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Great Book of Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture, Revised & Expanded Second Edition: Authentic and Fully Detailed Plans for 61 Classic Pieces (Fox Chapel Publishing) Complete Full-Perspective Views Hardcover – May 26, 2017

Build furniture in the legendary Craftsman style!
61 classic furniture pieces with complete working shop drawings
Full perspective views, elevations, sections, details, & cutting lists, plus additional inlay designs and hardware drawings
Original Stickley furniture pieces were measured to create these detailed plans not available from any other source
Intermediate woodworkers can use these plans to build authentic replicas of valuable period pieces at low cost
This big book provides complete working shop drawings for 61 classic furniture pieces. The author, a master cabinetmaker, measured original Craftsman antiques to create these detailed plans.
With full perspective views, elevations, sections, details, and cutting lists for each project, this revised collection gives today's woodworkers the heart of the Craftsman aesthetic, along with all the information needed for workshop success.
For more than 30 years, professional woodworker and author Robert W. Lang has been the go-to source for complete working shop drawings of Arts & Crafts furniture pieces designed by Gustav Stickley and his associates early in the twentieth century. Lang, an expert furniture and cabinet maker and executive editor of Popular Woodworking, measured original Craftsman antiques to create detailed plans and published them in a series of Shop Drawing books.
Inside this expanded edition, you'll find plans for 61 classic pieces, including:
Beds
Bookcases
Bureaus
Cabinets
Chairs
Chests
Desks
Dressers
Footstools
Inlays
Nightstands
Rockers
Sideboards
Stools
Tables
Wall shelves
Wardrobes
Craftsman Hardware

Woodworker's Guide to Live Edge Slabs: Transforming Trees into Tables, Benches, Cutting Boards, and More (Fox Chapel Publishing) Approachable Handbook to Creating Live-Edge Furniture, with 8 Projects Paperback – November 8, 2021

A complete how-to guide to creating live-edge furniture!
Techniques to know before you begin, from milling, drying, and preparing your slab to using epoxy, adding inlays, and creating a waterfall edge
8 projects that vary in size and scale, including a charcuterie board, shelves, tables, and desks
Ideas and inspiration for you to implement into your own projects while using the techniques you've learned
Author George Vondriska is the owner of Vondriska Woodworks, the managing editor of Woodworkers Guild of America, and a contributor to Fine Woodworking, WOOD, and Woodworker's Journal
Discover the excitement of working with live edge slabs to make your own one-of-a-kind woodworking projects!
The first-ever accessible guide on making DIY furniture and home décor from live-edge slabs, this 144-page book will show you everything you need to know about incorporating organic, natural wood pieces into your home.
Inside this approachable must-have guide, you'll first learn techniques for milling, drying, and preparing your own slab, adding inlays, using epoxy, creating waterfall edges, and more. Then, you'll move on to complete eight projects that range in size and offer additional ideas and inspiration to implement in your own projects while using the techniques you've learned!
From a knife block and floating shelves to a coffee table, desk, dining table, and more, both beginner and advanced woodworkers and DIYers can accomplish these stunning projects with the comprehensive guidance inside this book.
Author George Vondriska is the owner of Vondriska Woodworks, one of the premier woodworking schools in the Midwest. The managing editor of Woodworkers Guild of America and a contributor to Fine Woodworking, WOOD, and Woodworker's Journal, George has also taught woodworking classes for the U.S. Peace Corps, the Pentagon, Northwest Airlines, and Anderson Window.
Learn from a true woodworking pro as you transform trees into stunning furniture and home accents your friends and family will love, with Woodworker's Guide to Live Edge Slabs!

Bob Lang's The Complete Kitchen Cabinetmaker, Revised Edition: Shop Drawings and Professional Methods for Designing and Constructing Every Kind of Kitchen and Built-In Cabinet (Fox Chapel Publishing) Paperback – September 1, 2014

This practical handbook takes the mystery out of designing and making built-in cabinets! Take the confusion out of cabinetmaking by learning how to:
Measure a room and design cabinetry
Develop working shop drawings and cutting lists
Work with solid wood, veneered plywood, MDF, and plastic laminates
Build traditional face-frame cabinets and Euro-style frameless cabinets
Cut and join the basic box for any project
Construct wall-hung cabinets, units with lighting, and floor-to-ceiling styles
Make doors, drawer faces, drawer boxes, and countertops
Kitchens are the ultimate DIY woodworking project, offering the best return on investment! Demonstrating how woodworkers can approach the complex job of designing and making built-in cabinets for kitchens, family rooms, and home offices, this technical handbook provides meticulously detailed shop drawings, clear instructions, and hundreds of professional tips for saving time, materials, unnecessary aggravation, and money. Bob Lang offers practical, hands-on, how-to information and guidance for building traditional face-frame cabinets as well as constructing contemporary frameless Euro-style cabinets.
You'll learn how to measure rooms and design fitting cabinetry that considers both function and aesthetics, how to develop working shop drawings and cutting lists, and how to work with materials as varied as solid wood and plastic laminate. Technical instructions for cutting and joining the basic box, as well as for fitting it to drawer stacks, sinks, corners, appliances, and islands, are also included, as are detailed steps for sanding, finishing, and installing each piece. This second edition also offers a colorful new 16-page idea gallery with photographs of finished cabinets.
Whether it's kitchen, home office, family room, or any other kind of built-in cabinet work, this classic technical handbook shows you exactly how to approach the complex job of designing and making custom cabinets. Robert W. Lang takes the mystery out of the job with clearly written text, meticulously detailed shop drawings, and sharp photographs that show how cabinets go together in the real world.
From the planning stage all the way through installation, Bob Lang's The Complete Kitchen Cabinet Maker, Revised Edition gives you a firm foundation for designing and building kitchen cabinets from scratch. You'll benefit from practical and shop-tested methods and time-savers on every page.

