Cabinets and Built-Ins: A Practical Guide to Building Professional Quality Cabinetry [Hardcover]

Paul Levine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 15, 1994

A professional cabinetmaker shares his system for creating truly beautiful cabinets for your home. Paul Levine shares his "almost fool-proof" system of cabinetmaking that makes it possible for anyone with basic woodworking skills to build elegant, highly-functional cabinets for their own home. Includes plans for 15 projects. 170 drawings, 320 photos.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Books (November 15, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0875965903
• ISBN-13: 978-0875965901
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #549,511 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cabinet making made easy, January 4, 2003

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John Dewar (Potsdam, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cabinets and Built-Ins: A Practical Guide to Building Professional Quality Cabinetry (Hardcover)

This book on cabinetry was published by Rodale Books in 1994, before that company veered away from practical how-to literature toward its current interest in spirituality and alternative medicine.
It is truly an outstanding example in its field, describing step by step how to build cabinets using just two power tools: a table saw and a router. I'm an occasional cabinet maker, so I go back to it and review critical chapters whenever the time rolls around to build a new project. The text is clear and concise but not over-simplified, the illustrations are helpful. The minimally experienced home carpenter can make very nice cabinets using the information in this book alone.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Even 10 years later, it's my bible, August 6, 2004

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TexanInMA "TexanInMA" (Marblehead, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cabinets and Built-Ins: A Practical Guide to Building Professional Quality Cabinetry (Hardcover)

This book is outstanding. The author takes you through pragmatic advice to making cases, raised panel doors, etc. There are clearly 100's of books out there on the topic. However, the author gives advice like how to deal with the fact that all plywood sheets have some warpage or variations in width. He talks about how to ensure that your cabinets are identical without measuring down to the 1/16 of an inch.

I've recommended this book a number of times, and my friends always come back with thanks.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Method, February 14, 2009

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S. Flood (Central Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cabinets and Built-Ins: A Practical Guide to Building Professional Quality Cabinetry (Hardcover)

This author's floating tennon method is wonderful. You can think of it as a super biscuit. Basically he recommends creating 2 motises in adjoining frame members and using an undersize tennon, length, between the two. He supplies a jig plan to accomplish the mortises. (A bisuit template plan for the router is also included.)

He also writes in detail about his method for builiding the cabinet cases. This detail in method is something that a master craftsman would have to show you or you could figure it out for yourself in a few years and many cabinet builds. He also discusses wood types.

The book is dated in its graphics. I would like to see an updated version with more pictures.

The method uses a table saw, plunge router, and a belt sander or orbital sander to accomplish the builds. Nice and simple.