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The Art of Woodworking - Cabinentmaking CONTENTS The Art of Woodworking - Cabinentmaking CONTENTS 6 INTRODUCTION r00 DooRS I02 Anatomy of a door 12 CABINETMAKING 104 Frame-and-paneldoors TECHNIQUES 108 Solid-paneldoors 111 Glassdoors 16 CARCASECONSTRUCTION 113 Veneered-paneldoors 18 Anatomyof a carcase 115 Hanginga door 20 Making wide panels 27 Carcasejoinery I2O LEGS 39 Edgebanding L22 Anatomy of a cabrioleleg 4L Shelving L24 Cabriolelegs I28 Thperedand octagonallegs 44 FRAME-AND.PANEL 131 Inlaysand detailing CONSTRUCTION I33 Legjoinery 46 Anatomyof a frame-and-panel assemblv I4O GLOSSARY 48 Making the frame 53 Making the panel I42 INDEX 57 Puttinqthe panelin the frame 59 Assemblinga frame-and-panel IM ACKNOWLEDGMENTS case 60 Installinga bottom panel 6T Shelving 64 Installing a top 69 Installing molding 72 DRAWERS 74 Anatomy of a drawer 76 Drawerjoinery 85 Assemblinga drawer 87 Mounting a drawer 95 Drawerstops 97 Falsefronts and hardware The Art of Woodworking - Cabinets and Bookcases CONTENTS 6 INTRODUCTION 106 HIGHBOY 108 Anatomy of a highboy t2 CABINETMAKING BASICS 110 Assemblingthe upperchest T4 Wood movement Llz Cabriolelegs T6 Selectingand orderinglumber 116 Assemblingthe lowerchest L9 Lumber defects 118 Cockbeading 20 Preparingstock I20 Drawers 24 Cabinetmakingjoinery L24 Crown moldings L28 Rosettes 40 BOOKCASE 130 Finials 42 Anatomy of a bookcase I34 Quarter columns 44 Bookcaseaccessories 136 Applied sculptures 45 Adjustableshelving 50 Fixed shelves I4O GLOSSARY 52 Edgetreatment for shelves 54 Faceframes I42 INDEX 56 Basesand feet T44 ACKNO\{LEDGMENTS 60 ARMOIRE 62 Anatomv of an armoire 64 Pilasters' 66 Cornicemoldings 72 Doors 84 BLANKET CHEST 86 Anatomy of a blanketchest 88 Tops 93 Basesand feet 100 Hardware 104 Inlays The Art of Woodworking - Classic American Furniture CONTENTS 6 INTRODUCTION L04 QUEENANNE SECRETARY 106 Anatomy of a T2 CTASSICAMERICAN QueenAnne secretary FURNITURE STYLES 109 Making the deskunit 116 Making the drawers 22 PEMBROKETABLE 119 Building the pigeonholeunit 24 Anatomy of a Pembroketable 12T Making the fall-front 26 Making the leg-and- 130 Making the bookcase rail assembly 135 Making the doors 30 Preparingthe siderails 4I Making the drawer I4O GLOSSARY 43 Making the top I42 INDEX 48 FOUR-POSTERBED 50 Anatomyof a four-posterbed I44 ACKNOWTEDGMENTS 52 Tirrning the bedposts 59 Making the end boards 66 Pencilposts 70 WINDSOR CHAIR 72 Anatomy of a sack-back Windsor chair 74 Making the spindles 80 Making the bow and arm 84 Making the seat 88 Making the legs,arm posts, and stretchers 94 Assemblingthe chair 103 A milk paint finish t The Art of Woodworking - Encyclopedia of Wood I CONTENTS I I I 6 INTRODUCTION 78 DRYINGAND I STORINGWOOD r 12 UNDERSTANDINGWOOD 80 Waterand wood 14 Anatomvof a tree 86 Estimatingwood movement t 16 Softwoobsand hardwoods 87 Air-drying wood I 18 From log to lumber 89 Storingwood 24 Lumbercutting methods I 26 Propertiesof wood 98 WOOD DIRECTORY t 30 Identifting wood 34 Wood identificationkeys 138 GLOSSARY I 36 Portablelumber mills I L42 INDEX 40 SELECTINGTUMBER I 42 Orderinglumber IM ACKNO\ArLEDGMENTS t 45 Gradinglumber 46 Hardwoodgrades I 48 Softwoodgrades 50 Lumber defects I 53 Preparinglumber t 56 VENEERSAND I MANUFACTURED BOARDS I 58 Veneers 60 From