Bookcases, Cabinets & Built-Ins

It's a universal need?more storage. Whether you're housing books and DVDs, kitchen items, sports gear for the kids, or even the very tools you use to create woodworking projects like these, a little extra storage goes a long way. Following the success of the best-selling Shelves, Cabinets & Bookcases (The Taunton Press), this all-new collection of 25 how-to articles from recent issues of Fine Homebuilding and Fine Woodworking magazines will inspire carpenters, woodworkers, and DIY-ers of all skill levels to create practical yet beautiful units for keeping life straight.
Sturdy and attractive is the theme that runs through each project, including a multitude of bookcases, entertainment center built-ins, mudroom clutter busters, and custom kitchen cabinets. Expert advice from America's most accomplished craftsmen will lead the way for designing and building the cabinets, built-ins, and bookcases readers will love.

Woodworking: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Skills, Techniques, and Projects (Fox Chapel Publishing) Over 1,200 Photos & Illustrations, 41 Complete Plans, Easy-to-Follow Diagrams & Expert Guidance Paperback – May 13, 2019

Get the expert guidance you need to become a master woodworker!
Two books in one—both a skills-building book and a woodworking project book
41 complete projects for building indoor & outdoor furnishings and accessories the whole family will love
Over 1,200 photos, illustrations, and easy-to-follow diagrams
Step-by-step instructions, plus time frames for completion and tools & materials lists
Essential information on choosing wood, measuring, marking and layout, cutting, joinery, drilling, shaping, clamping, gluing, fastening, finishing and more
Beginner-friendly guide walks you through every phase of the woodworking process
With 448 pages, more than 1,200 lavish full-color illustrations, easy-to-follow diagrams, and step-by-step instructions to walk you through each and every phase of the process, Woodworking outstrips all competitors in affordability, accessibility, and comprehensiveness.
From setting up a workshop to the principles of good design, how to use tools and essential techniques, it's the only reference that aspiring craftsmen need to start creating fantastic woodworking projects right away.
This big book covers choosing wood, measuring, marking and layout, cutting, joinery, drilling, shaping, clamping, gluing, fastening, finishing and more. But where a lot of woodworking books only show you some skills, this giant woodworking compendium goes on to give you 41 complete home furnishing project plans so you can put your skills to use.
Woodworkers know that woodworking is a never-ending journey. Whether someone has been doing it for one year or fifty years, there are always new skills to master and exciting projects to explore. Staying inspired with new ideas helps keep the woodworker challenged. This book helps to keep your passion strong and your project list full!

Simple Japanese Furniture: 24 Classic Step-By-Step Projects Paperback – June 14, 2022

The Complete Illustrated Guide to Furniture and Cabinet Construction
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.

The Workbench : A Complete Guide to Creating Your Perfect Bench
In this fresh and contemporary look at the world of workbenches, Lon Schleining takes us on a guided tour of a wide variety of classic, modern, and specialty benches and offers hundreds of options for choosing or building that perfect bench and its accessories. The Workbench looks at the classic subject with a focus on helping readers find the right bench and accessories for their needs. The object is to guide the reader through making critical choices, including whether to buy it or build it. Even long-time woodworkers dream of the perfect bench and the time to build it, and for them the real enjoyment is in the planning. With 279 color photos and additional illustrations, this book provides in-depth information along with the inspiration to fulfill workshop dreams.

Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Finishing
Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Finishing features advanced techniques on controlling and adjusting color, disguising defects, and repairing finishes. This clear and comprehensive volume for woodworkers includes 850 color photos as well as 30 color illustrations.

Built-In Furniture
Built-in furniture offers all kinds of benefits, both practical and aesthetic, but the design and construction can be intimidating. Cabinetmaker and best-selling author Jim Tolpin demystifies both processes in this combination of inspirational guide and how-to manual. The book starts with the basics of designing built-ins and the principles behind the construction, showing how to harmonize permanent furniture into its environment. Projects run the gamut, from window seats, benches, and couches, to bookcases, cupboards, and cabinets.

Furniture Repair & Refinishing
Packed with detailed information, Furniture Repair & Refinishing takes a hands-on approach to furniture repair and restoration. Written by an authority in the field, the book teaches-through step-by-step instructions and full-color photo how sequences-everything the beginning furniture restorer needs to know to achieve professional results, whether planning a simple repair or a full restoration. All tasks are rated for difficulty and feature tools and materials lists.

Upholstery Techniques Illustrated
Gheen presents a wealth of detail on tools, furniture styles, padding materials, fabrics, estimating, cleaning and maintenance, buttons, channeling, tufting, finishing alternatives, working with vinyls, stripping, stuffing, padding, and more.

Beds
A bed is one of the most significant pieces of furniture in most homes, ranking with the dining room table as a major purchase or project. Beds: Step-by-Step begins with a discussion of bed-making basics, including building bed components, sizing, foundations, and hardware.

Each project chapter contains cutting lists, an exploded drawing, and a studio shot of the finished project. Also included are finishing tips and techniques and assembly instructions.

These projects, all designed by the author, include a small first bed, a Shaker-style bed, a Craftsman-style bed, a pencil post bed, a platform bed, the Windsor bed, the City bed, a sleigh bed, and a bunk bed. The skills required range from simple joinery techniques to challenging bending methods, all carefully explained in step-by-step instructions.

American Country Furniture :
Projects from the Workshop of David T. Smith
This book contains everything a woodworker needs to know to build country projects, including tables, chairs, chests, benches, and cabinets with step-by-step instructions and expert advice on finishing the projects to make them look authentic.