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Woodworking

See also: Home Remodeling and Repair.

Selected Books

Anthony, Paul, Niall Barrett and Jeff Miller
Woodworking for the Home: Storage Projects For All Around the House
q TT197.A56 2005
Build well-designed, attractive storage items in a weekend. Many can easily be made by anyone with basic woodworking skills.
 
Craftsman Furniture Projects: Timeless Designs and Trusted Techniques from Woodworking's Top Experts
q TT195.C73 2007
Creating furniture in the Craftsman style —- attractive, functional pieces with trademark clean lines, durable joinery that mesh well with other furniture styles -— is easier than ever with this guide featuring expert instruction from the editors at Woodworker's Journal.
 
MacEwen, Marilyn
Woodworking 101 for Women: How to Speak the Language, Buy the Tools and Build Fabulous Furniture from Start to Finish
TT180.M18 2006
Nearly half of all new woodworkers are female —- but few guides focus especially on their needs. This one by professional woodworker Marilyn MacEwen, gives women the skills and confidence to enter this traditionally masculine preserve, from mastering complex techniques to handling advanced projects.
 
The Ultimate Band Saw Box Book
Menke, Donna LaChance
The Ultimate Band Saw Box Book
TT200.M37 2006
Menke combines her childhood experience in her family's woodworking shops with her formal education in art to describe and demonstrate step-by-step how to make boxes of pretty much any shape with a band saw.
 
Roberts, S. Gary
The Art of Fine Woodturning: Projects & Inspiration for Every Turner
TT203.R63 2008x
Anyone who can do spindle turning, and form open bowls and lidded boxes, will move on to even finer things with these hints on sanding, finishing, indexing, and designing, as well as techniques for crafting 33 fabulous items.
 
Schleining, Lon
The Workbench: A Complete Guide to Creating Your Perfect Bench
q TT197.5.W6 S35 2004
In this fresh and contemporary look at the world of workbenches, Lon Schleining takes us on a guided tour of a wide variety of classic, modern, and specialty benches and offers hundreds of options for choosing or building that perfect bench and its accessories.
 
Stiles, David R.
Fun Projects for You and the Kids
q TT157.S7923 2007x
The next time your child asks you to build her a lemonade stand or dollhouse, a clubhouse or a teepee, pick up this short book of projects.
 
Wagner, John D.
Mission Furniture You Can Build
q TT195.W34 2007x
Starting with the basics — selecting the correct wood and tools, outlining the skills needed — Wagner provides plans for 10 authentic replicas of furniture originally designed by Gustav Stickley, the man behind the Mission movement.
 
 

Magazines

For additional magazines, browse the catalog under Woodwork Periodicals.

 

Videos

Bowl Turning
This video by Del Stubbs from Taunton Press (Fine Woodworking), offers instruction on turning bowls and plates from dry or green lumber.
 
Illusions in Wood
(DVD) NK9704.I45 2007x
Woodcarver Spirit Williams introduces viewers to various kinds of woodcarving, discusses wood selection, and demonstrates by starting work on a iris in basswood.
 
 

Browse the Catalog

For additional titles, browse the library catalog under the subjects:

You can find also find titles for specific tools:
 

Web Sites

 

Pittsburgh Region

  • Turners Anonymous
    Turners Anonymous is the Western Pennsylvania chapter of the American Association of Woodturners with about 75 members who enjoy woodturning and the products of woodturning.