Author: Robert W. Lang

Brand: Design Originals

Edition: Revised & Expanded Second

Binding: Hardcover

Number Of Pages: 344

Release Date: 26-05-2017

Details: Product Description Build furniture in the legendary Craftsman style! 61 classic furniture pieces with complete working shop drawings Full perspective views, elevations, sections, details, & cutting lists, plus additional inlay designs and hardware drawings Original Stickley furniture pieces were measured to create these detailed plans not available from any other source Intermediate woodworkers can use these plans to build authentic replicas of valuable period pieces at low cost This big book provides complete working shop drawings for 61 classic furniture pieces. The author, a master cabinetmaker, measured original Craftsman antiques to create these detailed plans. With full perspective views, elevations, sections, details, and cutting lists for each project, this revised collection gives today's woodworkers the heart of the Craftsman aesthetic, along with all the information needed for workshop success. For more than 30 years, professional woodworker and author Robert W. Lang has been the go-to source for complete working shop drawings of Arts & Crafts furniture pieces designed by Gustav Stickley and his associates early in the twentieth century. Lang, an expert furniture and cabinet maker and executive editor of Popular Woodworking, measured original Craftsman antiques to create detailed plans and published them in a series of Shop Drawing books. Inside this expanded edition, you'll find plans for 61 classic pieces, including: Beds Bookcases Bureaus Cabinets Chairs Chests Desks Dressers Footstools Inlays Nightstands Rockers Sideboards Stools Tables Wall shelves Wardrobes Craftsman Hardware   Review Now in a revised and expanded second edition, Great Book of Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture provides complete working shop drawings for 61 classic furniture pieces. The author, Robert W. Lang, is a master cabinetmaker, and draws upon measured original Craftsman antiques to create these detailed plans. With full perspective views, elevations, sections, details, and cutting lists for each project, this revised collection gives today's woodworkers the heart of the Craftsman aesthetic, along with all the information needed for workshop success. Profusely illustrated from cover to cover, Great Book of Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture is thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation, making it an enduringly popular addition to personal, professional, community, and academic library Woodworking collections. -- Midwest Book Review From the Back Cover Build Furniture in theLegendary Craftsman Style For more than 30 years, professional woodworker and author Robert W. Lang has been the go-to source for complete working shop drawings of furniture pieces designed by Gustav Stickley and his associates early in the twentieth century. Lang, an expert furniture and cabinet maker and former executive editor of Popular Woodworking, measured original Craftsman antiques to create detailed plans and published them in a series of Shop Drawing books. Great Book of Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture compiles plans for 61 classic pieces of Arts & Crafts furniture from 3 of his previous books: Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture, Shop Drawings for Craftsman Inlays & Hardware, and More Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture. With perspective views, elevations, sections, details, and cutting lists for each project, this book gives today's woodworkers the heart of the Craftsman aesthetic, along with all the information needed for workshop success. INSIDE THIS EXPANDED EDITION YOU'LL FIND PLANSfor 61 classic pieces, including: Beds Bookcases Bureaus Cabinets Chairs Chests Desks Dressers Footstools Inlays Nightstands Rockers Sideboards Stools Tables Wall shelves Wardrobes Craftsman Hardware "One of the 27 books every woodworker should read."—Fine Woodworking "A highly recommended, do-it-yourself guide."—Midwest Book Review "I've been collecting and building Arts & Crafts furniture for more than a decade, and I've be

Package Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 1.0 inches

Languages: English