 Books
and Articles
Peter is a prolific writer.
He takes the knowledge and experience
gained over many years working with wood and produces
regular features in the popular woodworking press.
Since the early 1990's he has written
a number of books. Three of these have been published
through Crowood
Press.
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The Woodworking
Manual |
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Through Paragon Publishing/Focus
Publishing his latest book is already published
in America and is due out here, in the UK, and
Europe in the spring of 2009.
This book, titled "The Workworking
Manual", is a comprehensive review of wood from
source to use. If you want to know the properties
of wood, how it is harvested and converted this
is the book for you. There are sections dedicated
to joinery, sheet materials, veneers, adhesives
etc.
It also includes an in depth
description of different tools, how to maintain
and use them along with a raft of tips and techniques.
It is complimented by a range of different projects
for the reader to make whatever his or her skill
level.
This large work is fully
illustrated with detailed drawings and images
to ensure clarity.
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Garden
DIY Manual |
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Also published through Paragon
Publishing/Focus Publishing this latest book is
co authored with Jenny Hendy who deals with all
the soft planting projects.
The book is jam packed with
a host of imaginative projects and advice to help
transform your garden into the outdoor room of
your dreams.
There are more than fifty
practical design, building and planting projects,
(many of the timber structures
can be seen in the Gallery).
Fully illustrated with a
thousand images and detailed drawings and step
by step instructions the Garden DIY Manual is
the only garden design book you need.
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100 Woods |
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Detailed descriptions of
100 different woods from around the world.
It catalogues their source,
growth, properties and uses enabling the reader
to consider which timber might be best suited
for the chosen end use.
This book, when first published
in a hardback edition, was Crowood Press's best
seller for some time.
Click
here to link to 100 Woods on Amazon
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Small Tools
Handbook |
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Packed with information and
tips for using hand tools.
Whatever you might need
to know about smaller hand tools is contained
in this book.
In addition there are a number
of sections dedicated to fixtures and fittings,
how to set up a workshop and Health & Safety.
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Small Bandsaw
Techniques |
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A comprehensive guide to
bandsaws and their uses.
Peter provides an insight
into the history of the bandsaw, how they are
operated and maintained and goes on to give some
practical demonstrations of the saws in use.
Click
here to link to Small Bandsaw Techniques
on Amazon
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Peter is also well known and read
within the woodworking press. Popular magazines have
regularly featured his work for many years. The published
articles cover a wide range of interest for the worker
of wood. Projects, restoration, tips and techniques
through to more technical stuff.
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I also wanted to say "thank
you" for all the work on the chest of drawers.
You have managed to make a tatty old piece of
furniture into a thing of beauty.
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Diana Clarke,
Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire. |
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