The Tinkering Woodworker : Weekend Projects for Work, Home & Play

<b>Tinkering Monkey has a passion for designing and making smart, functional products that are built to last. With their first book, <i>The Tinkering Woodworker</i>, this Maker team delivers original plans that are cleverly designed, easily-built, and make the home, office, or leisure time more efficient, stylish, and fun. </b>With projects ranging from a standing desk and a woodturned beer tap to slingshot and a whimsical teardrop-trailer cathouse, The Tinkering Woodworker is a woodworking book for by today’s Maker generation.

<b><i>The Tinkering Woodworker</i> delivers original plans and expert know-how for 15 cleverly designed projects that make the home, office, and leisure time more efficient and fun. </b>The projects for the home include an entryway organizer, a knife block, Lego-style storage cubes, a clever wooden frame for hanging family art, and a stylish tripod lamp. For the home office, a standing desk, laptop and iphone stands, and headphone hooks make getting work done more efficient than ever.<br><br>Remembering that all work and no play is a bad approach to life, <i>The Tinkering Woodworker</i> also includes a beer tap and growler caddy, a bike rack, cathouse in the shape of a teardrop trailer, and a slingshot that would make Tom Sawyer proud. With each project presented in a crisp, easy-to-follow design that guarantees success, <i>The Tinkering Woodworker</i> is the woodworking book that today’s makers have been waiting for.<br><br><i>The Tinkering Woodworker</i> was created by The Tinkering Monkey, an Oakland, California based woodworking/industrial design duo with a passion for designing and crafting smart, functional wooden products that are built to last.