Building Wooden Snowshoes Snowshoe Furniture: Winner of Legendary Maine G [Paperback]

Traditional snowshoes and the art of making them is alive and well in Gil Gilpatrick's authoritative book on the topic. With this book, you 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. You will learn how to select the size and style shoe that is right for you and how to make them. You 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.

The art of making traditional wooden snowshoes and rustic snowshoe style furniture is given new life in this beautiful yet practical book by Gil Gilpatrick.

I. Building Snowshoes*Introduction*Size and Style*Shaping and Frames*Bending the Frames*Assembly of the Frames*Making Bearpaws*Filling the Snowshoes*BindingII. Building Snowshoe Furniture*Introduction*Bending Wood*Snowshoe End Table*Snowshoe Rocker*Snowshoe Coffee Table*Snowshoe Footstool*Snowshoe Wood HolderAppendix I: Patterns and DrawingsAppendiz II: Supply Sources(Review is in german and awaiting translation to english)How topical could we possibly get? We are well into winter and in most northern (north of Florida anyway) areas there is ample snow for the sport of snowshoeing.Snowshoeing can be invigorating and pleasurable and also satisfying knowing that the snowshoes you are using were made by you.The author is a renowned and legendary state of Maine Guide who should know a lot about the sport (or recreation) of snowshoeing. Gilpatrick literally walks you through the process of making not only a varied sort of snowshoes but some interesting rustic furniture as well. Different styles and sizes of snowshoes are discussed for the type of snowshoeing that the user is planning to do. The bending of ash is described as ash is the wood of choil��