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Design Your Own Furniture : From Concept to Completion

Name: Design Your Own Furniture : From Concept to Completion
Author: Jim Stack
ISBN: 9781558706132

by Jim Stack

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Design Your Own Furniture

From Concept to Completion

By Jim Stack

From roughing out an initial concept to creating an accurate cutting list of materials, this book guides readers through the process of designing a piece of furniture, start-to-finish. They'll learn how to:

Create a one-of-a-kind, wholly original project;

Design a piece of furniture that meets a very specific or unique need;

Replicate a project working from a single photo;

Scale a piece of furniture so that it fits exactly where desired

Jim Stack includes all the instructions, photos and detailed drawings woodworkers need to master design techniques with style, ease and confidence!

Jim Stack is the Acquisitions Editor for Popular Woodworking Books and a cabinetmaker with 20-plus years of experience working in commercial cabinetmaking shops. He is the author of Northwoods Furniture and The Biscuit Joiner Project Book, and has been a contributor to Popular Woodworking magazine. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Most woodworkers are satisfied with designs or plans created by others, but some things lack desirable plans or plans altogether. Stack, a professional cabinetmaker and contributor to Popular Woodworking magazine, shows how to take a piece of furniture from initial idea to finished object. Starting with design elements, including selecting materials and determining the piece's style, the book goes on to illustrate how to create a drawing and a materials list. Stack demonstrates how to calculate the dimensions of a piece pictured in a photograph and offers tips for completing larger projects for those who work in a small shop. The latter half of the book is devoted to sections on beds and dressers, bookcases and media centers, tables, chairs and rockers, cabinets, and desks. Many woodworkers could benefit from using Stack's instructions, making this a welcome addition to most collections. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.