Making Furniture Masterpieces: 30 Projects with Measured Drawings (Dover Woodworking) [Paperback]

Franklin H. Gottshall (Author)

Book Description

Series: Dover Woodworking | Publication Date: February 11, 1997

Step-by-step guide shows woodworkers at all skill levels how to construct handsome, practical furniture in a variety of traditional styles. Instructions, diagrams for reproducing a four-poster bed, Sheraton desk, Chippendale chair, Spanish desk, Queen Anne table, and a William and Mary dressing mirror.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (February 11, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486293386
• ISBN-13: 978-0486293387
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #591,873 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource for advaned projects., April 7, 2001

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Stumper "stumper" (Twin Cities, Minnesota USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Making Furniture Masterpieces: 30 Projects with Measured Drawings (Dover Woodworking) (Paperback)

As with most of Gottshall's books, the projects are not for the beginner. Good knowledge of woodworking processes are necessary to build these beautiful period pieces. The finishes advocated in the book are dated but are completely appropriate for the pieces involved. Pieces of this quality deserve finishes that are reversible by our heirs and that would exclude a lot of the modern water-based and polyurethane finishes.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A valuable addition to your collection, June 29, 2000

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Woodman311 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Making Furniture Masterpieces: 30 Projects with Measured Drawings (Dover Woodworking) (Paperback)

Excellent book and a valuable reference for anyone interested in reproduction furniture. The section on finishing techniques is a bit dated, but the real value is the detailed drawings of reproduction pieces he built. Not for the beginner. The instructions are straight forward, but they require you to be comfortable with woodworking techniques. Great book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Less than impressed, March 9, 2006

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Jerry Stone (Trussville, AL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Making Furniture Masterpieces: 30 Projects with Measured Drawings (Dover Woodworking) (Paperback)

This book has a lot of funiture plans in it but the plans are too small with some descriptions/lengths/etc being so small you needed a magnifying glass to read them. Too many details crammed into one drawing. No color pictures. I wasn't impressed.