Handmade furniture : 21 classic woodworking projects to build for your home

Handmade furniture 21 classic woodworking projects to build for your home

Rafael Nathan, 1952-

Book - 2014

"For a woodworker, there's nothing more satisfying than building a project that adds beauty and function to a busy home: the stunning cutting board used every night in the kitchen, the elegant and helpful end-table next to the bed, or the handsome coffee table that proudly serves in the living room. Ultimately, it's the handmade pieces of furniture that become the family heirlooms for generations to come. With Handmade Furniture by Raf Nathan, a professional cabinetmaker and the editor of Australian Woodworker Magazine, woodworkers of all skill levels will discover 21 beautiful projects that will be a welcome and proud addition in any room in the house. Ranging from boxes and trays to tables and cabinets, the stylish yet stra...ightforward projects require only a limited number of hand and power tools and will enhance a woodworker's joinery abilities as they progress from biscuits and dowels to dovetail and mortise and tenon joints"--

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Subjects
Furniture making.
Published
Fresno, California : Linden Publishing 2014.
Language
English
Main Author
Rafael Nathan, 1952- (-)
Edition
First Linden edition
Physical Description
112 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
ISBN
9781610352109
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Review by Library Journal Review

Previously released in Australia, this lovely collection of projects harks from down under-Nathan, an author and professional woodworker, is the former copublisher of the Australian Wood Review magazine. The designs include trays, tables, storage, and cabinets. There are a number of beautiful pieces not seen in other collections; some of the tables show a distinct Asian influence and are unusual. Skill with a wide selection of woodworking tools is assumed, as is technique and facility with special applications, so none of these plans are appropriate for novices. The book's organization is progressive, and large photographs highlight detail work, but the instruction is text-based. While a cutting list is included, a full catalog of equipment and supplies would be handy. Native Australian woods are used without recommendations for substitution. VERDICT Skilled woodworkers will appreciate this collection. Nathan is clearly passionate about design and materials, and it shows in the instruction. A solid choice where the serious woodworker needs something different. (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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