From Tree to Table. Alan Garbers

From Tree to Table

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ISBN 978-1-60765-646-3

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Garbers, Alan, author.

Title: From tree to table / Alan Garbers.

Description: Mount Joy, PA : Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc., [2019] | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018045954 (print) | LCCN 2018046731 (ebook) | ISBN 9781607656463 (ebook) | ISBN 9781565239821 (softcover)

Subjects: LCSH: Rustic woodwork--Amateurs' manuals. | Furniture making--Amateurs' manuals. | Country furniture--Amateurs' manuals.

Classification: LCC TT195 (ebook) | LCC TT195 .G39 2019 (print) | DDC 684.1--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018045954

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Printed in Singapore

First printing

Because working with wood and other materials inherently includes the risk of injury and damage, this book cannot guarantee that creating the projects in this book is safe for everyone. For this reason, this book is sold without warranties or guarantees of any kind, expressed or implied, and the publisher and the author disclaim any liability for any injuries, losses, or damages caused in any way by the content of this book or the reader’s use of the tools needed to complete the projects presented here. The publisher and the author urge all readers to thoroughly review each project and to understand the use of all tools before beginning any project.

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

PART 1: GETTING STARTED

CHAPTER 1: Getting Ideas and Finding Inspiration

CHAPTER 2: Safety First

CHAPTER 3: Styles of Furniture

CHAPTER 4: Logs

CHAPTER 5: Peeling Bark

CHAPTER 6: Why Wood Shrinks, Warps, and Cracks

CHAPTER 7: Found Wood

CHAPTER 8: Bark On or Bark Off?

CHAPTER 9: Working with Logs