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Learn how to make every practical woodworking joint in every possible way with the step-by-step photo essays in this book. Professional furniture maker and Fine Woodworking contributing editor Gary Rogowski covers it all -- from standard techniques to variations -- in this complete visual reference to joinery.
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Disjointed.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Comp Illus GT Joinery (Hardcover)
I agree with one of the other reviewers: this is a GREAT looking book, filled with well-crafted photos. However, as a beginner woodworker, I was unable to follow most of the text. I thought this book would give step-by-step instructions on accomplishing various joinery solutions. Instead, it merely mentioned the solution and more or less told the reader to fumble his way through it himself. This may be a decent reference book for TYPES of joinery, but if you're looking for guidance in crafting the joints, you'll probably need other material to do so. What is also seriously lacking here is a glossary of terms used throughout the book to help the beginner understand exactly what the author is writing about.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful but inconsistent,
By Roger A. Knopf "makes sawdust in spare time" (Menlo Park, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Comp Illus GT Joinery (Hardcover)
Spectacular production values, but (forgive me) really pretty dis-joint! I'll give one example of what I feel is the book's major shortcoming: in the section on dovetail joints, he never shows a photo or line drawing of a dovetail joint just as it is about to go together - I have to visualize for myself what it is supposed to look like. Its like a friend of mine who when discussing something will think a sentence but not actually say it, and proceed with the discussion as if she HAD said it out loud and assuming you heard it! Very hard to follow sometimes.... In this case a basic beginners step to making dovetails is omitted, so everything that follows is pretty hard to grasp.I also find the pictures and supporting text lacking - they often do not illustrate his point, or are too small / distant to see what is actually going on. I do like the catalog of joints, the discussion of the pros and cons of each and best applications practice. I also like that for each joint he gives several different ways to make it, depending on what tool you have or prefer to use. If Rogowski would just give the book to 5 novice woodworkers and note down everywhere they don't "get" something so he could address their issue in the next edition, he'd do himself and all his readers a big favor.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Quality Book,
By qlongisland "qlongisland" (NY, US) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Comp Illus GT Joinery (Hardcover)
This book is an excellent quality reference. I was actually suprised because a lot of the stuff you get rated high (4-5 stars) seem to always fall short after the purchase. This is a book that is to be used in the workshop or close by and was made that way....The hard cover, the decent size color step by step pictures, large lettering accompanying pictures, and even down to the table of contents layout makes this a hand down reference for the workbench shelf, as opposed to sitting collecting dust by my War and Peace novel. I really like the fact that the book also went in various ways of performing a particular joint, as it leaves much for the imagination if you need to improvise and improve current project workflow.This is a book that is well thought out and an encyclopedic reference for the above purpose it serves. If your are looking for a book that seems to read like the author just made love to a wood shaving, then there are other classics out there and this definately is not the book. If you want a book that gives you an idea of what your joint options are given tools at hand and how to actually do it, then this is it.
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