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Title: Building Doors & Gates: Instructions, Techniques and over 100 Designs by Alan Bridgewater, Gill Bridgewater ISBN: 0-8117-2678-9 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: February, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3 (4 reviews)

Rating: 2
Summary: Limited
Comment: This book is not for the novice craftsman. I have some carpentry experience and I did not find it as useful as I had hoped. The lack of step by step methods for creating the door/gate designs was a negative for me. I also did not like the variety of door designs. However, I did find a couple of very interesting designs that I want to tackle as soon as I find a book that will give me sound guidance.

Rating: 4
Summary: Agree with Arizona
Comment: This book starts with a primitive door specification and adds features to end up with some pretty impressive designs. Agreed it is not a "step by step" book that holds your hand through each part of the process.

Through simple line drawings the book shows the joinery required for about 100 different doors and gates. The book does not show you how to build a good joint, look to a basic carpentry book for that information. The book also doesn't give an ordered to-do list for the various designs. But if you have basic carpentry skills you will look at the drawings and say "Ah, that's how it works," and then you will build the door you need.

Rating: 4
Summary: Gotta disagree, it's a good book
Comment: After reading the previous customer review, I balked on buying this book. I checked it out at the library though, and after reading it, I'm definitely going to buy it. For a pretty competent carpenter/woodworker, the designs are easy to copy, and it does give a fairly good rundown on the joinery needed to build a solid door or gate. If you don't have a lot of carpentry confidence and you need someone to fill in all the blanks, though, it may not be for you.

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