Crafts

Dempsey, Paul K- Small Gas Engine Repair eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

SAVE MONEY BY HANDLING YOUR OWN SMALL GAS ENGINE MAINTENANCE OR REPAIR JOBS

The Third Edition of Small Gas Engine Repair shows you how to troubleshoot and repair virtually any type of small gas engine used in garden equipment, chain saws, pumps, and standby generators. Completely revised and updated and offering a step-by-step approach, this bestseller covers all you need to know to repair and maintain a small gas engine and get professional results while saving money.

This in-depth guide by master mechanic Paul Dempsey includes the latest in small engine technology and gives you up-to-date information on overhead valve and overhead cam engines, carburetion advances, digital ignition systems, and more. Dempsey explains how to troubleshoot and repair both two- and four-cycle engines. The author also reveals the shortcuts, field fixes, and other tricks of the trade that only working mechanics know. In this Third Edition you'll find:

New information on float-type and diaphragm carburetors
The latest ignition systems, together with advances in pollution-control devices
More than 50% new material added

INSIDE THIS GAS ENGINE REPAIR GUIDE:

Basics • Troubleshooting • Ignition Systems • Fuel System • Rewind Starters • Electrical System • Engine Mechanical[not a major section; addressed only briefly in this book]

Foster, Simon Rubbish!: Reuse Your Refuse (Adobe Reader) eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

Refashionistas— Waste not, want not!

Drowning in a sea of stuff? Want to know what goodies you can make with your garbage? This book shows you how to give everyday household items a new life—the hip craftster's way. You'll discover how to complete more than 30 creative projects using materials you already have at your disposal, while reducing trash and upcycling your personal style.

Credit card bracelet
Lawn chair webbing clutch
Bottle cap magnets
Board game clock
Photo-negative lampshade
Beer case notebook
License plate pendant
Map photo frame
And more

This fun, easy-to-follow guide shows you how to create truly one-of-a-kind pieces—one fabulous, earth-friendly project at a time.

Verstraete, Christine IN MINIATURE STYLE: Original Homes and Rooms, Big in Quality, Small in Size (Adobe Reader) eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

In Miniature Style is a must have book for anyone interested in collecting, and creating, dollhouses and scale miniatures. With dozens of stunning photos, a range of how-to projects, profiles of several talented miniaturists and their work, plus a photo-illustrated "mini" mystery story, In Miniature Style offers a creative tableau sure to please novice crafters and more experienced collectors alike.

Green, Harvey Wood eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

A rich, authoritative look at a material that plays an essential role in human culture Wood has been a central part of human life throughout the world for thousands of years. In an intoxicating mix of science, history, and practical information, historian and woodworker Harvey Green considers this vital material?s place on the planet. What makes one wood hard and one soft? How did we find it, tame it? Where does it fit into the histories of technology, architecture, and industrialization, of empire, exploration, and settlement? Spanning the surprising histories of the log cabin and Windsor chair, the deep truth about veneer, the role of wood in the American Revolution, the disappearance of the rain forests, the botany behind the baseball bat, and much more, Wood is a deep and satisfying look at one of our most treasured resources.

Dempsey, Paul K. Troubleshooting and Repair of Diesel Engines eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

Harness the Latest Tools and Techniques for Troubleshootingand Repairing Virtually Any Diesel Engine Problem

The Fourth Edition of Troubleshooting and Repairing Diesel Engines presents the latest advances in diesel technology. Comprehensive and practical, this revised classic equips you with all of the state-of-the-art tools and techniques needed to keep diesel engines running in top condition.

Written by master mechanic and bestselling author Paul Dempsey, this hands-on resource covers new engine technology, electronic engine management, biodiesel fuels, and emissions controls. The book also contains cutting-edge information on diagnostics…fuel systems…mechanical and electronic governors…cylinder heads and valves…engine mechanics…turbochargers…electrical basics…starters and generators…cooling systems…exhaust aftertreatment…and more. Packed with over 350 drawings, schematics, and photographs, the updated Troubleshooting and Repairing Diesel Engines features:

New material on biodiesel and straight vegetable oil fuels
Intensive reviews of troubleshooting procedures
New engine repair procedures and tools
State-of-the-art turbocharger techniques
A comprehensive new chapter on troubleshooting and repairing electronic engine management systems
A new chapter on the worldwide drive for greener, more environmentally friendly diesels

Get Everything You Need to Solve Diesel Problems Quickly and Easily

• Rudolf Diesel • Diesel Basics • Engine Installation • Fuel Systems • Electronic Engine Management Systems • Cylinder Heads and Valves • Engine Mechanics • Turbochargers • Electrical Fundamentals • Starting and Generating Systems • Cooling Systems • Greener Diesels

Craig, Autumn Ayla Entitled Scrapbooking (Adobe Reader) eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

Today's scrapbookers need new, innovative ways to save time in order to enhance their creativity while they work to preserve cherished mementos. With over a decade of scrapbooking experience, Autumn Ayla Craig presents an indispensable guide with a creative compilation of suggested title pages.

