New York: Dorling Kindersley, 2001. — 392 p. An evocative journey through the worlds of traditional craftspeople--from blacksmiths to bee-keeper, wainwright to housewife." Includes peat cutting, brickmaking, open-hearth cooking, chimney sweeping and much more. Forgotten arts. Woodland crafts : Coppicing Hurdle making. Rake making. Fork making. Besom making. Handle making. Hoop...
Les Éditions Québec Amérique, 2013. — 174 p. — ISBN10: 276440882X, ISBN13: 978-2764408827. The Visual Dictionary of House and Do-It-Yourself explores a house's structure, components and furniture, as well as carpentry, plumbing, masonry, electricity and painting tools for common construction or repair work. Convenient and affordable, this book is the perfect tool to familiarize...
2009. — 30 p. Workbench Under - Stair Storage Cabinets - ideas and projects for the rational use of under-stair space in the house for storing things. Are you afraid of what might be hiding under your basement stairs? If they look anything like the ones above, you should be. You can tame that monstrous mess and reclaim living space in your basement, though, with these rolling...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 266 p. — (Better Homes and Gardens Home Ser). English. With refreshing ideas, clear directions, and beautiful photographs, this book will inspire DIY enthusiasts of all skill levels to spruce up their spaces - in a weekend or less.
McGraw-Hill, 2011. — 369 p. — ISBN: 0071741674. A unique guide to practical mechanical design principles and their applications In Making Things Move, you'll learn how to build moving mechanisms through non-technical explanations, examples, and do-it-yourself projects–from art installations to toys to labor-saving devices. The projects include a drawing machine, a mini wind...
Crown, 2017. — 258 p. — ISBN: 9780770437732. Physics professor, bestselling author, and dynamic storyteller James Kakalios reveals the mind-bending science behind the seemingly basic things that keep our daily lives running, from our smart phones and digital “clouds” to x-ray machines and hybrid vehicles. Most of us are clueless when it comes to the physics that makes our...
O’Reilly, 2015. — 229 p. The Maker's Manual is a practical and comprehensive guide to becoming a hero of the new industrial revolution. It features dozens of color images, techniques to transform your ideas into physical projects, and must-have skills like electronics prototyping, 3d printing, and programming. This book's clear, precise explanations will help you unleash your...
Weldon Owen, 2015. — 256 p. — ISBN: 1616284501. There’s a new movement afoot — a whole generation of makers and tech-savvy innovators who excel at making wild and fascinating projects using electronics and found materials. In The Big Book of Hacks, you get a collection of these amazing ideas from the DIY masters at Popular Science magazine — from a theremin you can make for...
Maker Press, 2017. — 256 p. — ISBN13: 978-1680453416. Zero to Maker is part memoir and part how-to guidebook for anyone who is having thoughts like these: I feel like all I can do is write emails. I wish I had more hands-on skills even though I don't know what I would build... I have this one idea I've always wanted to make, but I don't know how to build it... I keep hearing...
Maker Media, 2018. — 224 p. The hard-earned tips and tricks gained by experience are the hidden currency of makers -- passed along in workshops and makerspaces by example and by retelling -- shared wisdom that will help you work smarter, easier, and more efficiently. Who doesn't remember with gratitude the insider secrets they learned from from a parent, shop teacher, or...
1st. — edition. Cornell Maritime Pr, 1972. — 528 p. — ISBN: 9780870331619 The Encyclopedia of Rawhide and Leather Braiding is the definitive work on the subject and results from the late Bruce Grant s many years of interest and experience as a braider and writer on the subject. It combines most of the material published in Leather Braiding and How to Make Cowboy Horse Gear with...
Dover Publications, 2013. — 176 p. — ISBN13: 978-0486491172. From creating artificial pearls to building a steam boiler, these vintage projects for indoors and outdoors offer a tremendous range of possibilities. Over 250 classic plans and instructions explain how to make model airplanes, greeting cards, a motion-picture camera, a radiophone, a cipher code, motor-driven sleds,...
New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2015. — (For Dummies). — ISBN: 978-1-118-94926-9. Do you want to control common household appliances and amenities from your smartphone or tablet, wherever you happen to be? Home Automation For Dummies guides you through installing and setting up app-controlled devices in your home, such as heating and air conditioning, lighting, multimedia...
