Author: Christopher Schwarz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578039268
Category : Carpentry
Languages : en
Pages : 373

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Author: G. Lister Sutcliffe
Publisher: Harrisburg, PA : National Historical Society
ISBN: 9780918678560
Category : Wood.
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Author: Jay Robert Stiefel
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
ISBN: 9780871692719
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"English joiner John Head (1688–1754) immigrated to Philadelphia in 1717 and became one of its most successful artisans and merchants. However, his prominence was lost to history until the author’s discovery of his account book at the Library of the American Philosophical Society. A find of great historical importance, Head’s account book is the earliest and most complete to have survived from any cabinetmaker working in British North America or in Great Britain. It chronicles the commerce, crafts, and lifestyles of early Philadelphia’s entire community: its shopkeeping, cabinetmaking, chairmaking, clockmaking, glazing, metalworking, needleworking, property development, agriculture, botany, livestock, transport, foodstuffs, drink, hardware, fabrics, furnishings, household wares, clothing, building materials, and export trade. Jay Robert Stiefel, historian of Colonial Philadelphia society and its material culture, presents the definitive interpretation of the John Head account book and introduces many other discoveries. The culmination of nearly 20 years of research, this new volume serves as an essential reference work on 18th-century Philadelphia, its furniture and material culture, as well as an intimate and detailed social history of the interactions among that era’s most talented artisans and successful merchants. Profusely illustrated and in large format, the book includes a foreword from furniture historian Adam Bowett and an introduction by historian Patrick Spero, Librarian and Director of the American Philosophical Society Library" -- Provided by publisher.

Author: Fred Bingham
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
ISBN: 9780070053076
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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Aimed at boaters, this book is about building things of wood. Written by an experienced boatbuilder /designer, it presents joinery techniques and gimmicks that were born of trial and error. It provides alternative procedures for many of the projects, telling how to make them by Method A, Method B, and Method C.

Author: Christopher Schwarz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578084138
Category : Carpentry
Languages : en
Pages : 475

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Author: Christopher Schwarz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781954697157
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"..."The Stick Chair Book" is divided into three sections. The first section, "Thinking About Chairs," introduces you to the world of common stick chairs, plus the tools and wood to build them. The second section - "Chairmaking Techniques" - covers every process involved in making a chair, from cutting stout legs, to making curved arms with straight wood, to carving the seat. Plus, you'll get a taste for the wide variety of shapes you can use. The chapter on seats shows you how to lay out 14 different seat shapes. The chapter on legs has 16 common forms that can be made with only a couple handplanes. Add those to the 11 different arm shapes, six arm-joinery options, 14 shapes for hands, seven stretcher shapes and 11 combs, and you could make stick chairs your entire life without ever making the same one twice. The final section offers detailed plans for five stick chairs, from a basic Irish armchair to a dramatic Scottish comb-back. These five chair designs are a great jumping-off point for making stick chairs of your own design. Additional chapters in the book cover chair comfort, finishing and sharpening the tools. From the author: "When I first wrote 'The Stick Chair Book' in 2021, I was also fighting cancer. So I hammered out the text with urgency and the desire to record every fragment of information I knew about chairmaking. "To be fair, that's usually how I go about writing all my books. But then I typically take a couple months off, put the manuscript aside, then revisit it with fresh eyes and a sharpened pen. My final revisions remove about 10-20 percent of the original material. The stuff I cut is usually chapters that don't match the tone of the rest of the text. Or I snip sections that aren't as relevant as when I first wrote them. I also smooth out the writing and add bits of information I'd forgotten during the first brain-to-fingers dump. "And that's exactly what I've done for this revised edition. As a result, the text is 10.1 percent shorter than the first edition. It's more to the point. And it's where the manuscript would have ended up under normal conditions..."--Publisher's website.

Author: Nancy Hiller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733391641
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: Anthony Guidice
Publisher: Sterling
ISBN: 9780806987255
Category : Cabinetwork
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"An efficient technique for making cabinets. Simple and there are plenty of photos.""--Woodshop News." "Outstanding. Ideal for the relatively inexperienced woodworker...an excellent instructor. Recommended."--"Library Journal." "Ahallmar...is the straight forward layout that helps readers grasp what each author strives to present. [A] well done book."--"MetalSmithingHow-To.com"

Author: Peter Follansbee
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781732210059
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: Christopher Schwarz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780990623076
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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