Building Beautiful Wooden Chests (Paperback)

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Product Description

With designs ranging from a Shaker chest of drawers to a cigar humidor, this heavily illustrated instruction manual shows how to design, construct and finish a variety of wooden chests.'

Product Details

• Paperback: 135 pages
• Publisher: Popular Woodworking Books; illustrated edition edition (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558704876
• ISBN-13: 978-1558704879
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,295,341 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars BUILDING BEAUTIFUL WOODEN CHESTS, May 31, 2000

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LACK OF ANY BETTER TERMS, I FELT THE MANNER IN WHICH THIS BOOK WAS ADVERTISED WAS VERY MISLEADING. I'M A BEGINNING WOODWORKING HOBBIEST, AND THIS BOOK IS ADVERTISED AS PROVIDING "STEP BY STEP" INSTRUCTIONS TO BUILDING BEAUTIFULL WOODEN CHESTS. WHILE THE CHESTS IN THE BOOK ARE BEAUTIFULL, THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR BUILDING THEM, IN MY OPINION, ARE BY NO STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION STEP BY STEP. MAYBE IT'S MY IN-EXPERIENCE, BUT WHEN I THINK OF STEP BY STEP, IT'S; 1. CUT ALL PIECES TO LENGTH; 2. ASSEMBLE PIECE "A" TO PIECE "B" USING SUCH AND SUCH MANNER. ETC, ETC. ESSENTIALLY LEADING YOU THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROJECT PROCESS. THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS BOOK ARE SPORADIC AT BEST, WITH ONLY RUFF DIMENSIONS FOR THE FINISHED PRODUCTS. THE BEGINNING OF THE BOOK DOES HAVE SOME INTERESTING F.Y.I. ABOUT CHEST HISTORY, USES, AND DEVELOPMENT. I JUST THOUGHT I WAS BUYING MEASURED DRAWINGS WITH ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS FOR BUILDING THE CHESTS. I PERSONALLY WAS VERY DISSAPOINTED.