The Offerman Woodshop. Woodworker, actor, comedian, and writer Nick Offerman creates not only fine handcrafted furniture, but also fun stuff - kazoos, baseball bats, ukuleles, mustache combs, even cedar-strip canoes. Now Nick and his ragtag crew tell you all about their passion for the discipline of woodworking, and teach you how to make a handful of their most popular projects along the way. A variety of projects for every skill level, with personal, easy-to-follow instructions, and, what's more, this tutelage is augmented by mouth-watering color photos. Includes recipes for both comestibles and mirth, humorous essays, odes to woodworking heroes and insights into the ethos of woodworking in modern America. Whether you've been working in your own shop for years, or if holding this stack of compressed wood pulp is as close as you've ever come to milling lumber, or even if you just love Nick Offerman's brand of bucolic yet worldly wisdom, you'll find lots of useful, illuminating, and entertaining information. Nick Offerman is an American actor, writer, humorist, and carpenter widely known for his acting role as Ron Swanson in the NBC television sitcom Parks and Recreation.

"Featuring how-to, mirth, fashion tips, recipes, odes to wood and assorted tomfoolery.

Introduction -- Setting Up Your Shop -- Ows Yearbook -- On Wood -- Milling -- Matthew Micucci: Pop Top -- The Best Way yo Fell A Tree -- Krys Shelley: Pencil Holder -- Laura Zahn -- Matty Micucci: Kazoo -- Jimmy DiResta -- Krys Shelley: Whisky Coasters -- Shop Fashion -- Nick Offerman: Berry Stool -- Mira Nakashima -- Josh Salsbur: Jupiter Side Table -- Christian Becksvoort -- Nick Offerman: Beaver Tail Paddle -- Bear Mountain Boats: Ted Moores And Joan Barrett -- Ric Offerman: Scrappy Birdhouse -- A Quiz About Wood -- Jane Parrott: Craftsman Lamp -- Laura Mays -- Matt Offerman: Slab Cribbage Board -- Peter Galbert/North Bennet Street School -- Thomas Wilhoit: Claro Walnut Slab Table -- Garry Knox Bennett -- Michele Diener: Slingshot Dining Chair -- Cookout -- Rh Lee: Slumber Jack Bed -- Essay On Wood -- Acknowledgments.