Complete Illustrated Guide to Furniture & Cabinet Construction

Book Description:

Introducing a new woodworking series in the tradition of Tage Frid...a series filled with essential information required by woodworkers today. For the first time ever, all the techniques and processes necessary to craft beautiful things from wood have been compiled into three comprehensive volumes: The Complete Illustrated Guides. Highly visual and written by woodworking's finest craftsmen, these three titles -- Furniture & Cabinet Construction, Shaping Wood, and Joinery -- will establish a new standard for shop reference books.The Complete Illustrated Guide to Furniture & 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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This comprehensive, step-by-step pictorial reference covers every practical technique for building furniture and cabinets. Organized for quick access, this book illustrates the process in over 1,000 clear photos and drawings. All the essential information is here, from designing the project to installing the hardware. Many alternative ways to achieve the same results are included, enabling woodworkers to choose the methods that work best for them. Every woodworker, whether beginner or pro, should have this indispensable reference handy in the shop.

Author Andy Rae

Andy Rae has been woodworking for over two decades. He worked with George Nakashima and Frank Klausz before founding his own woodworking business. In 1990, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts granted him a fellowship for his furniture designs. Rae wrote over 100 articles for American Woodworker magazine during his six-year tenure and served as senior editor until 1998. He currently works in the western Carolina Mountains, making furniture as well as teaching and writing about woodworking.