paul_l

"paul_l"
 
Helpful votes received on reviews: 100% (4 of 4)
Location: Pasadena, CA
 

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Classic Arts & Crafts Furniture You Can Build by Andy Schultz
Note: I just got this book, and haven't built anything from it. I never actually build from plans, but use books for general ideas and technique.

My main problem with the book is that the author seems to build a good, basic piece of furniture, but get's lazy in the home stretch and ruins the final product with cheap hardware. The most glaring example of this is in the china cabinet (see page 70) and serving table (see page 67). No joke, in the photo on page 67 you see the extended drawer showing those cheap, white-painted, tacked-on drawer slides. On the china cabinet, the doors are single panes of glass with wood sticks glued on the exterior side of the glass (not even any wood on the… Read more