Captained by hirsute woodworker, actor, comedian, and writer Nick Offerman, the shop produces not only fine handcrafted furniture, but also fun stuff—kazoos, baseball bats, ukuleles, mustache combs, even cedar-strip canoes.
Now Nick and his ragtag crew of champions want to share their experience of working at the Woodshop, tell you all about their passion for the discipline of woodworking, and teach you how to make a handful of their most popular projects along the way. This book takes readers behind the scenes of the woodshop, both inspiring and teaching them to make their own projects and besotting them with the infectious spirit behind the shop and its complement of dusty wood-elves.
You will also find writings by Nick, offering recipes for both comestibles and mirth, humorous essays, odes to his own woodworking heroes, insights into the ethos of woodworking in modern America, and other assorted tomfoolery. Nick Offerman. Nick and Megan live in Los Angeles, California, with their pups and an impressive collection of assorted wood clamps.
Search books and authors. View all retailers. Also by Nick Offerman. Thomas Wilhoit makes a claro walnut slab table with a trapezoidal base. Along the way he shows how he ebonizes the red oak frame using a safe procedure. Michele Diener makes what she calls the Slingshot Dining Chair, a simple design with a seat that appears to float above the stretchers.
The final project is the Slumberjack Bed by shop manager R. Lee, a knockdown piece how else to get it in the bedroom?
The book concludes with a selection of the staff's favorite recipes, offerings sure to tantalize you out of the woodshop and into the kitchen. So who, in the end, will like this book? And why? It's not your typical woodworking book, and yet it's got a lot of fun projects in it. It's not didactic. If you're looking for a tome with serious instruction, you'll do better elsewhere.
Oh, don't get me wrong; there's plenty of good, sound woodworking advice here. It's just that it's lighthearted note that I did not say "lightheaded. Did I mention that it's humorous? So here is what I think. If you are ready to take a carefree look at woodworking, to sprinkle all that dust with a bit of mirth, then you'll really enjoy this book.
And if you liked his last two books and you work in wood, you'll love it. Norman Reid is a woodworker, writer, and woodworking instructor living in the Blue Ridge Mountains with his wife, a woodshop full of power and hand tools and four cats who think they are cabinetmaker's assistants. He is the author of Choosing and Using Handplanes. This audiobook will take you behind the scenes of the woodshop, both inspiring and teaching you to make your own projects while besotting you with the infectious spirit behind the shop and its complement of dusty wood-elves.
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