Making Furniture Masterpieces: 30 Projects with Measured Drawings
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Book Overview
This clearly written how-to book by master craftsman Franklin H. Gottshall allows woodworkers to construct handsome, useful furniture in the most highly regarded antique styles. Characterized by beauty and richness of design, each of 30 different projects -- all replicas of actual rare furniture -- can be completed by ambitious beginners as well as skilled crafters for only a fraction of what vintage originals would cost. Woodcrafters can choose from...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0486293386
ISBN13:9780486293387
Release Date:February 1997
Publisher:Dover Publications
Length:224 Pages
Weight:1.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 8.4" x 11.9"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Excellent resource for advaned projects.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
As with most of Gottshall's books, the projects are not for the beginner. Good knowledge of woodworking processes are necessary to build these beautiful period pieces. The finishes advocated in the book are dated but are completely appropriate for the pieces involved. Pieces of this quality deserve finishes that are reversible by our heirs and that would exclude a lot of the modern water-based and polyurethane finishes.
A valuable addition to your collection
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Excellent book and a valuable reference for anyone interested in reproduction furniture. The section on finishing techniques is a bit dated, but the real value is the detailed drawings of reproduction pieces he built. Not for the beginner. The instructions are straight forward, but they require you to be comfortable with woodworking techniques. Great book.
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