To help get you organized and save time, numerous suggestions are listed in the popular categories of: Activities, All About Me, Animals, Children, Holidays, Home and Family, Life Events (birthdays, marriage, etc.), Nature, Places to Go, Seasons, and Sports. Simply review appropriate categories and pick out a title or get inspiration to create additional titles of your very own.

Entitled Scrapbooking: A Resource for Page Titles is an essential tool for all scrapbookers. The compilation of titles saves time and facilitates your productivity as you preserve the precious memories of your life. If you've spent time searching for the perfect title or just need some additional inspiration while cropping, this book is a great resource to help you create wonderful pages that you will enjoy for years to come.

Hakala, Sonja Teach Yourself VISUALLY Quilting (Adobe Reader) eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

It's amazing what you can do with two pieces of fabric and a layer of batting—the variety of quilts and quilting techniques is staggering. This guide introduces you to the essential skills you need to set off on your own quilting adventures. It walks you through everything from selecting fabrics to assembling blocks to binding the edges. Examples and patterns include both traditional and modern designs and use both hand-stitching and machine quilting so you can create unique quilts and quilted items that reflect your personal style.

Concise two-page lessons show you all the steps to a skill and are ideal for quick review

Each skill or technique is defined and described
Step-by-step instructions accompany each photo
Detailed color photos demonstrate each step
Helpful tips provide additional guidance

Gregory, B. H. Extrusion Coating: A Process Manual (Adobe Reader) eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

Some of the topics this manual covers include chill roll cooling efficiency (effect of temperature and size); how to optimize screw and die designs and increase line speed, and much more.

Phillips, Bill The Complete Book of Locks and Locksmithing eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

Whether you want to learn lockpicking or locksmithing, or choose locks that are virtually impossible to defeat, this classic will meet your needs. The top reference in the field since 1976, this book is perfect for everyone from beginners who want to master techniques step by illustrated step, to pros who need an up-to-date, comprehensive shop manual.The Sixth Edition features:*Complete, illustrated coverage from a master locksmith.*Techniques and tips for lockpicking and fixing.*Safe opening and servicing techniques.*Coverage of electronic and high-security mechanical locks.*Auto lock opening and servicing how-tos.*An all-new Registered Locksmith test.*How to conduct a home security survey*How to start and run a locksmithing business, or get hired as a locksmith.

Wills, Lydia COMP IDIOTS GT SEWING eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

The Complete Idiot's Guide To Sewing covers everything from sewing on a button and hemming to making pillows and drapes to designing and making a whole wardrobe. This book is the perfect resource for beginners or more experienced seamstresses and tailors who need a refresher course before tackling new projects. You'll find tips and shortcuts on using patterns and fabrics, supplies and tools, sewing machines, and more.

Burns, Miranda Caroligne Reconstructing Clothes For Dummies eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

Reconstructing Clothes for Dummies offers inspiring projects and savvy tips on how to salvage those tired old clothes in your closet and turn them into a one-of-a-kind wardrobe. It shows craftsters, DIY enthusiasts, budget-conscious fashionistas and people from all walks of life how to unleash their inner fashion designer and transform outdated duds into hip new clothes. Featured projects include making good use of old scraps; reviving shrunken sweaters; finding redemption in that bridesmaid dress; decorative repair and embellishment of existing pieces; and creating unexpected home décor with what’s hiding in your drawers.

Brittain, Susan Crochet Patterns For Dummies (Adobe Reader) eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

Get kids involved with quick and easy designs

From scarves and sweaters to hats and handbags — create beautiful crochet designs with ease

Want to get a handle on crocheting? Know the basics, but don't know where to go from there? No problem! This hands-on workbook gets you crocheting useful, fashionable designs in a focused, step-by-step manner. From choosing the right hooks and yarn and crocheting basic stitches to changing color, shaping, and joining pieces together, this easy-to-follow guide will have you hooked in no time. Plus this friendly guide features full-color photos of every project and over 50 fantastic patterns perfect for beginners or those wanting to stretch their crocheting skills!

Make a gauge swatch, read a pattern, and understand garment sizing
Work with the most commonstitches and stitch patterns
Crochet in the round or with color
Use new techniques like felting and working with wire
Crochet pictures and words using the filet crochet technique

Turner, Sharon Find Your Style, and Knit It Too (Adobe Reader) eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

This fun, funky guide helps you find your style and create great hand-knit clothes and accessories that express it.

