker: The Charles H. Hayward Years, Vol. IV: The...
Charles H. Hayward (1898-1998) was one of the most important workshop authors and editors of the 20th century. With the 4th edition of »The Woodworker« the collection is now complete. Contrary to many other people - before and perhaps...
With All the Precision Possible: Roubo on Furniture
This book is the first English translation of the 18th century masterpiece »L'art du Menuisier« by André-Jacob Roubo. »Roubo on Furniture« is full of insights into wood processing and furniture making that, even nowadays, are hard or...
Chairmaking & Design
This extensively revised and updated book is dedicated to chair design. Through seven elegant chair projects, Jeff Miller explores and exposes the art of chair making. Informative details on construction and design principles as well as...
Shaker Inspiration
»Shaker Inspiration« begins with information that all woodworkers need - the nitty gritty of how to successfully make trees into furniture. This requires a firm grasp of wood movement - one of Chris's specialties - and he shares many of...
Ingenious Mechanicks - Early Workbenches & Workholding
In this book by Chris Schwarz the reader is given extraordinary insights into workbench constructions of days long gone, which help to equip modern workbenches with additional useful functions. Without having any original instructions to...
Build a Sculptured Rocker - Set
This rocking chair is Sam Maloof’s masterpiece. Enjoy the creation process with instructions from Charles Brock and two full-size drawings, all parts. From gluing together the individual components, to making the elaborate wood joints,...
The Woodworker: The Charles H. Hayward Years, Vol. I: Tools;...
There is little doubt that Charles H. Hayward (1898-1998) was the most important workshop writer and editor of the 20th century. Unlike any person before (and perhaps after) him, Hayward was a trained cabinetmaker and extraordinary...
Holz & Dampf - Techniken und Projekte des Holzbiegens
Steam-bending of wood is a process used to make wood pliable for a short time. Charlie Whinney, England's leading expert on steam-bending, reveals the secrets of this unusual craft technique. He shows how to select suitable wood for...
Wie wir Möbel bauen - und warum
There is a growing appreciation for handmade items and an understanding of the need to fill our lives with fewer objects, that are useful and meaningful. How can carpenters respond to this call? Mike Pekovich explains which projects are...
Good Work: The Chairmaking Life of John Brown
This book offers insights into John Brown's fascinating life as a chairmaker and hand tool artist, along with his philosophical approach to the craft. In addition to many previously unseen historical photographs and unpublished details,...
无政府主义者的工作台
无政府主义者的工作台》一书一方面是一个用建筑木材和简单的木工工具就能搭建的简易工作台的详细计划，另一方面也讲述了克里斯托弗-施瓦茨20年来研究、打造、完善历史工作台的历程，直到没有任何可以改进的地方。""无政府主义者的工作台""是"无政府主义者"系列的第三本书，也是最后一本书，它试图从大量关于建造真正工作台的错误信息中切入。它有助于回答每个木工所面临的问题。我应该建什么样的银行？我应该用什么样的木材？它应该有哪些尺寸？我又该附加哪些恶习呢？令人惊讶的是，在过去的700年...
Schneidbretter!
Everyone needs a cutting board and the time required for the projects is manageable. The materials and types used, however, are extremely varied. Whether rustic board with wane, noble inlay work or boards made from pieces of leftover...
The Art of Woodburning
The art of pyrography is a recurring trend and there is no better way to learn the technique and get inspired than with this updated edition of Daniel Wright's ultimate introduction to pyrography. Inspired by pen and ink, engraving and...
The Woodworkers's Pocket Book
»The Woodworkers's Pocket Book« is small - just 105 x 170 mm - but it contains 112 pages of critical woodworking information for the hand-tool woodworker. Edited by Charles H. Hayward and published in 1949, »The Woodworkers's Pocket...
Chairpanzee
The Chairpanzee is a clever invention by Christopher Schwarz, the internationally renowned woodworking expert. The analogue computer enables the correct calculation of drilling and sighting angles for a chair’s legs and spindles. It is...
Mit Hammer & Nagel
Build wooden furniture yourself - with the simplest of tools and materials. Inspired by a DIY icon: Designs based on the principles of the Italian designer Enzo Mari. This book is not only aimed at experienced cabinetmakers. The projects...
HolzWerken, Kumiko
Kumiko is a delicate and sophisticated Japanese art created by assembling small wooden pieces into beautiful patterns. The author offers step-by-step instructions for 10 patterns, with a level of detail that cannot be found in print...
HolzWerken - Werkstatt-Kurs Blickfang Holz
Setting an accent with your own furniture project, catching the eye, creating and designing unusual wood surfaces - this is the subject of this video course. In addition to the basics, such as repairing wood defects, surface protection...
Woodworking Joinery by Hand
»Woodworking Joinery by Hand: Innovative Techniques Using Japanese Saws and Jigs« is a ground-breaking woodworking book that introduces a new twist on the traditional hand-cut methods of joint making. With Sugita’s unique method of...
Das Holzbau-Buch
Anyone who is interested in classical wood construction will find all the information they need in this reprint of a standard work from 1909. The wood joints, wall and roof structures, stairs and interior fittings are explained...
Das Zimmermannsbuch
This textbook has lost none of its topicality since its first publication in 1895. Even today, any carpenter or restorer interested in the traditional techniques would do well to consult it. From material science to decorative carving,...
Blockhäuser und Hütten selbst gebaut
In this technical book, the Swedish author presents the fundamentals of log construction. The design basics, wood selection, joints, insulation, roofing, wood coating and design appropriate for the material are discussed in detail....
Blockhausbau
Do you want to build a blockhouse or have you always been fascinated by the technique? With impressive photographs and brief but detailed descriptions, this book paves the way to the finished house of your dreams and also covers subjects...
Das Holz und seine Verbindungen
A comprehensive representation of Eastern and Western timber architecture from two millennia in terms of its construction techniques, aesthetic design and ecological dimension. The book covers subjects such as materials and tools,...
Handbuch der Schiftungen
A classic manual for carpentry techniques. This standard reference helps apprentices, journeymen, masters-in-training and master craftsmen refresh what they already know as well as discover new techniques. The art of mechanical joints,...
Linolschnitt - Techniken und Projekte
The fundamental book on a popular printing technique: tools, materials, techniques, projects. In extensively illustrated step-by-step instructions, artist and author Emily Louise Howard teaches the basic techniques for making unique...
Das große Buch vom Handwerk - Fast vergessen, neu entdeckt
Pinfeather embroiderers, copper engravers, water wheel builders - the Alpine region offers an incredible variety of old and almost forgotten crafts. Achim Schneyder has collected stories about extraordinary people who have dedicated...
Korbflechten leicht gemacht
This book introduces the traditional craft of basket weaving and shows how a basket is made - from the floor to the wall structure, to handles and lids. The numerous step-by-step photos and detailed instructions even lead the reader...
Handgebunden
This book offers detailed and easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for more than twenty bookbinding methods. It was compiled at the London Centre for Book Arts, an open studio run by artists dedicated to book production and artistic...