O’Reilly Media, 2011. — 100 p. MAKE’s Ultimate Kit Guide brings you the top kits of all kinds, from beginner’s crafts to wooden kayaks to advanced robotics and everything in between! Whether you need a gift for the do-it-yourselfer who loves making things, or you want to find the best kits to build yourself, this special issue shows the way, with reviews of 175+ kits selected...
O’Reilly, 2013. — 217 p. Are you possessed by the urge to invent, design, and make something that others enjoy, but don’t know how to plug into the Maker movement? In this book, you’ll follow author David Lang’s headfirst dive into the Maker world and how he grew to be a successful entrepreneur. You’ll discover how to navigate this new community, and find the best resources for...
Publisher: Creative Publishing international. 2011. - 128 p. ISBN10: 1589235665 ISBN13: 978-1589235663 Language: English DIY projects for those who love their pets. Let your creativity shape a fun and caring environment for you and your dog to enjoy every day of the year. Whether welcoming a new puppy into the house or trying to share a small apartment with an overactive...
Schiffer Publishing, 2009. — 166 p. Ron Edwards was born in Australia in 1930 and brought up in the country where small farmers still plowed with horses and harvested their half acres with sickles and scythes, and larger properties relied on the annual visit of the steam-driven threshing machines. By the 1940s all this had vanished, and Edwards had realized that the country's...
New Society Publishers, 2008. — 287 p. Quality: excellent. Language: English. How to Build with Grid Beam is a book for DIYers who can use this book to create projects such as benches and furniture for projects such as wind turbines, electric vehicles and small buildings. All of this can be built using bolts and beam metal products with holes. A constructor with which you can...
Amazon Digital Services, 2013. — 44 p. Have you wondered how you can decorate your home inexpensively? Does the thought of home decor for cheap interest you? Then your answer is in mini-makeovers. In this book you will discover 23 mini-makeover ideas that can get you started. All the ideas are DIY projects. Lots of home decor ideas. How to steps to the home decor projects....
Rockport Publishers, 2017. — 144 p. Build a bunkbed in the morning and a water blaster in the afternoon, with PVC and Pipe Engineer, even advanced projects are easy with the right know-how! PVC and iron pipes used to be hidden deep inside the crawlspaces in your house, serving purely utilitarian needs. But not anymore! DIY with PVC and iron piping has caught on with homeowners...
Vincentz Network GmbH & Co, 2013. — 384 p. — (Werkstattwissen fur Holzwerker). — ISBN: 978-3-86630-969-2. Handbuch Elektrowerkzeuge bietet einen konzentrierten Überblick über alle nicht-stationären Elektrowerkzeuge für das Arbeiten mit Holz. Guido Henn stellt die relevanten Werkzeugtypen vor, zeigt, welche Unterschiede es gibt und worauf man achten muss. Und vor allem wie man...
Wiley, 2010. — 436 p. This hands-on guide will help you prepare for and manage simple home repairs and improvements. Jeff Howell (the Sunday Telegraph's DIY columnist) and a host of other experts guide you through the trials and tribulations of DIY, helping you to carry out a range of projects - from fixing a leaky tap to hanging wallpaper - safely, cheaply and with minimum...
Title: Big Book of Whittle Fun: 31 Simple Projects You Can Make with a Knife, Branches & Other Found Wood. Author: Chris Lubkemann. Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing. Year: 2012. Format: PDF. Quality: original. Language: English. Pages: 144. Whittling is a fun past time for those just starting to carve, and those who have been carving for years. This book is filled with great...
Weldon Owen, 2016. — 205 p. Hacks are simple tips to make your life easier and more enjoyable. Too little space in your wardrobe? Hang up the tab on a can of soda to your hanger and attach to it a new coat hanger. Twice as much hanging space! No speaker at hand? Make it quickly with a toilet roll and two plastic cups. Super convenient! Did you know that you can turn a bag of...
