Great-Looking 2X4 Furniture
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Book Overview
You don't need loads of experience and expensive lumber to make attractive furniture for your home--just a few 2x4 boards will do to make furniture as good as anything on the market. Here's your no-nonsense guide to creating cabinets, shelves, desks, tables, chests, and more. Learn how to select lumber, how to work with it once you get it home, and how to make the cuts and simple joints required. Then choose from more than twenty projects--from an elegant armoire to a practical kitchen cabinet. There are complete materials lists, numbered illustrations, full-color photos of each finished project, and easy directions that even a beginner can follow. This is your one-stop starting-from-scratch sourcebook! 128 pages (50 in color), 120 b/w illus., 8 1/2 x 10.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0806981636
ISBN13:9780806981635
Release Date:December 1997
Publisher:Sterling
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.97 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 8.6" x 10.0"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
A nice simple book about nice simple furniture
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
As a beginning woodworker, I thought this book might be a good place to start, and I was right. It begins with a discussion of tools you'll need, with a picture of and writeup about each. It gives options about differing tools you could use and explains their pros and cons. Next it discusses wood, explaining how wood is sized and graded, and discussing how to select and purchase wood, nails, glues, screws, and nails.The projects are simple and I feel they are well documented, with lots of drawings depicting key techniques of construction. They do a good job of using simple shapes and pre-made parts to simplify construction.In all, I recommend this book to beginning woodworkers or anyone looking to make relatively simple furniture.
Good looking furniture that's fun to make!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This is a fine book for people (women and men!) on a budget who want nice furniture and are willing to put some sweat equity into their decorating. I am a beginner at woodworking and I learned a lot about the basics. Plus, I have some good looking furniture that was inexpensive and fun to make.
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