Page 2 RAIN February-March 1979 BUILDING Carpentry for Builders, A. B. Amary, 1972, $4.95 from: Drake Publishers 801 Second Avenue New York, NY 10017 l'IG.17. DEVEL0PMINT 0, OUTER STRING. Magicians seem to a child to have special powers. By keeping their tricks close to their chests, many other professions also maintain monopolies, demand unconscionable wages, and gain undeserved respect from others. Some are starting to share their secrets-often just common sense and the accumulated wisdom of experience and previous failures. Knowing how to do things makes us much more liable to reach for and try to do more. This book of advanced carpentry and joinery for craftsmen gives the sometimes strikingly simple and sometimes complex details of construction of curved stairs and handrails, flashing complex dormer shapes, special cabinetmaking fasteners, panelling, cabinets, sliding doors, roof framing, concrete formwork and temporary shoring for repairing buildings. Valuable stuff when you want to get beyond 4'x8' plywood construction. -TB from Shelter II I 2 PIG• HIUCAL 0A SPIRAL STAIRS. Shelter II, Lloyd Kahn, Jr., editor, 1978, 224 pp., $9.50 softcover, from: Shelter Publications P.O. Box 279 Bolinas, CA 94924 As well-rounded an overview as you might hope to find, Shelter II is the second in an excellent series of resource books for people discovering what they are after in building their own homes. It begins, appropriately, with a look at traditional housing forms from around the world that are a natural outgrowth of indigenous culture, climate, terrain and available building materials. Timetested lessons not to be undervalued. ·- .. : ~~i~ Amateur forcing house - - .- - f" I , •. _•, 0 )--; ~~~ ·, : Window conservatory · :l:..·_k;;.~~.:~~~~-.:.~ : : : ~ From Illustrated Catalogue of Goods Manufactured and Supplied by W. Cooper Ltd.. Horticultural Providers, London. Date unknown (probably late 1800's). ·• : ~ · Lean-to conseroatory ,._, 2 ' The design and construction of small, wood-framed buildings-the most practical structure for most North American conditions-is covered thoroughly here, including•foundations, framing, materials, details, codes and inspectors. There's plenty of excellent advice for would-be owner/builders and appropriate technologists, including well-timed words of caution about untested or expensive alternative energy hardware and trying to live in remote, unpeopled locations. With other good additions, like Studs Terkel on Working carpenters, George Abernathy on moving back to the city, and examples of urban homesteading and inner-city rehabs, Shelter II feels like the right place for potential homebuilders to ready themselves for building in the '8Os. - SA Fine Woodworking, bimonthly magazine, $12/yr. from: The Taunton Press 52 Church Hill Road Box 355 Newtown, CT 06470 The same high quality and craftsmanship that symbolize a master woodworker's art is reflected in the content and style of this magazine. If you have ever hung a door, constructed a joint or made furniture, you know there are a dozen tips to make the task easier. Fine Woodworking provides both the tips and the in-depth understanding that you rarely find in magazines and usually only learn through experience or from another woodworker. Articles with excellent photographs and illustrations cover a wide range of subjects from use and care of tools to the making of fine musical instruments and cabinets. The best of the first seven issues of the magazine are organized in the book Fine Woodworking Techniques (1978, 192 pp., $13.95 hard cover from Taunton Press). Highly recommended. -PC
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