A study of woodcarving from the earliest times to the Georgian period, with an emphasis on the role of carvers and their work for the Crown. The central figure is Grinling Gibbons, who is exemplified by his work at St Paul's Cathedral, Windsor Castle, Petworth House and Hampton Court Palace.

Presents complete measured drawings and detailed plans for 20 clocks for the craftsman to make and features designs ranging from period bracket clocks to more contemporary styles. Instructions and plans are scaled both in metric and imperial units.

High quality purpose-made joinery skills employs many traditional craft principles and skills and this title aims to reflect this in its coverage of modern materials and techniques. It details windows, doors, frames, wall panelling, counters, fitments, seating and stairs.

Be a Slow-a-holic in Flintshire and... sleep in a libraryclimb on a castlebathe in healing watersmake a pilgrimagebegin an epic coastal walkscamper on an iron age fortressvisit an officially SLOW town.

A book covering the UK and European Health and Safety directives. It deals with various aspects of this useful woodworking machine, including spindle speeds, cutting action theory, operation safety, cutter and cutter types and their preparation and performance, development of cutters, grinding, profiling and development.

There are country rambles through the marshes of Great Expectations and explorations of childhood haunts in Rochester and Chatham, plus strolls around the favourite holiday towns of Broadstairs, Folkestone and Dover.

Taking quiet country lanes and footpaths across hedge-lined fields, discover pretty villages and small towns- all with stories to tell. So come with the author on these 25 gentle walks, allowing time to linger and learnalong the journey; to see the beauty of the world about you and to hear snippets of local history.

A completely revised and updated edition of this popular collection of walks from 11/2 to 101/2 miles in length - ideal for a short stroll or a full day's outing, covering a total of 100 miles through the best of the local landscape.

This authoritative and hugely popular reference book contains almost 300 colour illustrations showing the natural grain and colour of wood, along with data that includes distribution, properties and uses of more than 300 timbers from world-wide sources.