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With a combination of simple instructions and over 220 clear color photographs, Dale Power takes readers step-by-step through the process of creating beautiful wooden traveling canes with power tools. Detailed directions are provided for the creation of eye-catching cane handles, the installation or creation of screw mounts to join the two cane shaft segments, and for finishing the completed canes with stain. A color gallery of finished canes ...

Dale Power buries himself in a new art formthe manufacture of special boxes for pets and people. Heres one project you wont want to put off 'till tomorrow. All of the tools and techniques needed to produce strong and beautiful coffins are presented here in clear, concise language. Color photographs illustrate every step. Detailed patterns are provided, techniques, trims and finishes are also covered.

This book presents a variety of box making techniques, illustrating every step taken in over 260 color photographs. The projects range from the simple to the complex. The techniques necessary for creating simple band saw boxes are discussed first. The projects become more complex as the book continues, exploring several different joints available to box makers, including mitered corners, rabbet, spline, and false spline joints. Instructions fo...

Throughout history people have sought ways to mark their passing and to memorialize their loved ones final resting places. In this book, Dale Power provides you with the tools and techniques to create long lasting, beautiful stone monuments and markers with a sandblaster. Step-by-step, with straight-forward explanations and color illustrations, Dale takes you thorugh the process from preparing the stone and sandblasting mask, through the sandb...

Cheetahs are the fastest land animals. Their beautiful, sinuous bodies allow them to reach speeds of up to 70 miles per hour. Dale Power guides the novice and veteran carver through the process of capturing the beauty, speed and grace of these amazing animals in basswood with a combination of hand and power carving tools, wood burning equipment and paints. Step-by-step instructions, well illustrated with color photographs, simply and pleasurab...

Using both hand and power tools, Dale leads you happily through the process of carving a realistic howling coyote make the process a delight. You will not only learn how to carve the coyote, but will also learn how to lay in the coyotes hair pattern with a combination of carving and wood burning tools. Painting your coyote in authentic regional colors is discussed as well. When you are finished, Dale will show you how to mount your coyote in a...

The adult male elk stand roughly five feet high at the shoulder, weighs nearly eleven hundred pounds and can run at speeds up to thirty-five miles per hour. Dale Power captures this powerful animal single-handedly, with wood carving tools! Discover all the techniques youll need to capture a realistic looking elk of your own in wood from this book. Step-by-step instructions make carving the elk, with a combination of hand and power tools, an ea...

All the steps needed to sculpt human heads and complete animal figures in clay. Instructive line drawings show the proper positioning of features on the human face and three different eye treatments. Two techniques for sculpting human heads are illustrated. For added clarity, every step is accompanied by color photographs. A color gallery presents additional figures to stir the imagination.

Heres the help you need for one of lifes most critical undertakings -- making your own coffin. Author and craftsman Dale Power revisits one of his most popular woodworking projects with additional embellishment, adding finery and fancy to what could easily become your final resting place. Easily, that is, since, more than 230 color photos and detailed instructions have been provided to help guide you step by step toward your own casket. This p...

A step-by-step finishing school, featuring fourteen different techniques for special wood surfaces. All of the tools and methods needed to successfully change the image of any wooden surface are covered. More than 200 color photographs accompany the text. In addition, there are instructions for restoring damaged finishes, and a color gallery provides a final look at all of the finishes.

For those who want the charm of the antique carousel, Dale Power provides direct instructions and 267 color photos illustrating the steps necessary to transform a simple basswood blank into an impressive carousel goat. He uses a variety of hand and power tools to complete the project, and covers wood burning, painting, and mounting techniques. Patterns for seven additional carousel animals and a color gallery are provided.

Dale Power leads you step-by-step through the process of carving a robust and realistic polar bear. Complete, concise instruction and detailed color photographs make the carving of this bear an enjoyable task for the novice and advanced carver alike. Dale approaches the carving with a combination of hand and power tools, giving good advice in both techniques. Once carved, Dale illustrates techniques to burn and paint the details that give your...

All of the techniques necessary for capturing the sleek beauty and strength of dolphins and whales in wood are presented here. Dale Power takes the carver through each step in the process of creating a dolphin from basswood with a combination of hand and power tools, then burns, paints, and mounts it. Patterns for three dolphins and two whales are provided as well as a color gallery.