Coming Soon - New Fox Chapel Books

Learn to sharpen hand planes, flat chisels, specialty and mortising chisels, drill bits, hand saws, axes, knives, turning tools, carving tools, chainsaws, router bits, circular saw blades and more. Covers water stones, oil stones, diamond stones, sharpening machines, abrasives and much more.

Whether you're a woodworker expanding your talents, a seasoned carver refining your skills, or a beginner just getting started. this is the only carving book you need. Brimming with expert instruction and 9 attractive projects, you'll learn all the classic styles and techniques along with the fundamentals.

Woodworker's Guide to Veneering & Inlay
by Jonathan Benson
Price: $24.95
Available: (March 2008)

With this complete resource from professional furniture-maker and veneer specialist, Jonathan Benson, you'll learn how to re-create the beauty of exotic wood with veneer and inlays.

Woodworking Kidcrafts Series
by John Kelsey
Price: $12.95
Available: (May 2008)

Introduce woodworking to your child! Endorsed by the Boy Scouts of America, any child can discover the fun of woodworking.

The ultimate reference guide for bird lovers or artists, this final volume in the Denny Rogers Visual Reference Series presents 200 meticulous and anatomically accurate drawings that capture each magnificent owl from every angle and in multiple poses. Along with comprehensive drawings, you’ll find color charts and photographs – both in-flight and still -- to help recreate these formidable night-time hunters down to the stripes, speckles, and streaks of their feathers. Also included are scale-charts for matching your desired dimensions without sacrificing proportion. .

The definitive guide for learning relief carving. From transferring the pattern to preparing the wood and making the cuts, every element of the carving process is carefully illustrated and clearly explained. In carving a legendary wood spirit, a beginner will learn about tools and how to use them, how to create realistic eyes, noses, and other facial features, and how to add the element of texture.