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Woodsmith books
I have now bought three Woodsmith books:
The Home Workshop Classic cabinetry Shop-Built Jigs and fixtures What are your opinions of the plans in these books? I look at some of the jigs in the third book and wonder if they are not too over-elaborate for the job they are supposed to do. For example, the box joint jig on page 118. I compare this to one in Carol Reed's router book which is simpler and one in Yeung Chen's book "Classic Joints with power tools" where he just seems to use a piece of plywood and a peg! I really like leafing through these books as they are beautifully illustrated and ring-bound to lie flat. I am just a beginner and accumulating a number of books to educate myself in cabinet work. Right now I am half way through building the tabletop case on page 18 of Classic Cabinetry. Hence the posts about dovetails and routers. Best Regards, Jack Fearnley |
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On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 15:20:45 -0500, Jack Fearnley
wrote: I have now bought three Woodsmith books: The Home Workshop Classic cabinetry Shop-Built Jigs and fixtures What are your opinions of the plans in these books? I look at some of the jigs in the third book and wonder if they are not too over-elaborate for the job they are supposed to do. For example, the box joint jig on page 118. I compare this to one in Carol Reed's router book which is simpler and one in Yeung Chen's book "Classic Joints with power tools" where he just seems to use a piece of plywood and a peg! I really like leafing through these books as they are beautifully illustrated and ring-bound to lie flat. I am just a beginner and accumulating a number of books to educate myself in cabinet work. Right now I am half way through building the tabletop case on page 18 of Classic Cabinetry. Hence the posts about dovetails and routers. Best Regards, Jack Fearnley I have the first two and they were bathroom reading for a while. Lots of good information, although if I ever built a lot of the projects in the 'workshop' book I'd modify them a good bit. --RC "Sometimes history doesn't repeat itself. It just yells 'can't you remember anything I've told you?' and lets fly with a club. -- John W. Cambell Jr. |
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Ditto on bathroom reading.
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Ditto on modifying the plans a bit. --dave
wrote in message oups.com... Ditto on bathroom reading. |
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Dave Jackson wrote:
Ditto on modifying the plans a bit. --dave wrote in message oups.com... Ditto on bathroom reading. Interesting comments. As I am a beginner I would be interested to know what you mean by modifying the plans. Do you just mean rescaling them to a more convenient size or is it more complex than that. Best Regards, Jack Fearnley |
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On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 22:12:31 -0500, Jack Fearnley
wrote: Dave Jackson wrote: Ditto on modifying the plans a bit. --dave wrote in message oups.com... Ditto on bathroom reading. Interesting comments. As I am a beginner I would be interested to know what you mean by modifying the plans. Do you just mean rescaling them to a more convenient size or is it more complex than that. Best Regards, Jack Fearnley What I mean is taking ideas or features, dimensions, etc., from them and using them rather than building the project as-is. I like a lot of their smaller stuff, such as the jigs. --RC "Sometimes history doesn't repeat itself. It just yells 'can't you remember anything I've told you?' and lets fly with a club. -- John W. Cambell Jr. |
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"Fess up, how many projects have you improved with a "boo-boo?"
Glenna It's how I learned to do inlays! Cut something a little too short? Add a piece of contrasting wood and there you have it, art! -- Best Regards, Phil Living In The Woods Of Beautiful Bonney Lake Washington Visit My Web Site www.philsfun.com |
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