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Building Wooden Snowshoes & Snowshoe Furniture

Autor Gil Gilpatrick
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 ian 2011
Traditional snowshoes and the art of making them is alive and well in Gil Gilpatrick's authoritative book on the topic. With this book, the reader will learn how to make a variety of snowshoes and furniture made in the snowshoe style using updated materials. Skills such as bending and shaping wood, assembling parts and lacing are emphasized. The reader will learn how to select the size and style shoe that is right for them and how to make them. They will also find directions for making an end table, rocker, coffee table, footstool and wood holder in the traditional snowshoe style. Perfect for any rustic retreat. Detailed plans and patterns are included.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781565234857
ISBN-10: 1565234855
Pagini: 143
Dimensiuni: 217 x 279 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Fox Chapel Publishing

Cuprins

I. Building Snowshoes
*Introduction
*Size and Style
*Shaping and Frames
*Bending the Frames
*Assembly of the Frames
*Making Bearpaws
*Filling the Snowshoes
*Binding
II. Building Snowshoe Furniture
*Introduction
*Bending Wood
*Snowshoe End Table
*Snowshoe Rocker
*Snowshoe Coffee Table
*Snowshoe Footstool
*Snowshoe Wood Holder
Appendix I: Patterns and Drawings
Appendiz II: Supply Sources

Notă biografică

Gil Gilpatrick has been a Master Maine Guide for over 40 years and taught Outdoor Resources at the Skowhegan Vocational Center in Maine for nearly 30 years. He has written extensively about his experiences in the outdoors and his knowledge of how to build outdoor equipment. His titles include: The Outdoor Leader's Handbook, Building Outdoor Gear, Building a Strip Canoe, Allagash, and The Allagash Guide. He is a member of the New England Outdoor Writers Association and a columnist for Northwoods Sporting Journal.

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Making traditional wooden snowshoes is an old craft finding new life thanks to the growing popularity of snowshoeing as a winter sport, and to people like author and Legendary Maine Guide Gil Gilpatrick, who has been making them for years. In Building Wooden Snowshoes & Snowshoe Furniture, you'll learn how to make a variety of snowshoes and furniture in the snowshoe style from Gilpatrick's years of experience. He will teach you how to bend and shape the wood, how to assemble the parts, and how to lace them using updated materials. You will also learn how to select the size and style of shoe that is right for you, whether you want to casually hike trails for pleasure or trek through the backcountry. If you can't stop at making just one pair of snowshoes, Gilpatrick includes detailed plans and patterns for building rustic snowshoe-style furniture such as an end table, rocker, footstool, and more- perfect for any rustic retreat.

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Traditional snowshoes and the art of making them is alive and well in Gilpatrick's authoritative book on the topic. Readers learn how to make a variety of snowshoes and furniture made in the snowshoe style using updated materials. Detailed plans and patterns are included.