Make it! don't buy it: Home furnishings and accessories to make with wood, metal, and fiber

by John Warde

Book Overview

Make it! don't buy it: Home furnishings and accessories to make with wood, metal, and fiber [Jan 01, 1983] Warde, John This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878574506
• ISBN13: 9780878574506
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Rodale Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Amazing Scope

This book contains an amazing amount of information on a wide variety of subjects; below is the FIRST PART of the table of contents. The second part is the "List of Skills Boxes," which is LONGER, and lists the boxes scattered throughout the book which show how to make all the projects shown in the book. The wood section starts with "Felling a Tree"!! --List of Skills Boxes --Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION ----About This Book ----Safety FURNISHINGS TO MAKE WITH WOOD --WORKING WITH WOOD ----Obtaining and Preparing Lumber ----Basic Procedures ----A Place to Work --Modular Boxes --Bunk Beds --Laminated Hat Rack --Mudroom Boot Bench --Partition Screen with Hand-woven --Panels --Clothes Drying Rack --Wall-Mounted Telephone Cabinet --Dining Table --Dining Chairs --Double Bed --Cedar-Lined Blanket Chest --WOOD FINISHING --Preparing the Surface --Choosing a Finish --Rubbing and Polishing --Repairing the Finish FURNISHING TO MAKE WITH METAL --WORKING WITH METAL ----Materials ----Setting Up Shop ----Tools and Equipment ----Basic Procedures --SHEET METAL ----Setting Up Shop ----Tools and Equipment ----Basic Procedures --Candle Sconce --Chandelier --Brass Hinges --Watering Can BLACKSMITHING ----Setting Up Shop ----Tools and Equipment ----Basic Procedures --Hooks and Chain --Towel Bar --Nails and Rivets --Slide-Bolt Latch --Hinges --BRAZING AND WELDING ----Setting Up Shop ----Tools and Equipment ----Basic Procedures --Brazed Stool --Table Lamp --Weathervane --Fireplace Tools FURNISHINGS TO MAKE WITH FIBER --HAND WEAVING ----Buying Equipment ----Fiber ----Planning and Design ----The Ways of Color ----The Language of Weaving --Tapestry/Pillow on a Small Frame --Loom --Building an Upright Frame Loom --Rya Rug on an Upright Frame Loom --Welt-Faced Rug on an Upright Frame --Loom --Table Runner on a Rigid Heddle Loom --WEAVING ON A MULTI-HARNESS LOOM ----Estimating Material ----Winding the Warp ----Warping the Loom ----Plain Weave on a Multi-harness Loom --Untangling Problems --Curtains on a Multi-harness Loom --Chair Seat Fabric on a Multi-harness Loom --Woven Screen Panels on a Multi-harness Loom --NONWOVEN RUGS --Latch Hook Rug --Punch Needle Rug --Braided Rug --Index