Great Book of Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture: Authentic and Fully Detailed Plans for 57 Classic Pieces - Softcover

Lang, Robert W.

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9781565238121: Great Book of Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture: Authentic and Fully Detailed Plans for 57 Classic Pieces

Synopsis

This big book provides complete working shop drawings for 57 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.

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About the Author

Robert W. Lang is senior editor at Popular Woodworking magazine and the author of Bob Lang's The Complete Kitchen Cabinetmaker, MORE Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture, Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture, Shop Drawings for Craftsman Inlays and Hardware, and Shop Drawings for Craftsman Interiors.

From the Back Cover

Build Furniture in the Legendary 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 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. This revised collection offers unabridged plans for 57 classic pieces, compiled from 3 of his previous books: Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture, Shop Drawings for Craftsman Inlays & Hardware, andMore Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture.

With full perspective views, elevations, sections, details, and cutting lists for each project, plus additional inlay designs and hardware drawings, this book gives today's woodworkers the heart of the Craftsman aesthetic, along with all the information needed for workshop success.

" 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 been waiting for a book like this." -Christopher Schwarz, Popular Woodworking

" Lang understands the subtleties of Stickley's groundbreaking designs." -Woodworker's Journal

" This collection of drawings for Craftsman furniture is a must-have title if you like the style." -Popular Mechanics

Inside you'll find complete plans for 57 classic pieces, including:

o Beds

o Bookcases

o Bureaus

o Cabinets

o Chairs

o Chests

o Desks

o Dressers

o Footstools

o Inlays

o Nightstands

o Rockers

o Sideboards

o Stools

o Tables

o Wall shelves

o Wardrobes

o Craftsman Hardware

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