Puzzle Projects for Woodworkers

Puzzle Projects for Woodworkers
Author: Allan J. Boardman
Publisher: Linden Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781933502113

Perfect for crafters and anyone interested in toys and games, this resource provides a collection of wooden puzzle projects submitted by members of the International Puzzle Group--a worldwide membership of puzzlers. With images of finished pieces, line drawings, and solutions accompanying each project, this guidebook provides woodworkers with 14 original patterns, including puzzles using blocks and boxes. Information on how to construct jigs to improve a puzzle's accuracy and professional tips for crafting more polished pieces are also provided.

Crafting Wood Logic Puzzles

Crafting Wood Logic Puzzles
Author: Charles R. Self
Publisher: Creative Publishing International
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2006-06-12
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781589232471

For centuries, logic puzzles have entertained, inspired and educated kids of all ages. Studies show these engaging "brain teasers" provide unsurpassed benefits to the body and mind, increasing manual dexterity, mathematical abilities and overall intellectual agility. Crafting Wood Logic Puzzles provides plans and instructions for crafting 18 of the most popular manual puzzles. Projects range from traditional "put together/take apart" games like pentominoes and soma cubes to more sophisticated "unlocking" head-scratchers, such as the Burr and Heart Box puzzles. Readers will also learn specialized cutting, drilling, sanding, gluing and finishing techniques that make crafting wooden puzzles possible.

Puzzles in Wood

Puzzles in Wood
Author: Edwin Mather Wyatt
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing Company Incorporated
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2007-09-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1565233484

This classic reference features 45 engaging puzzles to challenge a woodworker's hands and mind while providing hours of entertainment for adults and children alike. Projects include locked links, bewitching cubes, intricate banks and many more. 45 unique puzzle projects. Projects include bewitching cubes, caged balls, intricate banks, locked links, perplexing burrs and secret drawers. Finished pieces make great gifts.

New Wood Puzzle Designs

New Wood Puzzle Designs
Author: James W. Follette
Publisher: Linden Publishing
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2001
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780941936576

Wooden puzzles are fun to solve, but with this guide to the almost perfectly square sticks, rings, disks, and other shapes that they require, they are even more fun to make. Twelve puzzles of four different, basic types are described in this guide, along with the tools and techniques needed to make them. There is also expert advice on the woods, glues, and finishes that will give the best results. These puzzles are beautiful and intriguing objects in their own right, and they offer woodworkers a delightful means of sharpening their skills and entertaining their friends.

Wooden Puzzles

Wooden Puzzles
Author: Brian Menold
Publisher: Taunton Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Puzzles
ISBN: 9781631863608

"In Wooden Puzzles, master puzzle maker Brian Menold takes you step-by-step through the construction of 20 ingenious puzzle designs. With plenty of clear photographs and illustrations along the way, you'll have no problem creating beautiful puzzles of your own no matter what your skill level"--Page 4 of cover.

Great Book of Woodworking Projects

Great Book of Woodworking Projects
Author: Randy Johnson
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1607651297

Shop tested expert advice for woodworkers on how to build 50 attractive and functional woodworking projects for all areas of the house from storage for the kitchen and the outdoors, to furniture and heirlooms. An ideal resource for woodworkers looking for a new project or wanting to spruce up their home, this book has plans for projects that can take a few hours, or up to a weekend to complete.

Wonders in Wood

Wonders in Wood
Author: Edwin Wyatt
Publisher: Linden Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780941936408

Originally published: Milwaukee: Bruce Pub. Co., c1946.

The All-New Woodworking for Kids

The All-New Woodworking for Kids
Author: Kevin McGuire
Publisher: Lark Books
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2008
Genre: Woodwork
ISBN: 1600590357

This updated edition has even more projects children will love and more information in an expanded introductory section on tools, materials, techniques, and safety.

All Screwed Up!

All Screwed Up!
Author: John Berkeley
Publisher: Linden Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780941936934

Hand-chasing wooden threads, the centuries-old technique of joining two pieces of a wooden object together, is the focus of this instructional guide to creating wooden puzzles and boxes with screw lids. Aimed at both hobbyists and professional woodworkers, the projects range from the simple to the complex and include Box Basics, the Wedding Ring Box, and In the Soup, an exasperating puzzle that involves removing a ball from a bowl. A thorough tutorial accompanied by numerous photographs guides woodworkers through the intricacies of the hand-chasing process. A discussion of wood choices, safety precautions, and tools, including lathes, chasing tools, and the all-important armrest, is included.

Making Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles

Making Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles
Author: Charlie Ross
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing Company Incorporated
Total Pages: 103
Release: 2011-02-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781565234802

Adding a new twist to puzzle making and puzzle solving, author Charlie Ross shares tricks and tips for both beginner and experienced scroll saw woodworkers to make personalized and challenging puzzles from photos and digital images.