Designing Furniture
Designing Furniture Taunton Press
Designing well-crafted, pleasing, and useful pieces of furniture Designing a piece of furniture should be fun. Yet woodworkers who think nothing of building a complicated jig or mastering a difficult finish feel lost when it comes to designing a piece of furniture.
The articles in this book will help you understand the basics of designing for both form and function and learn approaches to planning your designs for successful construction. In this book you'll discover: Design inspiration - from Shaker to Arts & Crafts The four objectives of furniture design Drafting basics and how to create working drawings How to choose the best construction methods for your designs Models that help projects succeed Tips for designing graduated drawers, legs and aprons, doors Design strategies for coffee tables, sideboards, chests of drawers THE NEW BEST OF FINE WOODWORKING series collects classic articles from the last 10 years of Fine Woodworking magazine (published between 1992 and 2002). Organized by topic, fully indexed, these books make it easy to access the best woodworking ideas and information straight from the experts.
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2004
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561586846
Price | $17.95 |
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Description | Designing Furniture Taunton Press Designing well-crafted, pleasing, and useful pieces of furniture Designing a piece of furniture should be fun. Yet woodworkers who think nothing of building a complicated jig or mastering a difficult finish feel lost when it comes to designing a piece of furniture. The articles in this book will help you understand the basics of designing for both form and function and learn approaches to planning your designs for successful construction. In this book you'll discover: Design inspiration - from Shaker to Arts & Crafts The four objectives of furniture design Drafting basics and how to create working drawings How to choose the best construction methods for your designs Models that help projects succeed Tips for designing graduated drawers, legs and aprons, doors Design strategies for coffee tables, sideboards, chests of drawers THE NEW BEST OF FINE WOODWORKING series collects classic articles from the last 10 years of Fine Woodworking magazine (published between 1992 and 2002). Organized by topic, fully indexed, these books make it easy to access the best woodworking ideas and information straight from the experts. Published/Edition: 2004 . ISBN / 1 561586846 |