Easy Woodworking Projects

The All-Inclusive Guide to Creating Timeless Homespun Accents

Also available from Echo Point Books are Mike Dunbar's titles Make A Windsor Chair, in paperback (ISBN 978-1-63561-762-7), and Federal Furniture, in paperback (978-1-63561-767-2).

Make your own pasta roller, plate holder, stools and boxes, even kids toys! This is a timeless how-to book from master woodworker and popular writer Mike Dunbar, who has inspired generations of wood-smiths toward self-sufficiency and creative expression. In Easy Woodworking Projects, Dunbar focuses is on the country style home accents; he artfully showcases the simple, classic grace of the country aesthetic, and shares the history and evolution of this everlasting style. These tasteful, simple pieces are rooted in the culture and décor of the American homestead. As in all timeless classic designs, form follows function. Each of the fifty-plus projects include precise, easy to understand directions and detailed illustrations. Dunbar includes a special section on tips and techniques--the perfect book for all wood workers, from beginners to experienced artisans looking for great designs.

A master country woodworker, Mike Dunbar has written many books on Windsor chairs, hand tools, and Federal-style furniture, taught country woodworking and Windsor chair-building techniques at his school, The Windsor Institute, and at seminars around the country. Throughout his career as a craftsman he created the country's most sought-after Windsor chairs, one at a time, in his small shop in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Though now retired from teaching, Mike still sells chair turnings and seat blanks; more information can be found at his web site, www.thewindsorinstitute.com.