Books published by Fox Chapel Publishing

Helps you create holiday masterpieces for the home, family and friends with the tried-and-true scroll saw projects and patterns from the archives of "Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts". This collection of holiday favourites features fretwork, compound-cuts, intarsia and inlay projects for ornaments, wreaths, Santas, portraits, and candleholders.

Everything you wanted to know about building a workbench, making outfeed tables for shop machines, making work tables and assembly tables, storage cabinets for tools, materials, supplies. Bonus: Build like an aircraft engineer, super-flat and strong with a torsion box workbench, assembly table, and alignment beams.

Follow along as Harold Enlow, one of America's foremost caricature carvers, teaches you how to carve faces with life and expression. Enlow shares his woodcarving tips and techniques that make his carvings stand out in this information-packed book. You'll learn to carve a female face, a cowboy face, a Native American face, a Santa face, and more. Best of all, you'll discover Enlow's secret to success: learning how to render highly detailed eyes, lips, nose, hair, and ears before moving on to carving a complete face. Each project is done in small steps that guarantee success. For anyone who wants to learn to carve faces that stand out in a crowd, this is a must-have addition to your woodcarving library.

Gathers useful information about woodturning chucks and fixtures. This book is designed to help both beginners and advanced turners improve their skills and broaden the range of projects they tackle at the lathe, by presenting a crafted combination of how-to advice and projects.

A guide that helps you master the old-fashioned craft of whittling. Even if you've never carved a piece of wood before, it shows you how to create iconic whittling classics like the wooden chain, ball-in-a-cage, arrow-through-the-heart and more. It takes you step-by-step through 10 projects, with concise instructions and more than 50 photographs.

i i A complete guide for pyrographers who want to learn how to improve their lettering skills on a variety of mediums - wood, paper, and leatherIncludes 7 of the most common and popular types and fonts in both upper and lowercase, as well as symbolsInstructions for applying and transferring patterns, as well as tips and tricks for fixing mistakesInformation on sizing and laying out your designs, plus practice projectsFeatures instruction on customizing designs to create monograms, sayings, and other personalized touches to calligraphy projectsLora S. Irish is a best-selling author and renowned pyrography artist with more than 500,000 copies sold worldwide of her 30 published instructional guides and countless patterns for beginners and experts alike

A complete blacksmithing guide for metalworkers that provides detailed overviews on a variety of blacksmithing tools, techniques, and projects, Home Workshop Blacksmithing will walk you through everything you need to know. With informative sections on safety, taking heats, cutting steel, and other fundamentals, also provided are step-by-step projects for making your own forge, tapered bar, prybar, spring puller, and more. The ultimate resource for anyone interested in gaining fundamental metalworking skills, Home Workshop Blacksmithing is a must-have, project-based book to equip you with the understanding and knowledge you need!

A fun and educational exploration of nature through play! This on-the-go activity book teaches kids all about beautiful birds, from hummingbirds and owls to robins, blue jays, and so many more, all while having loads of fun! With hundreds of crazy cool secret codes, puzzles, word searches, fun facts, and so much more, these entertaining bird activities will keep kids engaged as they learn.

Buckle up and have a blast! Perfect for your next road trip adventure, this jam-packed activity book has everything you need to have as much fun getting there as you will when you arrive! Filled with mazes, math challenges, secret codes, puzzles, spot-the-difference games, word scrambles, and so much more, this super fun, brain-busting activity book will keep you busy for the entire ride. Easy to take with you no matter where you're going, this is the ultimate travel companion, so buckle your seatbelt, grab a pen, and make the most of your journey with Terrific Travel Fun for Kids! Brain Teasers, Games, and Activities Include: Reflection Inspection Mystery Postcards Pencil Puzzler Marble Mix-Up Dinosaur Count Hotel Word Search Scrambled State Flowers Who Bought What? And so many more!

Sewing Soft Books is a super simple guide to creating soft baby books and interactive activity books for kids that promote fine motor skills and learning through play! The first-ever step-by-step book to sewing sensory toys and quiet books, this complete guide includes easy-to-follow instructions for creating various book page patterns.