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| Furniture You Can Build is the fourth book in the Getting Started in Woodworking Series. It features projects chosen for maximum appeal and offers challenges well within the skill set of the novice. Like all books in this series, it encourages skill building, in this instance through completing eight simple but handsome pieces of furniture any woodworker would be proud to own.
Building Skills and Confidence:
- Features eight attractive projects like those seen in leading catalogs - at a fraction of the cost.
- Introduces new skills and reinforces basics.
- Richly illustrated with color photographs and detailed drawings.
- Written for beginners, includes complete step-by-step instruction.
Geared for real people - those who want to improve hand-tool and machine skills, but not willing to embark on a seven-year apprenticeship - Furniture You Can Build was written to help you enjoy your time in the shop and learn how to work with and build on the skills and tools you already have.
From the Introduction
Having written and edited hundreds of pages of workshop and home improvement material, I've been fortunate to have met and worked with real woodworkers: people who could dovetail a drawer (by hand) in five minutes, plane wispy shavings off the gnarliest wood - one guy could even identify wood by taste. If these folks were to cut themselves (mind you, it would never happen in the shop), you'd discover that sap, not blood, flows through their veins. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not one of them . . . yet.
If they're what you'd consider woodworkers, then I'm just a guy who enjoys making things from wood. My shop is far from dreamy; you can't tell by the photos, but I'm sharing space with a car, lawnmower, and miscellaneous garden equipment. My home is becoming filled with some nice pieces, but I'm certainly not at the point where I'm ready to quit my day job. Woodworking is a passion, not the passion, of my life. And for now, I'm happy to keep it that way.
With that difference in mind, I've geared this book for real people: readers who enjoy making sawdust, but still want (or need) time to mow the lawn, go to their kid's soccer game, or paint the house. To them, the "dream shop" is still a dream. Woodworking involves a combination of compromises: lusting for the best tools but not wanting a second mortgage; trying to design a comfortable shop but needing to work around a car or washer and dryer; wanting to improve hand-tool and machine skills, but not willing to embark on a seven-year apprenticeship.
This book is designed to help you enjoy your time in the shop. As you work through these pages, you'll learn how to work with and build on the skills and tools you already have. And when the sawdust settles, you should also have a few attractive pieces to add to your home or give to friends. My sincerest hope is that someone may look at one of your projects and say, "Wow, you made this yourself?"
My mentors might flip through these pages, but I must point out that this book isn't for them; rather, it's for the other 99 percent of the woodworking world. If this book gives you the confidence to teach another up-and-coming sawdust maker, then at that point we'll both be real woodworkers.
About the Author
Joe Hurst-Wajszczuk is a former editor for American Woodworker and Today's Homeowner and has written for many publications. He lives in Plateville, Wisconsin. |
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