Easy-to-follow instructions with colorful illustrations get you going even if you've never picked up knitting needles before. Cosmo-style quizzes make it fun to explore both your knitting style and your fashion profile. There are projects for you whether your style is:

? Tomboy ? Dancer ? Punk ? Preppy ? Girly-girl ? Arty and funky ? Hippie ? Fashionista

Put your new skills in action by choosing from more than twenty-five hip patterns, including a mellow newsboy cap, a delicate ballet skirt, a casual kerchief, a preppy sleeveless hoodie, and even some in-your-face skull wristbands. Mix and match styles and add details to express your mood and individualize your look! Lots of the projects are so simple you can knit an extraordinary one-of-a-kind item faster than you can drive to the mall and pick up a one-style-fits-all piece.

Michaels, Chris Fanchetti Teach Yourself VISUALLY: Jewelry Making & Beading (Adobe Reader) eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

You've probably coveted jewelry you've seen in artsy boutiques and fashion magazines or envied friends who have the perfect bling to accent everything. With this book, you'll learn to craft designs that are chic but inexpensive. With hundreds of detailed photos, this book covers tools and supplies, bead stringing and weaving, wire wrapping, and more. Terrific projects will get you started and inspire you to create your own jewelry and beadwork designs.

Concise two-page lessons show you all the steps to a skill and are ideal for quick review

Each skill or technique is defined and described
Detailed color photos demonstrate each step
Step-by-step instructions accompany each photo
Helpful tips provide additional guidance

Keim, Cecily Crochet VISUAL Quick Tips (Adobe Reader) eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

Solutions to common crochet quandaries are at your fingertips—anywhere you go

Crochet VISUAL Quick Tips has the answers you need—fast. With detailed color photos and concise instructions, plus time-saving tips, it covers:

? Selecting tools and yarn ? Working basic stitches ? Increasing and decreasing ? Working in rounds and colors ? Making puffs, bobbles, clusters, and knots ? Working Tunisian crochet, filet crochet, and lace ? Crocheting with beads ? Finishing ? Inter- preting patterns ? Diagnosing problems and fixing mistakes

Porter, Kristi Knitting Patterns For Dummies (Adobe Reader) eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

Knit designs from head to toe and beyond

From sweaters and slippers to pillows and purses — create classic, beautiful knits with ease

Looking for great knitting projects? This fun, friendly guide is chock-full of simple instructions and easy-to-follow patterns to help you create a wide range of knitted items for the whole family, from clothing and accessories to household items and gift ideas. Plus, you get full-color photos and fantastic projects perfect for beginners or those who want to stretch their knitting skills!

Choose the right yarn and needles
Measure your gauge, read a pattern, and understand garment sizing
Work with common stitches and pattern shapes
Create different textures and add color
Care for completed knits

Larsen, Randall Our Own Worst Enemy eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

OUR OWN WORST ENEMY provides a solid, practical, logical approach to personal security for all Americans and explains why the government is not prepared to help us in a time of crisis (Katrina, 9/11, etc.). Leading homeland security expert Randall J. Larsen details what we must do as citizens to protect ourselves, our families and our assets. The key, Larsen argues, is finally asking the right questions about homeland security, such as:-"How do we prevent a terrorist organization from becoming a nuclear power?" The media frequently poses the question: "What can we do to ensure that al Qaeda does not smuggle a nuclear weapon into the U.S. through one of our ports?" But the right question should focus on prevention -- and the answer is far different from the discussion that dominates the debate and the spending priorities of the Bush Administration and Congress.

Turner, Sharon Knitting VISUAL Quick Tips (Adobe Reader) eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

Solutions to common knitting quandaries are at your fingertips—anywhere you go

Knitting VISUAL Quick Tips has the answers you need—fast. With detailed color photos and concise instructions, plus time-saving tips, it covers:

Selecting tools and yarn
Casting on and binding off
Knitting and purling: English and Continental
Working cables and bobbles
Knitting in the round
Shaping
Color Knitting
Correcting mistakes
Finishing
Adding decorative details
Understanding pattern instructions and charts

St. John, Allen Clapton's Guitar: Watching Wayne Henderson Build the Perfect Instrument eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

