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Furniture Making Plain & Simple
Presents twenty-five distinctive and versatile furniture projects, ranging from stools to tables and a four-poster bed, that can be made with solid wood and hand tools, along with simple illustrated construction directions
- GenresWoodwork
328 pages, Hardcover
Published October 14, 1987
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Aldren A. Watson
72 books3 followersAlren Auld Watson was a craftsman and an illustrator. He was married to Nancy Dingman Watson and was the father of Wendy Watson and Clyde Watson.
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October 8, 2015
Practical furniture making with great instructions for the novice. Doesn't require a shop full of tools either. Most of the furniture is useful as is or as construction samples. If you want to start building furniture, buy this book, it's old, it's cheap!!!
About half the book is instructions and joinery, planing, cutting and other skills, the other half is furniture projects. Paired up with his Hand Tools: Their Ways and Workings it makes a great set. His Country Furniture is a nice supplement to these, but not required.
Extremely well illustrated, Watson is a true artist.
About half the book is instructions and joinery, planing, cutting and other skills, the other half is furniture projects. Paired up with his Hand Tools: Their Ways and Workings it makes a great set. His Country Furniture is a nice supplement to these, but not required.
Extremely well illustrated, Watson is a true artist.
February 6, 2012
None of the plans are worth much, but the book contains a nice exposition on how to go about building things by hand. Plus, the sketches are quite good.
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