Customer Reviews

Boat Joinery and Cabinet Making Simplified

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After reading this book, I was disappointed in the respect that half of the content was a shop tool handbook more so than a boat joinery manual. Yes, the ideas and suggestions were valuble, but you should already know this going into boat construction.
A few of his suggestions pertaining to using an inverted circular saw as a "make-do" table saw is down-right dangerous at best. (page 38)
His chapter on "Woodworking Projects for the Home" was a nice addition, but I'm trying to figure out what it's doing in a boat joinery book?
In the end, I'm glad I purchased the book as I gleaned a few ideas from it.

This book touches on basic woodworking joinery. Its a good reference for novices. The only short commings that i could find were that it wasnt as advanced as i thought it would be.

Most cruisers are not shipwrights and never will be, but that doesn't mean you can't learn to do some easy woodworking tasks. And even if you can't master the basic rudiments of joinery, because, like me, you have clumsy hands and the artistic ability of a one-eyed fruit fly, you can at least get an idea about how to use the basic hand and electric tools used in cabinetmaking. True, you most likely won't be building a boat, but Mr. Bingham has simple projects in his book that even a simpleton like me can manage, plus if you have a lot of wood on your boat, or you are one of those who is forever changing and improving your floating home, than this is a handy book to have on board.

My review must be at least 20 words long, and repeated words don't count. Now that I've said that much, my review will be to the point.

This book has step by step instructions to produce joinery using old and new techniques, as well as a description of all required equipment and how to use it.

This is actually a quite useful book. The author definitely knows his stuff and I picked up loads of tricks whilst reading it. Many of the pictures are either old or portraying ancient tools, but many woodworking techniques are eternal. The author emphasises building your own tools or buying good second-hand power tools, something that should appeal to anyone on a tight budget.