Product Description

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.

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Beast        Rating:

What a beast of a book. This truly is a complete guide. Read it and then keep it next to your tools for reference and you won't go wrong.

Outstanding, exceptional reference!        Rating:

When I started woodworking, I checked this book out, along with about forty others, from the local library. All of the Taunton Complete Illustrated Guides stood out as exceptionally informative, but this book, in particular, is incredible. As a matter of fact, well into my woodworking journey, I have found that I need to refer back often to the information in this text to solve some design problem. For example, I needed to know how to build a base for and attach French bun feet onto the bottom of a cupboard, as well as where and what types of mouldings go around the top, middle, and bottom. It has proved itself so useful that I am buying my own copy.

If all you do is build from plans from which you never deviate, you really have no need of this book. But if you design your own furniture, this book shows you how everything is built and put together. And I do mean everything since ALL furniture is simply case construction or frame-and-panel construction. You will not find a single project or plan in this book, but what you will find is the knowledge necessary to create your own.

Another excellent Taunton title.        Rating:

I own over twenty various books on cabinetmaking and this is probably the best of them all for construction. The information contained in this title is not only for the novice woodworker, but many aspects can be incorporated for the more advanced woodworker as well. The book is laid out in a logical 'easy to read' (and understand) manner which is well worth the investment.

It would be nice to have the imperical and metric measurements side by side for those of us who live outside the US. I use my conversion calculator to suffice this minor inadequacy.

Buy this book, you will not be dissapointed.

I wish I knew        Rating:

I wish I knew about this book before I started building my own furniture. Just about everything I needed to know is in this book. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to know how well constructed cabinets are made. This book offers information on various methods, using traditional joining techniques as well as modern methods.

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