Contains 18 step-by-step projects for making a selection of country-style furniture and other decorative items including authentic rural designs from the 18th- and 19th-centuries.
Fifty step-by-step projects for popular furniture projects from master craftsmen, including a dry sink, harvest table, Shaker candlestand, pie safe, ladder-back chair, and more. Build David T. Smith's most popular furniture reproductions. Includes common woodworking techniques.
Projects include benches, tables, and chairs, and other decorative items. Spielman demonstrates how to achieve a rich, solid look with minimum effort and cost.
Join the do-it-yourself revolution that's swept cities, suburbs, and rural areas across the country. More and more people are realizing the satisfaction and enjoyment of making items that are as beautiful and interesting as they are practical. Crafters and folk-art enthusiasts alike will enjoy this comprehensive woodworking guide for all experience and skill levels, with detailed instructions on eighteen home projects for both hand and power tools. Inside Traditional Country Woodworking Projects:•The necessity and prominence of woodworking through the ages•The resurgence of interest in country-style designs from past centuries•Required woodworking tools and how to use them•Essential techniques, including drawing, measuring, planing, joining, and many more, with which woodworkers of all skill levels should be familiar•Step-by-step fully illustrated instructions for eighteen classic designs, including kitchen implements, toys, home dcor, and furniture•Detailed dimensions, materials lists, cutting lists, and notes for each project as well as templates for special shapes
Now in paperback, this immensely popular and stylish how-to book provides practical information and design advice for artists, craftspeople, and woodworkers of all levels of experience. Step-by-step instructions for eighteen projects detail how the work can be carried out using simple tools and mainly traditional methods. Handsome color photographs illustrate and identify a wide range of rustic furniture and artifacts. There is also a brief history about each piece and a handy tools and techniques resource section. With Country Woodworker, anyone can add beauty and charm to his or her home.
First published in 1937, this woodworking classic reveals a fascinating look into the social structure of a 19th-century English town and a carpenter's place in it. Encapsulating a time prior to power tools and mass production, when woodworkers made virtually everything, Walter Rose writes eloquently on a number of topics, including running a country business; the carpenter's shop; working on a farm, new home, and windmill; undertaking; and furniture repairs. Manifesting the importance of skill and the attitudes of the craftsman to his tools and work, this book will be of great interest to any carpenter or woodworker with an appreciation for the history of their craft.