Bob Lang's The Complete Kitchen Cabinetmaker, Revised Edition: Shop Drawings and Professional Methods for Designing and Constructing Every Kind of Kitchen and Built-In Cabinet

by Robert W. Lang

This practical handbook takes the mystery out of designing and making built-in cabinets! Take the confusion out of cabinetmaking by learning how Kitchens are the ultimate DIY woodworking project, offering the best return on investment! Demonstrating how woodworkers can approach the complex job of designing and making built-in cabinets for kitchens, family rooms, and home offices, this technical handbook provides meticulously detailed shop drawings, clear instructions, and hundreds of professional tips for saving time, materials, unnecessary aggravation, and money. Bob Lang offers practical, hands-on, how-to information and guidance for building traditional face-frame cabinets as well as constructing contemporary frameless Euro-style cabinets. You'll learn how to measure rooms and design fitting cabinetry that considers both function and aesthetics, how to develop working shop drawings and cutting lists, and how to work with materials as varied as solid wood and plastic laminate. Technical instructions for cutting and joining the basic box, as well as for fitting it to drawer stacks, sinks, corners, appliances, and islands, are also included, as are detailed steps for sanding, finishing, and installing each piece. This second edition also offers a colorful new 16-page idea gallery with photographs of finished cabinets. Whether it's kitchen, home office, family room, or any other kind of built-in cabinet work, this classic technical handbook shows you exactly how to approach the complex job of designing and making custom cabinets. Robert W. Lang takes the mystery out of the job with clearly written text, meticulously detailed shop drawings, and sharp photographs that show how cabinets go together in the real world. From the planning stage all the way through installation, Bob Lang's The Complete Kitchen Cabinet Maker, Revised Edition gives you a firm foundation for designing and building kitchen cabinets from scratch. You'll benefit from practical and shop-tested methods and time-savers on every page.

Genres: Woodwork, Reference

232 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2014

Reviews

[Ryan May · Rating 3 out of 5]

Though it does have a lot of good information, many topics are glossed over or completely missing, while the writing is often inconsistent in terminology. Though the attempts at humor are appreciated, they often serve only to obscure the details of why the author is making his suggestions. Don't get me wrong, this is a solid primer on cabinet building, but if you are just starting out it will not be enough.

[Keith · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am an ameture woodworker looking to save some money and gain some skills by redoing my own kitchen. After looking over some of the top rated cabinet making books on Amazon I settled on this one, Bob Lang's Complete Kitchen Cabinet Maker, and Building Kitchen Cabinets Made Simple by Gregory Paolini. Both books cover all the key topics from planning to building the cabinets to drawers to doors to hardware. That being said, this one is definitely the more thorough of the two with nearly twice the amount of information (though it does not include the companion DVD that Paolini's does). If you are considering a DIY kitchen cabinet makeover I would highly recommend one or both of these books to get you pointed in the right direction.

[Ralph Avallone · Rating 4 out of 5]

Will reference back to once I begin my cabinet build.