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Veneering Essentials demystifies the craft by using plain and simple language to describe the timeless techniques and the latest tools needed to build a range of modern, useful projects that will find a place in any home.
Table des matières
1: Veneer—It’s Thin and It’s Real 8
2: A Thing or Two About Veneers—What Lies Underneath and What's What 16
3: All About Glue—Things Are Going to Get Sticky 30
4: The Tools You’ll Need—Some, You Might Even Make 40
5: Magnetic Message Board Ironing—Not Just for Wrinkled Clothes Anymore 58
6: The Floating Top Side Table—Hammer Veneering: But You Don’t Actually Hammer It 72
7: Veneer Press—Dedicated Setup: Take the Chore Out of Pressing 90
8: Tea Box & Tray—Get Edgy: Learn to Apply Solid Edging 100
9: Platform Box—Be Like NASA: Harness the Power of Vacuum 120
10: Curved Wall Panel—It's Not All Straight Lines: Experiment with Making Curves 148
Afterword—Where to From Here? Just Keep Veneering 176
Glossary 180
About the author 184
Index 186
Resources 189
A propos de l'auteur
As a cash strapped teenager, making a wooden box as a gift for his mother started
Steven Der-Garabedian on a lifelong journey of working wood. While that first box had more screws, nails, and glue than wood, he slowly picked up skills by reading books, magazines, and watching Norm Abram on "The New Yankee Workshop." Later inspired by one of James Krenov's books, he found his way to Rosewood Studio and discovered several key points. The first was learning what sharp really meant and the second was that veneering and bending wood opened up almost endless possibilities. It was also during his time at Rosewood that Steve was bitten by the teaching bug and its many rewards. Today he writes, teaches and takes on a few commissions all through his own Black Walnut Studio.
Résumé
Take a Fresh Look at Veneer and Elevate Your Woodworking Talents
Wood veneer has a public relations problem. Once considered a tradition of woodworking craftsmanship, it’s now perceived as something to avoid. To some, working with veneer is too messy and complicated. For others, it evokes cheap materials and shoddy craftsmanship. This is unfortunate, because upon a closer look, veneering is an accessible and versatile technique that offers stunning design opportunities. Veneering Essentials by professional woodworker and veneer instructor Steve Der-Garabedian is an invitation to discover just how straightforward, creative, and satisfying the process of veneering can be for today’s woodworker. Covering all the materials and instructions needed to complete a handful of projects, Veneering Essentials shines a new light on a storied technique that can elevate the talents of a woodworker to an entirely new level.
Préface
- Targeted comp mailing to national woodworking, craft, & lifestyle magazines, including, but not limited to, Popular Woodworking (150K), Fine Woodworking (175K) This Old House (960K), Mother Earth News (500K), Family Handyman (1.15mm), Woodcraft (75K), and Popular Mechanics (1.2mm)
- Heavy promotion to the author’s trade show and class demonstrations sponsored by Lee Valley Tools, Canadian Woodworker magazine, and other top woodworking clubs and associations
- Advertising and coverage in Crafts issue of Publishers Weekly
- Advertising in Library Journal
- Print advertising in Woodcraft magazine (100K), Woodworker West (10K Woodworking (150K), and Woodworker’s Journal (125K).
- Promotion to over 700 woodworking clubs totaling 250K members
- Promotional mailing / comp copies to top woodworking bloggers including the Wood Whisperer, Renaissance Woodworker, Fun with Woodworking, Popular Woodworking, and more.
- Promotion mailing / comp copies to top woodworking schools and classes in the US including Northwest School of Woodworking, Marc Adams School of Woodworking, Arrowmont School of Crafts, The North Bennet Street School, The Woodcraft Education Program, and over two dozen more.
- Social media promotion to through Facebook (woodworking groups totaling 1mm) Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest
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“Steve is a talented craftsman and instructor… Enjoy his book and prepare to learn all about veneering.”—Vic Tesolin, woodworker & author of The Minimalist Woodworker
