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Building More Classic Garden Furniture:

Building More Classic Garden Furniture, is packed with the complete plans  for 15 projects for your backyard, deck or garden. You¹ll get everything  from simple planters to an octagonal picnic table for eight; an adjustable chaise-lounge to an ash garden bench that looks as good indoors or out. The 15 projects in this new full-color book are winners for two reasons first, Danny is Canadian, and no one knows how to fully appreciate warm  weather more than a resident of the bitter North. And second, Danny is a professional cabinetmaker who just happens to enjoy building outdoor furniture. As a result, Building More Classic Garden Furniture is filled with projects that truly celebrate outdoor living and are built in a very practical and sturdy way.

Most outdoor furniture you buy at the store is (at best) screwed and  nailed together, and you can only hope that it¹s built to withstand the elements. Luckily, Danny¹s got the wisdom and the knowledge to show you how to build your projects to stand tall against Mother Nature for a good long time.

You'll learn how to start your outdoor projects out right by picking a wood specie that will resist rot and decay. (Plus he tells you how to cheat if you need to get by with using pine.) You'll learn which adhesives are water-resistant and waterproof, tips on using them and how to save a few dollars by choosing the right glue for the job.
Construction methods run the gamut from totally traditional to modern, all depending on what's best for the job at hand. You¹ll find mortise-and-tenon joinery put to good use on the Elegant Planter to give it extra strength. But you'll find the back slats of the Classic Garden Bench set into an ingenious groove with plugs between each slat. It's as strong as a mortise-and-tenon joint, but it takes half the time. You'll also find biscuits and screws where appropriate.

Every one of the 15 projects in Building More Classic Garden Furniture will help you sit down, relax with a drink and enjoy the outdoor greenery. Inside there are complete plans for four planters that allow you to surround you and your family with colorful foliage. Ten of the projects give you a place to kick back and unwind after mowing the yard or pulling some weeds. And seven of the projects give you a great place to set down that cool glass of lemonade or a heaping plate of barbecue.

And with the help of Building More Classic Garden Furniture, you¹re not going to have to spend a lot of time in the shop building these projects. Each one comes with a 3D exploded drawing that shows you every joint, every board and every fastener used in construction. You also get a list of tools you need, a complete cutting list, step photos that show the building process and complete construction information.

Many of these projects can be tackled by beginners with just a few tools and a few dollars. Say you don¹t have a table saw but you need to cut a tenon? Danny shows you how to get the job done with a circular saw and a hammer (he also shows you how to do it with a tenoning jig on your table saw). Expert woodworkers will appreciate Danny's no-nonsense approach to construction that will allow them to quickly turn a pile of rough lumber into a comfortable place to perch in the sun.

You will find helpful tips to common woodworking  puzzles, such as how to space slats evenly, how to use polyurethane glue correctly or how to make a routing template that will greatly speed up your construction time.

If you were a fan of Danny's first book of garden furniture, then you know you're going to get a lot of use out of this second volume of projects. And even if you missed out on How to Build Classic Garden Furniture from a few years ago, you're going to find this book just the ticket to filling your backyard with beautiful and useful things.

Most people would love to have a hammock. But few are lucky enough to have two trees growing just the right distance from one another and in the right spot. (And who has time to wait 20 years for newly planted trees to get old enough to create the perfect hammock experience?)  This clever Hammock Stand solves all those problems. Drag it into the shade when you want to sleep. Take it in the sun when you want a tan. And you can make it with some hand-held power tools and a free weekend.

 

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