Gateways Books & Tapes, 2009. — 128 p. — ISBN: 0895562588. Beautifully illustrated with instructional images, this guidebook enables artists of all levels to create their own unique clay sculptures. Topics covered include step-by-step procedures on how to pick an armature, clay application, tips on which tools to use, and suggestions for casting completed sculptures.
First, 2009. — 417 p. — ISBN: 9782754075138. Un manuel entièrement conçu pour vous permettre de réaliser tous vos travaux courants d’aménagement, de décoration et d’entretien dans la joie et dans la bonne humeur. Plus de 200 illustrations en couleur et toutes les astuces d'un pro! Votre façade a besoin d'un sérieux coup de peinture ? Vous avez un sol qui grince, une porte qui...
Paris, 2004. — 582 p. — ISBN: 2-7429-3237-2. Tu veux remplacer un robinet? Tu veux réparer la porte de ton salon? Tu veux changer la peinture de ta cuisine? On te propose aujourd'hui L'encyclopédie Pratique du bricolage PDF qui est illustrée et qui va t'aider à acquérir plusieurs compétences dans plusieurs domaines à savoir: la plomberie, l'électricité, la menuiserie, la...
Collins Living, 2008. — 289 p. — ISBN: 978-0739498637. Are you looking for a way to make your bathroom a little more beautiful? Or maybe you'd like to give your tired furniture a face-lift, improve your home's air quality, or fix a toilet. No matter your DIY needs and no matter whether you're a DIY novice or expert, home improvement guru Andrea Ridout, host of the nationally...
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2007. — 192 p. — ISBN: 0740768743. For folks who wonder why they keep tossing odds and ends in that junk drawer in the kitchen, Sneakiest Uses for Everyday Things offers evidence that technology doesn't always have to come from Best Buy, Amazon.com, or Microsoft." –U.S. News and World Report * Putterers, would-be inventers, and science-fair parents...
2nd edition. — Architectural Press, 2006. — 318 p. Sponsors. Introduction:The ChangingWorkplace. Charting a future. Real estate dilemmas. The opportunities of information technology. Management responses. Working solutions. Figure Acknowledgements.
The Trapese Collective, 2007. — 299 p. The book is a collection of ideas for independent implementation in various areas of human activity. May also be classified as survival instructions. Language: English. Introduction: Do it yourself. Why we need holistic solutions for a world in crisis. How to get off the grid. Why do it without leaders. How to make decisions by consensus....
The Keystone Glue Company, Williamsport, PA, 1930. Not to be outdone by the fact full Glue Handbook, The Keystone Glue Company issued this companion book of instructions in everything you need to know about the application of hide glue.
Adams Media, an F+W Publications Company, 2004. — 338 p. — (The everything). — ISBN: 1593370466. Fixing leaky roofs, replacing broken pipes, and repairing cracks in ceilings can seem daunting to any homeowner. The Everything Fix-It Book takes readers through dozens of everyday fix-it projects, helping them avoid the high cost of professional help while maintaining the safety...
Joseph Jenkins, Inc., 2008. — 360 p. With chapters like ‘Crap Happens’, ‘Deep Shit’ and ‘A Day in the Life of a Turd’, this is sure to be an interesting book, albeit possibly not one to read over lunch? With this wonderful substance piling up in all the wrong places (after all, we’re running out of clean water, and yet we’re crapping in it…), this taboo topic deserves a lot...
Shire Publications Ltd., 2004. — 64 p. — ISBN: 0-747805849. The barrel: an invention of distinction. Making a barrel. Timber. Ancillary tradesmen. The village cooper. Coopering in the cities. Navalcoopering. Buoys. Gunpowder. Maritime coopering. Miscellany. Coopering today. Places to visit.
Southwater, 2004. — 256 p. — ISBN: 1844760030. Advice on a full range of home decoring tasks, including decorating decisions; painting; paperhanging; tiling; laying floor doverings; adding features and fittings; making soft furnishings; stoage; and maintenance and repairs. Step by step projects; tool and equipment needed. Over 800 color photographs and 60 diagrams Expert advice...
Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2017. — 224 p. There’s no need for expensive, high-tech materials to test your engineering skills — you probably have all you need in your home junk drawer. Each hands-on project in this book will challenge you to come up with a unique solution to a specific design problem. Construct a Pasta Bridge strong enough to support a heavy load, using only...
Maker Media, 2015. — 388 p. After ten years, Make: has become one of most celebrated magazines to hit the newsstands, and certainly one of the hottest reads. If you're just catching on to the Maker Movement and wonder what you've missed, this book contains the best projects and articles from the magazine. Find out what keeps Makers coming back to Make: with this assortment of...
The Family Handyman, 2007. — 290 p. — (All the Best Tips, Projects and Repairs From Last Year). To tackle any home improvement project, you need three things: tools, materials and know-how. Any home center can supply you with the first two things; The Family Handyman Home Improvement 2007 will supply you with the third. Within this book you'll find information on improving your...
Lark Crafts. 2010. — 205 p. With nearly 100 selections taken from the book 500 Tiles, this pocket-sized book will delight art enthusiasts. The magnificent tiles-from single standouts to large displays designed to decorate public spaces-will inspire beginners and professionals, as well as collectors and enthusiasts. The renowned artists include Paul Andrew Wandless, Lai Gong,...
Linden Publishing, 2012. — 152 p. — ISBN: 978-0941936613. Featuring more than 25 pen projects and using the latest hardware kits on the market, this helpful how-to book journeys from turning basic ballpoint pens to creating complex fountain pens. Beginning with a simple yet very elegant ballpoint, the steps in its creation are explained in detail while subsequent chapters and...
Editions SAEP, 2005. — 42 p. Language: French. Pots for home and garden. Présente 36 idées pour créer des cache-pots avec des boîtes de conserves, des seaux, des pots en terre et des paniers et les décorer avec du tissu, de la ficelle, des graines, de la laine, etc.
Wiley, 2009. — 208 p. Preparing for Your Organizing Projects . The Principles of Do-It-Yourself. The Tools and Time You. Nailing Down Carpentry. Organizing Primary Spaces in Your Home . First Impressions: Streamlining Your Entryway and Living Room. Decluttering Your Kitchen. Blissful Bedrooms and Cleansed. Up, Off, and Away! Organizing Your. Organized Home Office, Organized...
Storey Publishing, 2006. — 176 p. — ISBN: 978-1580176347. Whether you’re splitting a cord of wood for your fireplace or managing acres of woodland, The Backyard Lumberjack provides plenty of practical instruction and firsthand advice. Familiarize yourself with the proper equipment and safety gear, then learn how to fell, buck, split, and stack your own wood supply for the...
Readers Digest, 1984. — 389 p. — ISBN10: 0895771632, 13 978-0895771636. Details, in step-by-step instructions, photographs, and drawings, more than one hundred functional and decorative home projects, stressing practical skills and techniques and enjoyment. Inside... Project planning, furniture projects, kitchen projects, bedroom and bath projects, basement and playroom...
Chicago Review Press, 2016. — 144 p. From the author of Backyard Ballistics comes this new DIY handbook on building cannons and other fun things that shoot, from wiffle ball launchers and beverage bottle bazookas to super-powered water guns and model culverins. It combines military history and physics with do-it-yourself projects. Now ordinary folks can construct a dozen...
Workman Publishing, 2010. — 252 p. Computer hacking takes on a whole new meaning when you're going at it with a screwdriver and hammer: announcing the most wildly inventive, eco-friendly craft book on repurposing everyday objects since Generation T. Except in this case the raw material isn't a T-shirt, but the stuff we all have lying around and have no idea what to do with, or...
Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2011. — 257 p. Admit it: you love to explore how things work. Screwdriver and pliers in hand, no castoff electronics or old appliances are safe. But once you’ve pulled apart your prey, do you really just want to screw it back together again...assuming you could? Unscrewed is the perfect resource for all UIYers — Undo It Yourselfers — looking to...
Sterling, 1993. — 160 p. — ISBN: 978-0806986739. Choose one of these nineteen fabulous old-time designs and you’ll transform your typical mailbox into a truly distinctive design! Each project comes with easy-to-reproduce patterns, precise cutting instructions, full painting and installation techniques, plus a gorgeous full-color photo of the finished piece.
