Shellac, Linseed Oil, and Paint

Shellac, Linseed Oil, and Paint
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Total Pages : 160
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ISBN-10 : 0983851409
ISBN-13 : 9780983851400
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Shellac, Linseed Oil, and Paint by : Stephen A. Shepherd

Download or read book Shellac, Linseed Oil, and Paint written by Stephen A. Shepherd and published by . This book was released on 2011-06-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Understanding Wood Finishing

Understanding Wood Finishing
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Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Total Pages : 676
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ISBN-10 : 9781607654162
ISBN-13 : 1607654164
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Understanding Wood Finishing by : Bob Flexner

Download or read book Understanding Wood Finishing written by Bob Flexner and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 18 years, Bob Flexner has been inspiring woodworkers with his writings and teachings on wood finishing. Now, from this best-selling author comes the long-awaited and completely updated second edition of UNDERSTANDING WOOD FINISHING-the most practical, comprehensive book on finishing ever published. The first edition of UNDERSTANDING WOOD FINISHING has sold hundreds of thousands of copies and is widely regarded as the bible of wood finishing. "We use UNDERSTANDING WOOD FINISHING as the textbook for our students training to go into the furniture industry," says David Miles, wood technology professor at Pittsburg State University. "It's the best written, most accurate, and most thorough wood finishing book in print-by far."

The Stick Chair Book

The Stick Chair Book
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1954697155
ISBN-13 : 9781954697157
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Stick Chair Book by : Christopher Schwarz

Download or read book The Stick Chair Book written by Christopher Schwarz and published by . This book was released on 2023-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "..."The Stick Chair Book" is divided into three sections. The first section, "Thinking About Chairs," introduces you to the world of common stick chairs, plus the tools and wood to build them. The second section - "Chairmaking Techniques" - covers every process involved in making a chair, from cutting stout legs, to making curved arms with straight wood, to carving the seat. Plus, you'll get a taste for the wide variety of shapes you can use. The chapter on seats shows you how to lay out 14 different seat shapes. The chapter on legs has 16 common forms that can be made with only a couple handplanes. Add those to the 11 different arm shapes, six arm-joinery options, 14 shapes for hands, seven stretcher shapes and 11 combs, and you could make stick chairs your entire life without ever making the same one twice. The final section offers detailed plans for five stick chairs, from a basic Irish armchair to a dramatic Scottish comb-back. These five chair designs are a great jumping-off point for making stick chairs of your own design. Additional chapters in the book cover chair comfort, finishing and sharpening the tools. From the author: "When I first wrote 'The Stick Chair Book' in 2021, I was also fighting cancer. So I hammered out the text with urgency and the desire to record every fragment of information I knew about chairmaking. "To be fair, that's usually how I go about writing all my books. But then I typically take a couple months off, put the manuscript aside, then revisit it with fresh eyes and a sharpened pen. My final revisions remove about 10-20 percent of the original material. The stuff I cut is usually chapters that don't match the tone of the rest of the text. Or I snip sections that aren't as relevant as when I first wrote them. I also smooth out the writing and add bits of information I'd forgotten during the first brain-to-fingers dump. "And that's exactly what I've done for this revised edition. As a result, the text is 10.1 percent shorter than the first edition. It's more to the point. And it's where the manuscript would have ended up under normal conditions..."--Publisher's website.

Violin Varnish

Violin Varnish
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Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Total Pages : 211
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ISBN-10 : 9781446546871
ISBN-13 : 144654687X
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Violin Varnish by : Joseph Michelman

Download or read book Violin Varnish written by Joseph Michelman and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After more than eight years of extensive research on the varnish used by the Italian Violin Makers from 1550 to 1750 A. D., it has not been possible to corroborate the results in the chemical laboratory. This is due entirely to the unavailability of samples of the varnish for confirmatory analysis. Violins made by the Italian masters of this period are so valuable and so scarce that a small sample of the varnish has not been procurable for experimental purposes. Therefore, synthesis must precede analysis . . . . and with no assistance from the latter. This, then, will explain the sub-title of this book as: "A Plausible Re-creation of the Varnish Used by the Italian Makers Between the Years 1550 and 1750 A. D." However, the results of this investigation are so logical and so deeply supported by a vast amount of convincing evidence, that publication of the book is in order. First, possibly the findings will be confirmed, or otherwise, by investigators who may be more fortunate in having access to material from authentic violins made by the old masters. Confirmatory chemical tests will be suggested; it should be comparatively simple, especially through modern micro-analytical methods, to determine the presence of certain constituents in the varnish. The subject matter of this book will of necessity become technical, especially when the theoretical aspects are considered. It is realized that not everyone who will be interested in the rediscovery of the old Italian varnish will also be interested in the scientific deductions and conclusions. For this reason, a chapter will be included in which the preparation of the materials from which the varnish is made, the formulation of the varnish and its application will be reduced to the simplest terms. The old masters who lived several hundred years ago and who possessed none of the advantages of modern technology also used only the simplest technique in varnishing and finishing their violins.

German Varnish-making

German Varnish-making
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Total Pages : 414
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015064585477
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Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Book Synopsis German Varnish-making by : Max Bottler

Download or read book German Varnish-making written by Max Bottler and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Drugs, Oils & Paints

Drugs, Oils & Paints
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Total Pages : 436
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ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433108194022
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Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

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Download or read book Drugs, Oils & Paints written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Anarchist's Workbench

The Anarchist's Workbench
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ISBN-10 : 1733391657
ISBN-13 : 9781733391658
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Anarchist's Workbench by : Christopher Schwarz

Download or read book The Anarchist's Workbench written by Christopher Schwarz and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: