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In wiring, understanding the finer details is crucial to your personal safety - it is a craft that demands only the most reliable information, and HomeSkills: Wiring provides just that. Its skills-based approach to electrical work does more than simply tell you to connect the black wire to the brass terminal; it explains each step along the way so you understand the larger purpose for every task. This book sensibly distills the components of successful...
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Beginning with an easy-to-use guide to identifying and dating your furniture, there follows a directory of all the tools, materials, and equipment you will need. The techniques cover surfaces and finishes, chairs, tables, and chests and cabinets. Whether you want to remove a scratch from a veneered tabletop or repair a broken cabriole leg, you will find all you need to know described in straightforward, no-nonsense language. Each of the four chapters...
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Welcome to your own personal wine country, where you will discover recipes and techniques for making and evaluating fine red, white, and rose wines from one of America's finest winemakers. This accessible guide teaches you how to select, grow, and harvest grapes that are suited to your region, and, then, how to make authentic artisan wine from them.--COVER
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"Everything you need to know to build a sailboat, a rowboat, a motorboat, a canoe, and more"--Cover subtitle.
Building plans included for: Mayfly: 14' sailboat; Piragua: 13' piroque, or simple canoe; QT Skiff (rowing version): 13' rowboat; QT Skiff (motor version): 13' motorboat; Jonsboat: 16' jonboat; Robote: 14' taped-seam rowboat.
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The Homebrewer's handbook will teach you everything you need to know to get started in this increasingly popular hobby. Teaching you all about beer and the few very simple components required to make it malted barley, hops, yeast, and water this comprehensive guide includes an overview of the brewing process, detailed explanations of extract, partial-mash, and all-grain brewing. The best equipment for each process and methods for cleaning and sanitizing;...
32) The home winemaker's companion: secrets, recipes, and know-how for making 115 great-tasting wines
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A complete reference for the home winemaker, this comprehensive guide includes detailed instructions and helpful hints for using concentrates, kits, juices, fruits, and herbs to create a wide variety of homemade wines. Illustrations.
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"Renting a home can be a complex process--from finding a safe and affordable space, to hiring help for moving in and out, and of course, managing any repairs that come up during your stay. You deserve to feel empowered to take matters into your own hands--and it's not as hard as you might think. In this book, Mercury will show you how to tackle the projects that need improvement in your home--from how to properly fix a clog in your bathroom sink and...
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These single-subject guides help home remodelers by carefully explaining tools and their uses and delivering step-by-step instruction on a variety of projects. With their encouraging and authoritative tone, the series features color illustrations, subheads, and shorter blocks of text, making ideas readily accessible. each book.
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These pages are bursting with helpful information on wood, fasteners, and tools, as well as design considerations and building techniques. Every phase of deck construction is detailed, from building the foundation and framing to installing the decking, stairs, and rails. Easily design your own deck or select one of the decks in the projects section to re-create in our backyard.