log to veneer I 63 Veneering I 69 Decorativematching 70 Plvwood t 72 Pliwood grading r 74 Concealingplywood edges 76 Particleboard I 77 Fiberboard I I I t t t I The Art of Woodworking - Finish Carpentry CONTENTS 6 INTRODUCTION 84 DOORS 86 Anatomy of a door 12 FINISH CARPENTRY BASICS 88 Tools and door hardware 14 Finish carpentry tools 90 Frame-and-panel doors 16 Basic cuts 95 Door jambs 100 Hanging a door 20 MOLDING 107 Locksets 22 Molding styles 23 Baseboard 114 STAIRS 30 Chair and picture rails 116 Anatomy of a staircase 33 Crown molding 118 The stringers 123 Treads and risers 38 PANELING 128 Newel posts 40 Paneling styles 132 Handrails 42 Tongue-and-groove wainscoting 136 Balusters 46 Frame-and-panel wainscoting 52 Paneled ceilings 140 GLOSSARY 56 WINDOWS 142 INDEX 58 Basic window trim styles 59 Installing windows 144 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 6 1 Picture- frame casing 69 Stool-and-apron casing 75 Making a window sash 8 1 A glazing bar half-lap joint The Art of Woodworking - Hand Tools t The Art of Woodworking - Handbook of Joinery I CONTENTS t I I 6 INTRODUCTION 73 Rabbetjoints rabbetjoints I 75 Stopped T2 JOINERYBASICS 76 Mitered rabbetjoints I 14 Wood movement 77 Tongue-and-groovejoints 16 Form and function 79 Gluejoints I 18 Bondingwood 80 Through dadojoints I 81 Blind dadojoints 20 BUTT IOTNTS 83 Slidingdovetail joints I 22 A catalogof butt joints 84 Doubledado joints 24 Making butt joints I 27 Through bolts 86 MORTTSE-AND-TENONIOINTS t 28 Doweljoints 88 Mortise-and-tenonjoints andjigs 32 Platejoints 9I Openmortise-and-tenon joints I 36 Pocketholes 94 Blind mortise-and-tenonjoints I 38 Splinejoints 97 Wedgedthrough mortise-and-tenonjoints 39 Butterfly key joints 101 Haunchedmortise-and-tenon joints I 103 Angledmortise-and-tenon joints 40 MrTER IOTNTS 106 Tusktenon joints I 42 Common miter joints 108 Twin mortise-and-tenonjoints I 43 |igs and accessories 110 Roundmortise-and-tenon joints 44 Making miter joints I 45 Facemiters rr2 DOVETATLAND BOX IOINTS I 47 Copedjoints 114 A selectionof dovetailand box ioints 48 Miter-and-splinejoints 115 Designingand marking dovetails t 49 Feather-splinejoints 116 figs and accessories 51 Edgemiter joints 118 Throughdovetail joints I 54 Mitered platejoints 126 Curvedthrough dovetailjoints I 128 Outlined through dovetailjoints s6 LAR RABBET,GROOVE, 130 Half-blind dovetailjoints I AND DADO JOINTS L32 Box joints I 58 Lapjoints 134 Fingerjoints 60 Rabbetjoints I 6L Tongue-and-groovejoints 136 IAPANESEIOINERY I 62 Dado joints 64 Corner half-lapjoints 140 GTOSSARY I 66 Crosshalf-lap joints 67 Half-blind half-lapjoints I42 INDEX I 68 Angledhalf-lap joints I 69 Dovetailedhalf-lap joints I44 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 70 Glazingbar half-lapjoints T I t The Art of Woodworking - Home Workshop CONTENTS 6 INTRODUCTION 68 SHOPACCESSORIES 70 A storeof shopaccessories 12 SAFETY 72 Air compressors L4 Accidentprevention 74 Portablegenerators 15 Working with safefinishes 76 Benchgrinders 16 Fire safety 78 Dust collection 17 Electricalsafety 85 Portabledust collection 18 Personalsafety gear 23 First aid 88 STORAGE 90 Storingwood 28 SHOP TAYOUT 94 Storingtools and supplies 30 Workshopplanning 32 Planningfor stationarytools IIO WORKSURFACES 36 Shoporganization LL2 Work tables 4L