Making Cabinets and Built-Ins: Techniques and Plans [Paperback]

Sam Allen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1986

The only book you'll need to make cabinets, built-ins, shelves, modular units. Covers every step with over 400 photos and drawings, simple plans (and tips on making your own designs).

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Cabinetsboth built-in and freestandingmay be thought of as consisting of component parts: frames or carcasses, doors, drawers, shelves, tops, and bases or legs. These parts can be made of different materials and put together in various ways to give many styles, although the methods of layout, cutting, joinery, and assembly are basic to all. This book's main thrust is leading the novice through these basic methods, although a few plansmostly for modular kitchen cabinetsare given. Particle and wafer board are included as possible materials along with such traditionals as plywood, hardboard, and lumber. There's a short but good chapter on kitchen planning. Suggested to libraries needing more material in this do-it-yourself area. Popular Science Book Club selection.W.T. Johnston, Coastal Plain Regional Lib., Tifton, Ga.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc (September 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806963301
• ISBN-13: 978-0806963303
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,659,598 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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37 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Outdated, June 3, 2000

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L. Ward Holdridge (Southport, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Making Cabinets and Built-Ins: Techniques and Plans (Paperback)

This book was written in 1986 and, by my estimation, was outdated when it was written. No updating has been done in 14 years. This means that numerous tools and materials we use every day were not covered. This is the worst book I have purchased from Amazon.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good background for the novice, December 18, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Making Cabinets and Built-Ins: Techniques and Plans (Paperback)

The other reviewer found this book outdated, and perhaps it is not for an intermediate or advanced woodworker. But I found it very helpful in explaining the basics for a novice. The introductory chapters on grades of wood, reading plans, etc. give a lot more background information than most other beginning woodworking books I've looked at. The book also discusses the differences between working with wood, plywood, and particle board. I like the fact that it tells how to do things using hand tools (for those of us who can't afford to spend thousands of dollars for a shop full of power tools in order to begin our first project). The book also explains how to make joints using several different kinds of tools. The book is easy to read, but could have more figures/pictures for some techniques. I would recommend it for anyone who is just starting out in woodworking.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Good Old Way, August 20, 2005

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Vincent A. Petraglia (New York City, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Making Cabinets and Built-Ins: Techniques and Plans (Paperback)

You can learn more than you think from Sam Allen. Written in 1986, learn how the experts who valued quality over time saving techniques. Learn the right way and from a real pro, and understand why you must do things the right way.