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The Complete Illustrated Guide to Furniture and Cabinet Construction |  | Author: Andy Rae
Publisher: Taunton Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  52 reviews
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Media: Hardcover
Pages: 308
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Dimensions (in): 11 x 9.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 1561584029
Dewey Decimal Number: 684.104
EAN: 9781561584024
ASIN: 1561584029
Publication Date: October 15, 2001
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Product Description
The Complete Illustrated Guide to Furniture and Cabinet Construction is the ultimate reference work -- a graphic, step-by-step presentation of basic furniture-construction techniques. Expert woodworker Andy Rae brings organization, enthusiasm, and more than 20 years' experience to this essential book. Readers will acquire a working knowledge of woodworking materials, a higher level of control over their work and tools, and an understanding of basic design principles.
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 complete guide to furniture ....construction.. August 30, 2010
B. Krall
This book helped remove some of the obstacles I have struggled with for a few years when making furniture. I have made all the wooden furniture in my house except the diningroom hutch and table. I am still working up the nerve to do that. If all you do is build from plans from which you never deviate, you really have no need of this book. But if you design your own furniture, this book shows you how everything is built and put together. All furniture is simply case construction or sides and wall construction. You will not find a single project or plan in this book, but what you will find is the knowledge necessary to create your own. I wish that I had found this book earlier when I started woodworking All of the Taunton Complete Illustrated Guides stood out as exceptionally informative, but this book, in particular, is incredible. As a matter of fact, well into my woodworking journey, I have found that I need to refer back often to the information in this text to solve some design problem. For example, I needed to know how to build a base for and attach spanish doogles onto the bottom of a cupboard, as well as where and what types of mouldings go around the top, middle, and bottom. I highly recommend this book.
 The Best furniture Book August 23, 2010
Woody Woodturner (Alabama, USA)
I have several woodworking "how to" books and have done woodworking for years. I decided to do some serious furniture making so I bought this book and a few others to learn all the right techniques for various steps in the process. This book is by far the best I have acquired on the subject. This is a book you keep with you in the shop as the author says in the "How to use this book" section of the introduction. Rae gives you several choices on how to do various steps in the furniture making process for different kinds of furniture. He covers a lot of ground in this book and all the instruction is clear and to the point. The author and editors have done and excellent job. The other books will gather dust on the shelf while I wear this one out! Thank you Taunton Press.
Beast April 14, 2010
Zachary Rubin
What a beast of a book. This truly is a complete guide. Read it and then keep it next to your tools for reference and you won't go wrong.
 Looks good on the coffee table February 25, 2010
A Cotton Farmer (Texas)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I agree with a few earlier reviewers that this is an attractive book with opaque explanations and confusing illustrations. For me, it brought to mind Stephen Hawkin's "Universe in a Nutshell", a fascinating book of impenetrable text, beautifully illustrated with incomprehensible drawings.
Probably experienced cabinetmakers would read this book and nod their heads that old Andy knew what he was talking about. But I'm NOT experienced and I could not find (or maybe, understand) the answer to any questions I've had about projects I have in preliminary stages. In my quest to develop a new hobby to go with my new retirement, I have found "The Complete Manual of Woodworking" by Jackson, Day and Jennings to be way more helpful - much more clearly written with illustrations that are much easier for me to figure out.
Outstanding, exceptional reference! November 13, 2009
G.D.H. (Arkansas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I started woodworking, I checked this book out, along with about forty others, from the local library. All of the Taunton Complete Illustrated Guides stood out as exceptionally informative, but this book, in particular, is incredible. As a matter of fact, well into my woodworking journey, I have found that I need to refer back often to the information in this text to solve some design problem. For example, I needed to know how to build a base for and attach French bun feet onto the bottom of a cupboard, as well as where and what types of mouldings go around the top, middle, and bottom. It has proved itself so useful that I am buying my own copy.
If all you do is build from plans from which you never deviate, you really have no need of this book. But if you design your own furniture, this book shows you how everything is built and put together. And I do mean everything since ALL furniture is simply case construction or frame-and-panel construction. You will not find a single project or plan in this book, but what you will find is the knowledge necessary to create your own.
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