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Geometry of Sheet Metal Work

This book makes possible the accurate geometrical solution of all problems of patt...

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Learn to Weld: Beginning MIG Welding and Metal Fabrication Basics

In Learn to Weld, teach yourself to be a master of the craft with this valuable st...

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Sheet Metal Fabrication: Techniques and Tips for Beginners and Pros

In our mechanized day of mass production, the craft of hand-forming sheet metal in...

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Sheet Metal Shaping: Tools, Skills, and Projects

Award-winning automotive restorer demystifies the art of sheet metal shaping for e...

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The Everyday Blacksmith

With The Everyday Blacksmith, learn to make hooks, spoons, and tools of all sorts....

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The Homeowner's Ultimate Tool Guide

Tools, Plant & Equipment

If you have the proper tools, you have a much better chance of getting every home improvement job done right. With this essential guide by tool expert Sandor Nagyszalanczy, homeowners can find out exactly what tool they need, how to ask for it at the hardware store--and how to use it when they get home.

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Easy to Build Birdhouses - A Natural Approach

Woodwork

Birdhouses are a favorite project among woodworkers. Made of inexpensive materials, they are quick to build and a pleasure for the whole neighborhood. Easy to Build Birdhouses includes 26 fun projects for woodworkers of all skill levels.

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Engineering Drawing + Sketchbook

Drawing

Engineering Drawing remains the leading Australian text for students studying engineering drawing and graphics. The 8th edition is in line with the MEM05 Metal and Engineering Training Package, competency-based training courses and current Australian standards. Building on Boundy's meticulous and trusted approach to his subject, there is a CAD corner feature, question banks, problems and reference tables. Presented in a step-by-step format, Engineering Drawing offers maximum accessibility and convenience.

Introducing Technology

Education

The timely update of the highly successful Nelson Introducing Technology offers broad coverage of the material technologies and engineered system sections of the junior technology syllabus, with a strong focus on learning by doing.

The Real Wood Bible: The Complete Illustrated Guide to Choosing and Using 100 Decorative Woods

Materials

A practical and inspiring A-Z guide to the world's most popular woods. Many of the world's most beautiful and useful woods are in serious decline due to over-harvesting and environmental degradation. The Real Wood Bible gives the current sustainability status of these rare and important woods.

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Wood Bender's Handbook

Woodwork

You don’t need expensive machinery or exotic hand tools—just apply these proven techniques to your favorite projects. Try cold, dry, or kerf bending, laminating, or hot-water, steam, and hot air bending. With each method come wood recommendations from one of the world’s acknowledged experts. Handy charts show the bending qualities of the 25 most important woods and the effects that can be achieved.

The Packaging Designer's Book of Patterns

Packaging Design

For more than two decades, The Packaging Designer's Book of Patterns has served as an indispensable source of ideas and practical solutions for a wide range of packaging design challenges.

Cross Laminated Timber: A design stage primer

Materials

Cross-laminated timber (CLT) has long been heralded as a wonder material, with a light environmental footprint, high strength, quick installation times and reduced waste – so why isn’t everyone using it? Delving into the key considerations including fire safety, cost and value, visual aspects, planning, feasibility and engineering, this book is an essential companion to designing and delivering exemplar CLT buildings. Abundantly illustrated with over 130 colour images and in-depth case studies from around the world, it will help the entire project team - whether design team, constructor or clients - to better understand and build using a truly modern method of construction.

Outlines key challenges as well as benefits of CLT, including quality, cost and environmental benefits, risk reduction and health and safety benefits
Presents lessons learnt to aid the development process, from the earliest stages of design to production and assembly
Accessible, easy-to-read handbook format allows you to dip in and out, investigating issues as necessary
Multidisciplinary in approach with contributions from a range of practitioners

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Modelmaking – A Basic Guide

Model Making

Model Making is an introduction to the craft for students of architecture; landscape architecture; urban, interior, and theatrical design; or anyone who has the need or desire to make the large small.

Prototyping and Modelmaking for Product Design

Model Making

Building prototypes and models is an essential component of any design activity. Modern product development is a multi-disciplinary effort that relies on prototyping in order to explore new ideas and test them sufficiently before they become actual products. Prototyping and Modelmaking for Product Designers illustrates how prototypes are used to help designers understand problems better, explore more imaginative solutions, investigate human interaction more fully and test functionality so as to de-risk the design process.

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