Crafting New Mexican Furniture: A Handbook to Design, Plans, and Techniques [Paperback]

Kingsley H. Hammett (Author), Catherine Heller (Illustrator), Michael O'Shaughnessy (Photographer)

Product Details

• Paperback: 110 pages
• Publisher: Red Crane Books; 1st edition (May 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1878610333
• ISBN-13: 978-1878610331
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,435,069 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great beginners book!, February 22, 1998

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This review is from: Crafting New Mexican Furniture: A Handbook to Design, Plans, and Techniques (Paperback)

This book only assumes one has basic knowledge in woodworking. For someone starting out and interested in New Mexican furniture, it is a good book showing methods and plans for boxes, (clothes hamper, trash box, etc.), hat & towel racks, hanging shelves, free standing bookcase, footstools, tables, beds, nightstand, and wardrobe . These are basic units but can be modified to fit any needs. If you're starting out with New Mexican furniture, I recommend this book.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a very good beginner's book, July 22, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Crafting New Mexican Furniture: A Handbook to Design, Plans, and Techniques (Paperback)

I think this is an outstanding book for people starting out to build their own southwestern style furniture. The projects and techniques outlined in this book are very basic but useful. This book would have rated higher than a 7 in my book if it had more advanced information, particularly more advanced projects and techniques such as advanced carving techniques. IMHO it's definitely worth the money if you're starting to dabble in Southwestern style furniture

12 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book is an compleate waste of money, June 20, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Crafting New Mexican Furniture: A Handbook to Design, Plans, and Techniques (Paperback)

I purchased this book with a great deal of anticipation. In fact I built the entire day around its acquisition and consumption. I never even opened the cover before I took it home because I knew it was going to be great. I had not purchased furniture for 45 years because I loved the southwest style and was making preperations to build my own and I could hardly wait for the treasures that lay waiting benieth the covers. BIG SUPPRISE. This book is a compleate joke to anyone who expects to find rudaments of building mexican furniture. It is an absolute inslult to anyone with an ounce of brains. If you want to build boxes, and more boxes, and the other crap he passes off then go for it but if you are looking for serious information on mexican and southwestern furniture construction and style. LOOK ELSEWHERE.