London, Edinburgh, New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd., 1918. — 430 p. The making for oneself of toys and other objects of a more or less useful character has certain advantages over buying them. In the case of the more elaborate and costly articles, it may enable one to possess things which otherwise would be unobtainable. Secondly, a home-made article may give a...
Workman Publishing, 2021. — 256 p. There used to be a time when pretty much every high school offered a Shop class, where students learned to use a circular saw or rewire a busted lamp- all while discovering the satisfaction of being self-reliant and doing it yourself. Shop Class for Everyone now offers anyone who might have missed this vital class a crash course in these...
Creative Publishing, 2006. — 503 p. Home improvement has been an obsession of homeowners since the creation of the house. People remodel to improve the quality of their living spaces, to add value to their homes, or simply to change things they never liked about the original designs. Those who do the work themselves find that even big projects can be broken down into a series...
Black Dog & Leventhal, 2023. — 256 p. — ISBN: 978-0762498307. The international best-selling author of The Elements celebrates 118 individual categories of tools found in the home workshop — from crescent wrenches to miter saws, from levels to cordless drills — all exquisitely photographed in Nick Mann's inimitable style. Tools is arguably Theodore Gray's most personal book...
Auerbach Verlag und Infodienste GmbH. — 84 S. Haus & Garten Test - epaper ist das Verbraucher- und Testmagazin mit Ratgeberthemen, Testberichten sowie Marktübersichten zu den neuesten elektrischen Haushaltsgeräten. Dabei werden die Produkte nach Wohnbereichen getrennt. Die Themen Wohnen (Unterhaltungselektronik, Reinigungsgeräte), Küche (Küchengroßgeräte, Küchenkleingeräte),...
Dorling Kindersley, 2007. — 162 p. — ISBN: 9781405322195. This book is aimed at showing you how you can make simple repairs to accidental damage that can occur to your home. Using step-by-step photography, and jargon-free language, we show you how to maintain your home, and how to make those improvements that may have otherwise seemed impossible. DIY Doctor will show you how...
2nd edition. — The Editors of Popular Mechanics Press. With an introduction by David Stiles. — The Lyons Press, 2007. — 484 p. This massive collection was originally published by Popular Mechanics in 1931, with projects for the home, garden, transportation, and recreation. Clear, illustrated instructions show readers how to: build a porch swing; make a telescope; make a leather...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. — 191 p. "There is not a human skill that was ever developed that is not still practiced somewhere on this planet." -- John Seymour. Taking the reader on an evocative journey through the worlds of traditional craftspeople -- from blacksmith to bee-keeper, wainwright to housewife -- Seymour celebrates their honest skills, many of which have...
Betterway Home, 2011. — 162 p. Language: English. Here you can find useful tips on household problems: minor repairs in an apartment, house, furniture repair. For summer residents and those who have land near their house, useful tips on improving and maintaining the house in proper condition.
Monograph. - New York USA: Anchor Books, 1980. - 295 p. English. Continue The Foxfire Book and Foxfire 2-12. The book is devoted to housekeeping in primitive conditions. May be useful to anyone interested in ancient technologies and folklore. Banjo Ringing Loud and Clear, Mountain Music in the Air “People will forget our past if it isn’t recorded.” A Beautiful Life Knoxville...
Habana, Cuba, 1992. A book dedicated to homemade crafts, housekeeping and the independent production of devices and products. In Spanish, published in Cuba. Lots of illustrations. Cultivo Agricola. Cria De Animales. Alimentacion. Salud Publica. Transporte. Articulos De Uso Domestico. Servivios A La Poblacion. Viviendas Y Materiales De Construccion. Energetica. Cultura, Deporte...
Eyrolles, 2002. — 127 p. The book 580 modeles de tournage - Bois, platre, terre presents drawings, projections and instructions for making 580 models of vases from wood, or plaster, or clay
New York USA: Anchor Books., 1980. — 507 p. English. Continue The Foxefire Book and Foxfire 2, 3, 4, 5. Shoemaking, gourd banjos and songbows, one hundred toys andy games, wooden locks, a water-powered sawmill, and other affairs of just plain living. Poor quality. The book is devoted to housekeeping in primitive conditions. It may be useful for “survivalists”, tourists,...
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