- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Taunton Press (Feb 27 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1561583448
- ISBN-13: 978-1561583447
- Product Dimensions: 26.8 x 21.7 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 640 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #376,951 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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These titles, part of Taunton's new six-volume "Essentials of Woodworking" series, consist of articles that originally appeared in Fine Woodworking magazine during the last six years. (Other titles in this series include The Basics of Craftsmanship, Finishes & Finishing, Joinery, and Ingenious Jigs & Shop Accessories.) Authored by such well-known woodworkers as Jim Tolpin and Garrett Hack, the essays cover a specific set of woodworking skills in detail. Practical Design takes a project from concept to finished product, covering the use of scale models, engineering, and construction options for tables, cabinets, and chairs. Woodworking Techniques shows how to build a variety of projects (tables, drawers, and doors) and covers specific techniques (hinge installation, veneering, and inlay). Because they are from Fine Woodworking, the selections are colorful and well written, and the inclusion of an index is helpful. These titles will appeal to woodworkers of all skill levels and are recommended for public libraries.DJonathan Hershey, Akron-Summit Cty. P.L., OH
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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A collection of classic, informative articles from Fine Woodworking magazine. This series is designed for easy reference and organized for quick access. All six volumes are highly practical and easy to use; together they form a cornerstone woodworking library.
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All furniture designs, at one point or another, came out of the imaginations of woodworkers. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Furniture that's built to win,
By Scott Burright (Washington, DC area) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Prac Design Solutions & Strate (Paperback)
The furniture in this book isn't just built to last. It's built to win. As in, if you hit it with a car, the furniture will win. Or if you drop it out of a window onto the sidewalk, the furniture will win.You don't have to build everything the way they do. I'm about to make some end tables with drawers, and I'm not going to use dovetails and haunched tenons. I'm going to use dowels. But the important thing is that I now know the right way to do it, and I know my way will at least work, and I know why some other designs won't work. I won't blindly follow plans or make design compromises out of ignorance. And one day soon, I'll make something the right way. I knocked a star off of the rating because the book is an anthology of previously-published material and kind of a broad-ranging hodgepodge. But it is an excellent hodgepodge nonetheless. I think books like this should be read not just by people who aim to build furniture but by anyone who uses furniture.
4.0 out of 5 stars
An Excellent Source of Design solutions!,
By "don-syracuseny" (Syracuse, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Prac Design Solutions & Strate (Paperback)
This book contains a myriad of solutions to common furntiure design and construction problems. It presents design examples rather than full plans for projects but that's good because the examples show a variety of ways to approach various elements of the design of doors, cabinets, tables and chairs. I like this approach because it will help me build a vocabulary of options when I design my own projects or want to replicate furniture I only have pictures of and can't inspect.My only complaint is that this is a collection of articles from back issues of Fine Woodworking magazine that wasn't well edited before being published in the book. It contains several editorial errors such as referring to figures by position on a page when they don't have that position in the book format, deleting a list of suppliers that's referenced in an article and at least one case where I suspect that the captions have been reversed under two pictures. The editors should have been more careful! I originally read a copy borrowed from the library but I will be buying a copy soon to keep around for reference.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely wonderful,
This review is from: Prac Design Solutions & Strate (Paperback)
This book is great. There is lots of information on how to design furniture. It is amazingly easy to read for such an informative book. The illustrations are excellent.This book doesn't just give you one way to do things. It shows multiple ways and the pros and cons of each method. If you want to know more about how to build a chair, table, add drawers to a table or more, get this book.
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