Whether making a delicate violin, a pair of skis or a graceful armchair, you'll need to bend wood. This text presents the basic methods and trade secrets from the experts.
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By Mauricio "Weekend Woodworker" (East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
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I got really disapointed when I received and read this book. It provides advanced techniques that a regular woodworker would never use. The parts that woodworkers use the most are vague. I'm not intereset in making violins or boats. I need techniques to bend wood, to use joints for curved surfaces, to build equipment and fixtures to bend wood and so on. This book lacks of the practical guidelines to do so.
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This book covers a diverse amount of applications, from boat building, furniture building, and luthier. All of the techniques are from old timers. The articles are suggestions from professions that bend wood for a living. There is a plan for how to build your own steam chamber, plus where you can buy equipment. Granted the articles are old but the ideas still apply today. After reading this book, i have created my own steam chamber, bending platforms, clamps, and an understanding of what woods bend well and which don't. It is a collection of articles not a book written by one person, so it is not point A to point B. I keep this book nearby in my shop for quick reference and i hope you do to.
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I'm a professional woodworker and like to incorporate curved aspects in my designs for cabinetry. I found this book very helpful because it covers so many different tecniques. There are many ways to skin the cat; You will find most of them here. Illustrations are typical for old Fine Woodworking articles; black and white and adequate to make the material more accessable if not a joy to behold. This book encouraged me to forge ahead into some new tecniques; What more can you ask?
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In my shop at Shaker Village in Canterbury, N.H., I make wooden baskets the way they were made 100 years ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fine Woodworking, Sea Urchin, Jere Osgood, Northwest Coast, Gebruder Thonet, Michael Thonet, Nova Scotia, Seth Stem, Thonet Industries, Christopher Clapp, United States, Van Nostrand Reinhold, Country Workshops, Government Printing Office, Jim Smith, Robert Davidson, Ruedi Kohler, Sam Manning, Wood Handbook New!
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In my shop at Shaker Village in Canterbury, N.H., I make wooden baskets the way they were made 100 years ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fine Woodworking, Sea Urchin, Jere Osgood, Northwest Coast, Gebruder Thonet, Michael Thonet, Nova Scotia, Seth Stem, Thonet Industries, Christopher Clapp, United States, Van Nostrand Reinhold, Country Workshops, Government Printing Office, Jim Smith, Robert Davidson, Ruedi Kohler, Sam Manning, Wood Handbook New!
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- Wood Bending Handbook by Wendelle C. Stevens on page 21, and page 24
- Cultures of the North Pacific Coast by Philip Drucker on page 36
- Designing Staircases by Willibald Mannes on page 101
- The Book of Shaker Furniture by John Kassay on page 28
- Making Musical Instruments by Charles Ford on page 47
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