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Paperback The Fine Art of Cabinetmaking Book

ISBN: 0806985720

ISBN13: 9780806985725

The Fine Art of Cabinetmaking

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Sharing his legendary techniques for coopered doors, doweling, dovetail joints, frame-and-panel work, and other cabinetry details, master craftsman Krenov shows how to shape wood the way it was meant to be shaped. Beginning with the basics of selecting and preparing wood, he shows how first-rate execution and flawless finished surfaces are the hallmark of his work, and can be in yours, too. "James Krenov's views on craftsmanship have enlightened and inspired woodworkers around the world."--American Woodworker. 192 pages, 279 b/w illus., 8 1/2 x 11.

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Rated 5 stars
Learning From A Perfectionist

James Krenov is one of woodworking's treasures - an acknowledged master craftsman who is open about both his aesthetics and his techniques. For many of us he is a role model who started out on a shoe string in Sweden and has gone on to create a whole style all his own. He is as devoted to teaching as he is to his work and has a gift for inspiration and straightforward exposition. Unlike A Cabinet Maker's Notebook, The Fine...

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Classic stands thre test of time

Krenov's famous cabinetmaking techniques layed bare, July 8, 1998 Reviewer: A reader from Toronto This, Krenov's second book (1976), is the book that they still want you to have when you show up at the College of the Redwoods for Krenov's course. The book is devided into three parts: wood, tools and the shop, and cabinetmaking techniques. It sets out his techniques for mortice and tenon joints, dovetails, HANDPLANE CONSTRUCTION,...

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Essential Reading for the Serious student

This is the most helpful and inspiring book on the topic. It provides not only extremely useful how-to information, it prepares any serious student, no matter what skill level, for the proper mind set in which to create fine work. Mr Krenov is the absolute master

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Krenov's famous cabinetmaking techniques layed bare

This, Krenov's second book (1976), is the book that they still want you to have when you show up at the College of the Redwoods for Krenov's course. The book is devided into three parts: wood, tools and the shop, and cabinetmaking techniques. It sets out his techniques for mortice and tenon joints, dovetails, HANDPLANE CONSTRUCTION, and much more. The handplane section was so influential that several courses are taught on...

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Reflective of the art, the craft and the material

this is not a "how to" book of woodworking, you will find no blue prints or schematicts. this book is however, highly informative and illuminating. Krenov speaks of his strong feelings for the craft and the nature and spirit of the wood itself. His reflections are inspring and reach beyond woodworking as mearly a means to an end. This book is good reading for both the novice and the expert of crafts. I highly recommend it...

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