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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent resource for advaned projects.
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...
Published on April 7, 2001 by Stumper
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Less than impressed
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.
Published on March 9, 2006 by Jerry Stone
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent resource for advaned projects.,
By 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,
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:
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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.
3.0 out of 5 stars
dated but ok,
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This review is from: Making Furniture Masterpieces: 30 Projects with Measured Drawings (Dover Woodworking) (Paperback)
This makes for nice reading, but, the drawings and directions are hard to read and understand.
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Making Furniture Masterpieces: 30 Projects with Measured Drawings (Dover Woodworking) by Franklin H. Gottshall (Paperback - February 11, 1997)
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