"In 1994, Eric Clapton came across a Wayne Henderson guitar in a recording studio and decided on the spot that he had to have one. Rarer than Stradivarius violins, these musical works of art are built from near-extinct Brazilian Rosewood, Appalachian spruce, black ebony, and fine mother-of-pearl. With Henderson's keen ear for the vibrations of each piece of wood he uses, each note that comes out of them has the power of a cannon and the sweetness of maple syrup. In Clapton's Guitar, Allen St. John recounts how a perfect acoustic guitar comes into the world and how an artist gauges perfection. Wayne Henderson, master luthier and genius in blue jeans, will tell you that he simply puts penknife to wood and carves away ""everything that isn't a guitar."" This is the story of a master artist, set deep in the mountains of southwestern Virginia in a brick, one-story guitar shop, as busy and chaotic inside as it is simple outside. The space is well-lighted, cluttered with power tools, air hoses, and guitar bodies in various stages of completion. It is in this modest shop that Wayne Henderson crafts some of the most highly coveted acoustic guitars on earth, including one very special instrument he built for Eric Clapton. Normally, there is a ten-year wait for a Henderson guitar, and St. John finds there are no exceptions even for an iconic figure like Clapton. But seeing it as a shortcut to getting his own guitar done, St. John jump-starts the process, and then takes readers with him on a mesmerizing journey into the heart of high-end instrument making with the man The Washington Post calls the ""Mad Scientist of Mountain Music."" Henderson, a small-town wise man, is not only the star of this book as a master guitar maker but also is the star of any stage he sets foot on as a master guitar player, equally at home at Carnegie Hall or the local VFW hall. Around this drolly humorous man circulates a small coterie of colorful characters and inspired musicians, who welcome you for an all-too-brief visit. By book's end, you too will want to be Wayne Henderson's friend. In a rich tapestry of folklore and folksiness, St. John tells the story of building the Clapton guitar in loving detail, from the centuries-old forests where great tonewood grows, to the auction floor of Christie's where one of Clapton's guitars commands over $700,000. It's also a loving look at Wayne's corner of the world, the Blue Ridge mountain hamlets where American traditional music was born, and of Wayne's hometown of Rugby, Virginia, population 7, where the winding roads have kept progress at bay. Whether you love old-time music, unplugged rock, traditional American craftsmanship, or simply gifted storytelling, Clapton's Guitar is an engaging work that you will want to savor and share with friends. "

Rowh, Mark CAREERS FOR CRAFTY PEOPLE OTHE eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

Careers for Crafty People and Other Dexterous Types lets career explorers look at the job market through the unique lens of their own interests. The book reveals dozens of ways to pursue a passion and make a living--including many little-known but delightful careers that will surprise readers.

Young, Mary Ann COMP IDIOTS GT NEEDLEWORK eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

This guide is for anyone who is interested in learning or re-learning the art of embroidery or needlepoint. Containing a history of needlecrafts, as well as an updated look at its uses for your home and wardrobe, it explains how to deal with such concepts as color, balance, scale, and texture, and how to incorporate your own personal syle. Everything you need to know about the art of embroidery, including needle and thread types, materials, stitch types, frames, techniques, enlarging or reducing designs, monogramming, and project ideas, is in this book.

Karen, Reed COMP IDIOTS GT WDWK eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

From learning about the right tools for the right jobs to looking at a plan and beginning your own project, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Woodworking" teaches the novice woodworker all there is to know about this wonderful hobby. This step-by-step book takes you through the workshop, whether it's a shed in the backyard or a three-foot space in a one-bedroom apartment, showing you how to create beautiful pieces of furniture and decorative items with the right tools. You'll learn how to set up a workspace, buy hand and power tools, set goals within a realistic budget, work with plans and put the finishing touches on your project. Basic plans for a variety of projects are included.

Ehrlich, Laura COMP IDIOTS GT QUILTING eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

You're no idiot, of course. You know how to sew a button and can even stitch together a last-minute Halloween costume. But when it comes to making a beautiful quilt to hang on your wall, you can't tell one patch from another! Don't tear your hair out just yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Quilting provides you with what you need to know to put together a quilt without hassle.

Diven, Gail COMP IDIOTS GT KNITTING & CROC eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

The perfect guide for novices wanting to discover the joys of knitting and crocheting! Written in a comfortable and light tone, this book teaches every aspect of these crafts: from choosing yarn and shaping your work, to adding color and finishing projects professionally. Includes more than 150 instructive illustrations and five attractive and useable beginning projects.

Lockwood, Georgene Muller COMP IDIOTS GT CRAFTS W/KIDS eBook

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 59:07:01 GMT

You're no idiot, of course. You can fold a napkin, sew a button, and even hammer a nail. But when it comes to making enjoyable projects with your kids, you feel like you're all thumbs. Time to get a grip! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Crafts with Kids shows you hundreds of fun, easy crafts you can create with your children. Feel confident about using paper, wood, clay, beads, and other inexpensive materials to make beautiful crafts and gifts with your kids--while helping them unleash their creativity and have fun, too.