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Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Period Furniture Details

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Publisher: Taunton
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This new paperback expands on the techniques covered in "Shaping Wood--a title in the enormously successful Complete Illustrated Guides series. It covers joinery relating to 18th century furniture styles, as well as the demanding techniques required to complete ornate period pieces. Turning and carving, as well as building accurately, are all included in a highly visual format. Anyone who loves period details and longs to create them will want this book.


DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 684.104097309033
EAN: 9781561585908
Format: Illustrated
ISBN: 1561585904
Label: Taunton
Manufacturer: Taunton
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: 2003-09
Publisher: Taunton
Release Date: 2003-11-01
Studio: Taunton


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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: Very good!
Comment: I am surprised at the low book review. This is one of the best teaching books I have read. Lonnie Bird is an artist at conveying woodworking concepts. This is not a step by step how to guide to a completed project. Every detail that is covered is very well covered. I have both of the Lonnie Bird books and believe they complement each other. I highly reccomend this book and this author! If you want a good step by step book on Period Furniture try: Glen Huey's "Building Period Furniture" Both of these books are excellent. See my review under this book on Amazon.I have bought many books that are barely worth taking home. These two books are worth more than they cost! The printing and pictures in This book are superior as are all others I have read by Taunton press.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Details Add Value
Comment: This is a valuable aid in making details. Another reviewer states that 80% of the book is in another book by Bird. This might be a bit of an over statement - no matter if just 20% is new material the book is worth it. I own both of the books he addresses - I noticed the duplication right away. The real question is "will this book make you a better period furniture maker?" I am 57 years old - own every tool required to make period furiture - hold a Masters certification from Marc Adams School of Woodworking - have taken course work with some of the top people in the field - I am now working on a Philidelphia Low Boy and am wooking with Allan Breed (instructor) - and this book is helpful and even insightful. I know at least four of the eighteen of us in class have purchased this book.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Don't buy if you own Complete Guide to Shaping Wood
Comment: If you already own Lonnie Bird's Complete Illustrated Guide to Shaping Wood you will be extremely disappointed with this book. It seemed that 80% was duplicate material. The book descriptions says that this book expands on the techniques covered in Shaping Wood. To me, it looked like nothing more than a page for page copy.

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