Modern Cabinet Work: Furniture & Fitments - Softcover

Wells, Percy A.; Hooper, John

 
9781892836281: Modern Cabinet Work: Furniture & Fitments
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1892836289 ISBN 13: 9781892836281
Verlag: Fox Chapel Publishing, 2006

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Known as the "cabinetmaker's bible," the new edition of this 100-year-old handbook contains more than 2,000 line drawings and hundreds of photographs that explain virtually every useful hand and machine technique and furniture design detail suitable for the small-shop woodworker.

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Percy A. Wells was the head of the cabinet department at Shoreditch Technical Institution in London.

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With more than 2,000 line drawings and photographs, Modern Cabinet Work explains virtually every useful hand and machine technique and furniture design detail suitable for the small-shop woodworker. This rich book includes complete complete shop drawings for dozens of exemplary furniture pieces and high-quality built-ins, drawn from all eras in furniture history, for today's craftsman to study, construct, and adapt.Know worldwide as the "cabinet maker's bible," this comprehensive handbook was first published in 1908. This facsimile edition has been reprinted from the Third edition of 1922. From our 21st-century viewpoint, Wells & Hooper shine a bright light on woodworking and workshop practices in an era when things truly were built to last forever. By studying the theory, techniques, and designs described here, today's woodworker's may hope to recapture and build upon those skills and values.Author Percy A. Wells was head of the cabinet departments at Shoreditch Technical Instutite in London; his colleague John Hooper, OBE, was a writer and educator.Contents:1. Introduction2. Tools, Appliances, Materials3. Drawing, Geometry, Design4. Joints and Their Application5. Workshop Practice6. Tables and Other Framed-Up Work7. Carcase Work8. Bedsteads, Clock Cases, Hall Furniture9. Veneers, Marquetry, Inlay10. Foremen's Work, Practical Setting Out11. Historic Styles of Furniture12. Brasswork, Movements, and Fittings13. Machine Tools, Mouldings14. Panelling and Fitments15. Furniture for Offices, Shops, Museums16. Chair Making17. English and Foreign Woods18. Glossary, Index"Here is the distillation of 700 years of traditional cabinet and furniture making, demonstrating hand tool use and, combined with machine tooks, bringing generations of knowledge and techniques to the modern age. The book is complete with dozens of illustrations, references, and a comprehensive glossary. It should be a workshop standard."Willy Godziemba-Maliszewski, master cabinetmaker and restorationist, London Joiner, Pound ridge, NY.

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Verlag
Fox Chapel Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1892836289
ISBN 13 
9781892836281
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
381
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