How to Build Shaker Furniture

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Call Number: 684.104 Mo
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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"The completey updated & improved classic"
Previous ed.: New York: Drake, 1977.
1: Shaker Style: -- Creative process -- Shakers: nineteenth-century genius -- Shaker antiques -- Origins of shaker design -- Thos Moser, cabinetmakers -- 2: Materials: -- Covenant with wood -- Classification of wood -- Wood species -- Harvesting the forest -- Measuring board feet -- Handling and curing lumber -- Grain characteristics -- Wood figure -- Open and closed grain -- Grading lumber -- Other shop materials -- Abrasives -- Hardware -- Dowels -- Pulls and knobs -- Hinges -- Quality of materials -- 3: Tools: -- Nature of workmanship -- Hand tools -- Portable power tools -- Stationary tools -- Workbench -- Shop layout -- 4: Building Processes: -- Options -- Gluing up panels -- Joint construction -- Building case pieces -- Building tables -- Drawer construction -- Making and hanging doors -- Mouldings -- Finishing techniques -- Living with shaker furniture -- 5: Measured Drawings: -- Small handy stool -- Two-stepper -- Boyker bench -- Candle shelf -- Hanging shelves -- Mirror -- Wood box -- Six-board blanket chest -- Common bench -- Lap desk -- Large round stand -- Small round stand -- Hanging cupboard -- Long bookcase -- Vertical bookcase -- Four-door & drawer side chest -- Six-drawer side chest -- Four-door side chest -- Pewter cupboard -- Dr White's chest -- Five-drawer chest -- Ten-drawer chest -- Canterbury cupboard -- Trestle table -- Trestle coffee table -- Trestle table desk -- Square end table -- Round extension table -- Harvest table -- Splay-leg dropleaf table -- Stretcher table -- Small writing desk -- Chair table -- Sewing desk -- Blanket box with drawer -- Four-slat ladderback chair -- Armless rocking chair -- Studio stool -- Katahdin chairs -- Deacon's bench -- Low-post bed -- Tall clock -- Wall clock (square face) -- Wall clock (round face) -- Shaker pegboard.
Overview: The Shakers produced many incredible furniture objects that we continue to venerate today. For the woodworker the fascination is often rooted in the essential simplicity of the work. Interest in Shaker design is as strong today as it was when the first edition of this book was published in 1977, possibly stronger. This ongoing interest is the direct result of the inherent beauty of Shaker design-beauty that stems not only from form, but from superb workmanship, a commitment to utility and a total understanding of material.

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