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Title: Making Antique Furniture Reproductions : Instructions and Measured Drawings for 40 Classic Projects by Franklin H. Gottshall ISBN: 0-486-27976-6 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 September, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Gottshall will be a good companion.
Comment: Franklin Gottshall has written a number of great woodworking project/reproduction books and periodically reshuffles and reassembles his popular plans. This book one is similar to an earlier red cover version on Reproducing Antique Furniture. I built a variation of the blockfront chest. Gottshall's construction explanations are very clear and his drawings are thorough, and accurate. I wanted a four drawer instead of a three drawer chest. I used a Kittinger catalog to rescale the piece, but basically followed Gottshall's construction. His piece did call for full 7/8in sides which required a little research to find. A source supply would have been nice. I accomplished the carving of the shells from his layout, though I modified the center design somewhat, and thought his shell looked a little thick, but simply thinning it down did the trick. Because when I built the piece in 1974, I didn't have the variety of router bits available today, I found I had to design some templates and jigs to ensure success on the complex cuts. But all that is doable. Recommend that you draw up full scale plans from Gottshall's plans for complex pieces. It will help you learn the construction. Even if you do not like or build all the pieces, it is a valuable reference on fine furniture construction that you'll reference often. It's a great book.
Rating: 5
Summary: From a Master
Comment: This is one of the most clear and concise books on period style furniture I have ever read. It is very useful with it's measured drawing as a basis for designing up to date reproductions of time honored classics. The drawings are uncluttered and can be understood by the novice. There can be much knowledge gleaned here for all. The books by this master will continue to be references for many generations.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent drawings and ideas
Comment: This book has many of wonderful drawings and details of classic furniture. There is a section at the front explaining some methods of work, but this is not a step by step cookie cutter book. You have to be able to look at the drawings and use the basic guidelines they give you to make the projects. This book assumes someone already knows the basics of woodworking.
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Title: Making Furniture Masterpieces : 30 Projects with Measured Drawings by Franklin H. Gottshall ISBN: 0486293386 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 11 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Measured Drawings of Eighteenth-Century American Furniture by Ejner Handberg, Paul Kleinwald ISBN: 0936399465 Publisher: Berkshire House Pub Pub. Date: June, 1993 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Fine Woodworking on Making Period Furniture: 37 Articles by Fine Woodworking ISBN: 0918804302 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: April, 1985 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Period Furniture Details by Lonnie Bird ISBN: 1561585904 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
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Title: Construction of American Furniture Treasures by Lester Margon ISBN: 0486230562 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1975 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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