The Art and Craft of Wood: A Practical Guide to Harvesting, Choosing, Reclaiming, Preparing, Crafting, and Building with Raw Wood

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The Art and Craft of Wood shows you how to mill, stack, dry, and flatten a log into useable lumber and build a variety of household furnishings. Trees are all around us. They provide shade, beautify our neighborhoods, filter our water, and clean our air, but when they die, we often don't know what to do with them. Now you can learn the skills to reclaim those trees as lumber. Perfect for the woodworking hobbyist, The Art and Craft of Wood introduces readers to the basics of wood craft. The Art and Craft of Wood will inspire you to make something of your own through simple, step-by-step photos. As a reader, you will learn valuable skills, including: Where to find wood that you can reclaim for your own useHow to mill, stack, dry, and flatten your log into useable lumberCreate a variety of useful household furnishings in 7 step-by-step projects ranging in difficulty from novice to more complicatedWhat to do with leftover material, such as making firestarters and animal bedding Authors Silas Kyler and David Hildreth are also the filmmakers behind the documentary Felled, a film about giving new life to urban trees; they have lived the process of refining wood. The Art and Craft of Wood is their guide to you! Cover......Page 1 Half Title......Page 3 Title......Page 5 Copyright......Page 4 CONTENTS ......Page 6 Introduction......Page 8 The Tools......Page 14 Safety Considerations......Page 20 PART ONE CHOOSING WOOD FOR YOUR PROJECT......Page 26 Identifying and Sourcing Wood......Page 28 Gathering Wood......Page 32 PART TWO MILLING AND SEASONING......Page 38 Workshop Milling......Page 40 Backyard Milling......Page 48 Using a Sawyer......Page 54 Seasoning Lumber......Page 58 PART THREE CRAFTING AND BUILDING PROJECTS ......Page 64 The Bottle Opener......Page 66 The Poster Frame......Page 72 The Minimalist Shelf......Page 78 The Serving Tray......Page 86 The Edison Lamp......Page 94 The Coffee Table......Page 102 The Dining Table......Page 118 PART FOUR FIREWOOD......Page 138 Chopping Firewood......Page 140 Stacking Firewood......Page 142 PART FIVE THE LEFTOVERS......Page 144 Animal Bedding......Page 147 Mulch......Page 148 Garden Pathway Cover......Page 150 Fire Starters......Page 7 Acknowledgments......Page 156 About the Authors......Page 157 C......Page 158 M......Page 159 S......Page 160 W......Page 161