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The Complete Illustrated Guide to Furniture and Cabinet Construction | 
| Author: Andy Rae
Publisher: Taunton
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
Buy New: $22.30
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Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 8631
Format: Illustrated
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 308
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.6
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 9.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 1561584029
Dewey Decimal Number: 684.104
EAN: 9781561584024
ASIN: 1561584029
Publication Date: October 15, 2001
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Product Description
The Complete Illustrated Guide to Furniture and Cabinet Construction is the ultimate reference work -- a graphic, step-by-step presentation of basic furniture-construction techniques. Expert woodworker Andy Rae brings organization, enthusiasm, and more than 20 years' experience to this essential book. Readers will acquire a working knowledge of woodworking materials, a higher level of control over their work and tools, and an understanding of basic design principles.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 41 more reviews...
 Very good book January 7, 2009
Very good book, my only knock against it would be that some of the chapters did not go into enough detail for me, otherwise a very good book.
 Andy Rae is the go-to woodworker guy December 21, 2008
This book should be a part of any woodworker's library. Criticisms pertaining to its superficiality may be valid; however, given its breadth, the inclusion of considerable detail is impractical. (Imagine an illustrated book on how to build a house . . . there will be some omissions.)
There are many excellent books on routers, planes, finishing techniques, etc. that you may wish to include in your library.
 Not a how to book July 20, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Had some ok spatterings of information , but overall I found it a bit dissapointing. Its a fairly big book but doesnt seem to really show anthing ground breaking. If I had seen it before hand I wouldn't buy it again. Thats not to say in the right hands this book wouldn't be handy .Has some interesting info on how to make your own hinges, apart from that the rest is pretty standard stuff.
 A little too general May 13, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Given the scope of this work, I'm not sure what I expected, but I feel like, after reading a book on furniture and cabinet making, I ought to have some idea of how to construct a basic cabinet. While this book covers a wide variety of general techniques and types of joints commonly used, at no point does it tie them together; it discusses possibilities, but never synthesizes them into anything tangible, leaving me, at least, wondering which of the book's assorted grab bag of clever tricks might be combined to actually produce a cabinet. I already knew what a sliding dovetail was before I bought this book; what I sought to learn was the architecture and structural elements needed to design a cabinet. Strangely, I feel like I'm no closer to that knowledge than I was before I read the book.
VERY nice book January 7, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Got this for my husband for his birthday and he loves it. Hasn't had a chance to build anything since, but it will definately come in handy. The quality of the book itself is very good especially for how low the price was. There are good pictures to follow and very thorough information and directions.
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