DIY: general

Whether you've just unpacked your first table saw or have been using one for years, this complete guide features essential and up-to-date information needed to set up and tune your table saw and expand your table saw skillset.

Looking to spruce up your outdoor space with creative DIY furniture?

You've decided you're ready to build and enjoy the benefits of a tiny house, but how?

The most complete visual guide to furniture construction ever published!

This updated and expanded edition of Creative Homeowner's comprehensive, bestselling plumbing how-to book covers the most up-to-date products and techniques.

Ultimate Guide: Wiring, 8th Edition demystifies residential electrical systems with easy-to-understand language, step-by-step photography, and detailed illustrations.

Whether you've received a beloved family heirloom that needs fixing up or want to repair and renovate bargain furniture, this Ultimate Guide to Furniture Repair & Refinishing is packed with detailed information to help you get the job done right!

Found space.

Ever dreamed of having your own cozy cabin nestled in the woods?

The complete reference handbook for DIY home woodworking, this is an absolute must-have guide for beginners and even experienced craftsmen.

Start doing your own household repairs and simple renovations without the expense of calling in a professional!

A tool to empower and educate a new generation of inventors, creators, designers, and fabricators!

Taking the fear out of chainsaws by emphasizing safe handling practices, this resource aims to put raw power in the hands of everyday yardworkers.

Spruce up your interior with this "e;concise and insightful"e; stockpile of professional advice for the first-time DIY decorator (Homebuilding and Renovating magazine).

In a world of heavy and expensive handplanes, traditional wood handplanes are affordable, light in weight, low in friction, comfortable to use, and available in a wide variety of blade angles.

Woodworkers and carpenters will learn to solve virtually every geometry and layout problem with this handy guide to the steel square.

This new technical handbook shows woodworkers exactly how to approach the complex job of designing and making built-in cabinets for kitchens, family rooms, and home offices.

This handy pocket sized guide offers all the tips, tricks, and ideas a woodworker or furniture maker needs to get the most out of this indispensable tool.

Knowing your tools is essential for every woodworker, and this is the one book you need to completely understand the drills and drill presses you own or are thinking of purchasing.

Covering everything you need to get the most our of your circular saw and jig saw, the Missing Shop Manual Series goes beyond basic safety, assembly, and set-up.

With 15 easy to follow, fabulously illustrated step-by-step projects, this book is just what the beginning upholsterer needs.

From the bestselling author of The Small House Book, comes a collection of designs for tiny homes with “instant curb appeal.

A comprehensive, visual handbook for welding in the farm, home workshop, school workshop, blacksmith shop, or auto shop.

Whether you're a woodcarver expanding your talents, a seasoned carver refining your skills, or a beginner newly introduced to this fulfilling craft, this is the only carving book you need.

Woodworking should be a fun and fulfilling hobby.

The most complete home improvement manual on the market, this book offers more than 2,300 photos, 800 drawings, and understandable, practical text.

This is a practical and engaging guide to transforming an ordinary backyard into a productive farm.

Build the outdoor structure of your dreams with this essential do-it-yourself guide.

With this book and a well-chosen and correctly maintained set of planes, you will be able to handle any type of wood in every woodworking situation.

As children, many people dreamed of having a tree house, a place where they could get away to play and relax.

Buying a new home can be an expensive endeavor.

Get rid of clutter, reorganize your home, and revitalize your life with this simple guide to feng shui.

Buying a new home can be an expensive endeavor.

PVC pipe is cheap, versatile, durable and simple to work with.

Stay safe and be prepared for any disaster with this DIY guide featuring 101 easy prepper projects and practical survival skills.

Simple green roof design and installation for the do-it-yourself builder Essential Green Roof Construction is a comprehensive, in-depth guide to building simple green roofs for houses and small buildings.

The devil is in the details-the science and art of designing and building durable, efficient, straw bale buildings Straw bale buildings promise superior insulation and flexibility across a range of design aesthetics, while using a typically local and abundant low-embodied energy material that sequesters carbon-an important part of mitigating climate change.

Design a rainwater harvesting system for any home in any climate.

From wastestream to mainstream, a practical guide to composting toilet systems.

Build economical and resilient earthbag structures using simple tools and techniques.

Everything you need to know to build with rammed earth in warm and cold climates.

The first highly illustrated, comprehensive guide to light straw clay - a high performance, low-impact, durable building material Light straw clay - straw mixed with clay slip - is a versatile, easy-to-use wall building material.

A veritable cookbook of natural plaster recipes and techniques for beautiful, durable finishes Natural plasters made of clay, lime, and other materials mixed with sand are beautiful building finishes.

Cordwood construction - log-ends set in insulated mortar - is a versatile, economical, low-impact, and beautiful building method.

Down and dirty - a complete step-by-step guide to making, installing and living with beautiful, all-natural earthen floorsPoor heat and moisture management are the enemies of durable, comfortable, and efficient housing, and good building design and construction starts with a solid understanding of good building science.

The Zen approach to mowing lawns, wacking weeds, harvesting crops, and building modern homesteader abs!

Dreamers, owner-builders, natural and sustainable building contractors, modern homesteaders Cordwood construction - log-ends set in insulated mortar - is a versatile, economical, low-impact, and beautiful building method.