Softback. Grey cover with title and wood projects on the cover.

F.B.A. provides an in-depth photographic presentation of this item to stimulate your feeling and touch. More traditional book descriptions are immediately available.

Every workshop has a collection of offcuts that have been saved because they will come in handy one day. When you see the enticing projects presented in this book you will know that that day has come! All the projects in this book can be made using pieces of wood from the scrap pile and can be tackled by woodworkers with a range of skill levels. Ranging from a simple serving platter to a beautiful bird box there is a project to suit every level of expertise and every carefully saved piece of timber you’ve squirrelled away. All projects are explained, in a clear and straightforward way, with clear step-by-step photos.
There is also a guide to the tools and materials you will need, plus the basic techniques.
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Yay!…..all those things that I wanted and never got around to buying for myself…..my husband can make me!! For example, a letter rack, spaghetti guage, recipe book holder and my salad utensils and meat tenderizer amongst other things. This book has some beautiful little things in it all to be made from offcuts which would normally be thrown away by many people. It would be great to make some smaller things and give them away as gifts or sell them for charity, perhaps….
As far as my husband is concerned….well, I’ve tried to talk to him, but he is glued to his new book. The odd “aah haah!” and “right…..I see….” coming from him occasionally means, I think, that he’s appreciative of his new reading material.
Derek Jones has the finished article, shows it to you in diagram format, dissected so-to-speak, and picture-by-picture you are shown how to build the item in question. The 176-page book has been put together as follows:
Part One –
 Basics
 Tools

 Materials and Jigs

Part Two – Projects
Serving Platter
Marble Game
Ring Box
Picture Frame
Meat Tenderizer
Wedge End Box
Spaghetti Gauge
Salad Serving Forks
Desk Tidy
Pen Case
Floating Shelf
Collectors Tray
Sliding Dovetail Box
Japanese Work Trestles
Letter Rack
Recipe Book Holder
Bird Box
Garden Planter
Tool Caddy
Desk Lamp