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Very Nice I bought this book to put up new trim in my house and it was very informative on how to cut crown molding[which is somewhat difficult]and base molding.
Carpentry & Trimwork Stepby Step The book was just about too much for me. I was hoping it was for a very novice woodworker but I think it would be better for someone who has some experience.
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Fine Woodworking Bending Wood Articles wide range of information

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Way below my expectations I got really disapointed when I received and read this book. It provides advanced techniques that a regular woodworker would never use. The parts that woodworkers use the most are vague. I'm not intereset in making violins or boats. I need techniques to bend wood to use joints for curved surfaces to build equipment and fixtures to bend wood and so on. This book lacks of the practical guidelines to do so.
wide range of information I'm a professional woodworker and like to incorporate curved aspects in my designs for cabinetry. I found this book very helpful because it covers so many different tecniques. There are many ways to skin the cat You will find most of them here. Illustrations are typical for old Fine Woodworking articles black and white and adequate to make the material more accessable if not a joy to behold.
Canoe Building My husband loves working with wood. He and his friend were building a canoe in our basement. He wanted to know the correct way to bend wood without it breaking. This book did the trick. It has become part of his woodworking library. Thank you.
diverse articles This book covers a diverse amount of applications from boat building furniture building and luthier. All of the techniques are from old timers. The articles are suggestions from professions that bend wood for a living. There is a plan for how to build your own steam chamber plus where you can buy equipment. Granted the articles are old but the ideas still apply today. After reading this book i have created my own steam chamber bending platforms clamps and an understanding of what woods bend well and which don't. It is a collection of articles not a book written by one person so it is not point A to point B. I keep this book nearby in my shop for quick reference and i hope you do to.
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Making Antique Furniture Reproductions Instructions Gottshall: Making Antique Furniture Reproductions

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dated but ok I guess some people really like this book. Like the other book it has an attractive cover but insidelacks. The drawings are hard to understand of not the best quality and would have expected more.
Instructions and Measured Drawings for 40 Classic Projects I gave this book Making Antique Furniture Reproductions as a present to a person who is learning how to make furniture. This book was very well received and appreciated for all of its detailed information and illustrations.
Classic topic dated presentation Some of the designs in this book are projects that I definitely intend to build. However using this book to produce the designs in it requires a good set of woodworking skills and ability to come up with the project based on a minimal presentation. The drawings are adequate but the photos are very poor quality. Frankly I could produce a better quality presentation on an office copier. Very dated to the 70's and not a book to read just for enjoyment or to look at the pictures.
From a Master This is one of the most clear and concise books on period style furniture I have ever read. It is very useful with it's measured drawing as a basis for designing up to date reproductions of time honored classics. The drawings are uncluttered and can be understood by the novice. There can be much knowledge gleaned here for all. The books by this master will continue to be references for many generations.
Excellent drawings and ideas This book has many of wonderful drawings and details of classic furniture. There is a section at the front explaining some methods of work but this is not a step by step cookie cutter book. You have to be able to look at the drawings and use the basic guidelines they give you to make the projects. This book assumes someone already knows the basics of woodworking.
Great collection of furniture projects I recently built the Queen Anne chestonframe described in this book and I found the plans and descriptions to be complete but a bit challenging to decypher. This book is for the serious woodworker who wants to make period furniture not for the hobbyist. This was my first attempt at a substantial piece of furniture and I am pleased enough with the results that I will probably build other projects from the book.
Gottshall will be a good companion. Franklin Gottshall has written a number of great woodworking project/reproduction books and periodically reshuffles and reassembles his popular plans. This book one is similar to an earlier red cover version on Reproducing Antique Furniture. I built a variation of the blockfront chest. Gottshall's construction explanations are very clear and his drawings are thorough and accurate.
High quality work I took the initiative to build the carved corner china from the plans in this book and they are excellent. When I was done with my project I wrote Mr. Gottshall with photos of my project and he wrote back immediately as I am perhaps the only other person he knew who built this particular project.I telephoned him to thank him for the education I got building from his plans but alas he had had a stroke. This was in 1978. I can be reasonably certain Frank has passed away by now but his legacy is in his books which got better as he got older. A must for any cabintmaker.
Earyl Roddy The book gives essential information to anyone interested in the design or construction classic American furniture.
Gottshall Making Antique Furniture Reproductions This is a great book for those interested in making period furniture reproductions. Gottshall wrote about 5 books on this topic all of them excellent must haves. Perhaps his best my favorite is Masterpiece Furniture Making not to be confused with one of his other books Making Furniture Masterpieces also very good.
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