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Today's furniture maker has to be as adept with machines and power tools as with traditional hand tools, and David Charlesworth explains his approach in detail, seeking to enable the newcomer to achieve professional results. Furniture-making techniques are explained and illustrated step-by-step, stressing fine detail whilst retaining a down-to-earth approach. The text is based on a series of articles from "Furniture & Cabinetmaking" magazine.
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Tune-up your plane!,
By Mr J Noden (Southampton, Hants United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: David Charlesworth's Furniture-making Techniques: v. 1 (Paperback)
I purchased this book following the viewing of an interview with the author on a Discovery Channel programme. The author is an acknowledged expert in the art of making hand tools really work for you. Following the details on how to tune-up a Bailey plane I have made a massive improvement on a modern Stanley 04 plane and some improvement on an older Record 05 plane (the Record still out performs the Stanley!).The book primarily concentrates on tools and how to use them. The text, diagrams and pictures are clear and concise. If you are looking for a book full of projects then this is not for you but if you wish to improve your cabinet-making ability then buy it. Although the book appears to be aimed at the serious/experienced amateur and the professional it would be really useful for those just starting fine woodworking. I can't wait for volume 3!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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An introduction to the best therapy I know!,
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This review is from: David Charlesworth's Furniture-making Techniques: v. 1 (Paperback)
As a 'recovering has-been' (trained as a joiner 40 years ago, left the trade and now re-learning) I can thoroughly recommend David's books and videos to anybody wanting to improve their woodworking. His secret seems to be a combination of absolutely meticulous preparation and what you might call 'de-complication' - simple tricks save time and effort while making fine tolerances more attainable. He thinks laterally, challenges assumptions and solves problems from the roots up.Just a few short months of applying his techniques in my spare time has seen my own work move onto a different plane - in more senses than one! Fine, accurate work is within just about anyone's grasp with the help of these books. Get them, or forever struggle unnecessarily! Oh, and by the way, his website's worth a visit, too. www.davidcharlesworth.co.uk
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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The new Charles Hayward or Ernest Joyce?,
By Edge Beveller (Hampshire UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: David Charlesworth's Furniture-making Techniques: v. 1 (Paperback)
I bought this volume after first purchasing Volume II of 'Furniture Making Techniques'The second volume in my opinion has the edge over the first - but as I have had some training as a maker that may be because I learned more from the second book - both however have something to offer both the keen amateur and the trained maker. I like the style of writing which is helpful, inspirational rather than dogmatic. If you work on your own the text is helpful since it is rather more like having a conversation with someone. Credit is given to other craftsmen who have inspired some of the techniques and ideas which shows a generosity of spirit which comes across well in the written style too. Topics are clearly divided - perhaps not by conventional 'woodwork instruction book' methods and the book is not intended to be encyclopeadic - the volume supposes that you have some basic skills, an interest in predominantly handwork low volume techniques, perhaps that you have an interest in traditional tools and techniques and illustrates modern applications for these. Photography and illustrations are excellent.
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