Illustrated Cabinetmaking: How to Design and Construct Furniture That Works

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Featuring each piece in highly-detailed, exploded drawings and applying time-honored dimension and ergonomic standards, this comprehensive visual sourcebook takes the guesswork out of furniture joinery, assembly, dimension, and style. Woodworkers of any skill level will benefit from more than 1,300 crisp and detailed drawings that explain classic solutions to age-old problems, such as hanging a drawer, attaching a tabletop, and pegging a mortise. Covering hundreds of pieces of furniture, including kitchen cabinets, dining tables, desks, bookcases, and chests, readers will unlock the mysteries of legs, moldings, separate braces, and dozens of other subassemblies.

What Customers Say About Illustrated Cabinetmaking: How to Design and Construct Furniture That Works:

I expected details and pictorials on how to use tools to achieve various joints and construction techniques, but there are none. I expected some dimensioned projects in the book, but there are none. If you are looking for a book that merely shows you one exploded view of a cabinet after another, then this book is for you. This book is very disappointing and highly overrated. Yes, it is very good at showing details of a cabinet's anatomy, but does little to explain the construction process.

Bill gives an excellent pictorial overview of different joints, and wonderful exploded views of many different pieces of furniture. It won't tell you what "fold in", "sear", or "carmelize" means, but you'll get a killer quick reference for when your client asks for a proper scone or a quiche.This book is best for someone who knows what they want to make, how big it should be, and how to produce joinery using whatever tools are on hand. This is the book you'll seek when a potential client asks for a three-drawer desk, or dining table, that looks like "that one", and you need to know a very good way to put it together so it'll last.Highly recommended for anyone capable of building without a detailed plan. This book is for woodworkers with at least some skills and experience. To get the most from it, you'll need to be able to dimension furniture, figure out joinery details, like mortise and tenon sizing, and select stock.Think of it as a cookbook for an experienced cook.

Great idea book. Lots of exploded pictures showing the assemblies but without any details on dimensions or how to cut any of the actual joints. This book is very informative on building furniture with different ideas ranging from tables to desks and cabinets. The author does not go into detail on how to actually build any of the above items but more along the lines of basic assembly and different joinery.

Provides you with all the necessary basics of cabinet design and construction. Great reference book.

If you are new to woodworking or are starting to design your own projects this book will quickly become your GO TO BOOK. This is a must have source. Great book. This book was recommended by a friend. I barrowed his copy and was impressed with the amount of information containded with in the pages.