Electricalpower 118 Sawhorses 43 Lishtins I25 Work supports 44 FlSors,i"a[s, and ceilings I29 Extensiontables 45 Heating and ventilation I34 Tool standsand tables I4O GLOSSARY 46 WORKBENCH 48 Anatomv of a workbench I42 INDEX 50 Buildingthe base 53 Buildingthe top I44 ACKNOWTEDGMENTS 56 Visesand accessories 62 Benchdogs and hold downs t The Art of Woodworking - Kitchen Cabinets I CONTENTS t I I 6 INTRODUCTION 98 INSTALLING CABINETS 100 Installationbasics t 12 LAYOUTAND DESIGN L02 Installingthe lower cabinets I 14 A galleryof kitchen styles II2 Islandsand peninsulas 17 Principlesof layout 115 Installingthe uppercabinets I 19 Dimensioning 118 Crown molding T 23 Storypoles I I2O COTINTERTOPS 26 CASEWORK I22 A galleryof countertopsurfaces I 28 Anatomy of a kitchen 123 Installingcountertops I cabinetcase I34 Backsplashesand edgetreatments 30 Buildingmaterials I 33 Buildingthe cases 140 GTOSSARY t 38 Shelvingand storage 44 Assemblingthe cabinets T42 INDEX I 50 Faceframes t I44 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 56 DOORS I 58 A galleryof cabinet I door designs Board-and-battendoors I 60 62 Frame-and-paneldoors I 73 Mounting doors T 78 DRAWERS I 80 Drawerconstruction I 83 Building drawers 87 Drawerslides and runners I 93 Falsefronts and hardware I I I I I I I t The Art of Woodworking - Outdoor Furniture CONTENTS 6 INTRODUCTION IO2 SWINGSAND GLIDERS 104 Anatomy of a porch swing L2 FACING THE ELEMENTS 106 Buildinga porch swing T4 A galleryof outdoor II2 Anatomy of a glider base furniture designs II4 Buildinga gliderbase L6 Selectingwood 18 |oinery and hardware ll8 GARDENPROJECTS 20 Finishing I20 Anatomy of an eight-sided planter 22 CHAIRS I2I Building an eight-sidedplanter 24 Anatomy of an Adirondackchair 126 Anatomy of a servingtrolley 26 Building an Adirondackchair I27 Fashioninga servingtrolley 34 Anatomy of a curvedchair 131 Anatomyof a gardenarbor 36 Fashioninga curvedchair I32 Building a gardenarbor 44 Anatomy of a loungechair 46 Making a lounge chair I4O GLOSSARY 54 BENCHES I42 INDEX 56 Anatomy of a gardenbench 58 Building a gardenbench T44 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 64 Parkbench 70 Anatomy of a treebench 72 Buitdinga treebench 78 TABLES 80 Patiotable 90 Foldingpicnic tableand bench 92 Making a folding picnic table 98 Keyedtenon bench The Art of Woodworking - Portable Power Tools CONTENTS 6 INTRODUCTION 85 Routingcircles 88 Patternrouting t2 CIRCULAR SAW 90 The router asshaper L4 Anatomyof a circularsaw 97 Routerjoinery T6 Circularsaw blades and accessories 106 PrATE IOTNER 20 Basiccuts 108 Anatomyof a platejoiner 29 Advancedcuts 110 Plateioiner accessories lI2 Platejoinery 32 SABERSAW I2I The platejoiner asgroover 34 Anatomyof a sabersaw and trimmer 36 Sabersai,v blades 38 Straightcuts I22 SANDER 40 Anglecuts I24 Anatomvof a sander 4I Curvedcuts 126 Sanding'accessories 44 Plungecutting I29 Belt sander 46 Cutting duplicatepieces 135 Orbitalsander 138 Random-orbitsander 48 ELECTRICDRILL 50 Anatomyof an electricdrill I4O GLOSSARY 52 Drill biti and accessories 54 Boringholes I42 INDEX 58 Screwholes and plugs 60 Portabledrill joinery I44 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 64 Sanding,scraping and smoothing 67 The portabledrill as drill press 68 ROUTER
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