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For the bookworms....

"Design Your Own Furniture" Book Review

Resident onlinetoolreviews.com bookworm, Wayne Davy, tells us all about Jim
Stack's furniture design book in our latest review.
"For both professional and hobby woodworkers, designing and creating a
completely new piece of furniture from scratch can be a fairly daunting
task. The old adage 'Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail' is definitely applicable.
While there are a small number of people that can just sketch out a quick
design and then build it, for most of us a decent plan is required.

Now, there are plenty of ways to obtain plans - Internet, Books, etc. But
what do you do when you want/need to make something completely different to
what is available? While drawing out a rudimentary furniture plan is not all
that difficult, especially using a Computer and one of the multitude of CAD
programs available, getting inspired and knowing what does and doesn't work
is where most of us come unstuck. This is what Jim Stack's book is all about
and I would like to give you a brief tour..."

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Greetings Folks!

For the bookworms....

"Design Your Own Furniture" Book Review


I took that out of the library last week. It's long on pictures of the
author's projects, 'way short on practical advice and instructions,
especially for the inexperienced. It also lacks anything about furniture
design theory, like balance, tipping points, center of gravity, etc. A
better foundation book would be the Taunton Press series on craftsmanship
and furniture building.
-- Ernie