Fine Woodworking on Boxes, Carcases, and Drawers

by Fine Woodworking Magazine

Book Overview

The secret of building boxes and drawers that can stand up to everyday use is good, strong corner joints. This is the art of carcass joinery. In this text, craftsmen explain how to choose, make and use every kind of carcass joint in both solid wood and plywood, using hand tools and machine methods.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0918804264
• ISBN13: 9780918804266
• Release Date: April 1985
• Publisher: Taunton Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

The key word here is "Fine"

If you want to truely refine or up grade your woodworking skills, buy this book! The editors of Fine Woodworking are among,if not "the", leading comtributers to the art of woodworking today.

Classic Treatises

Some of the very best from the early years of Fine Woodworking Magazine by some of the Titans of the Seventies. These techniques are as fresh and informative today as they were when they were written.

One of FWW's Best of the "Best Of" Series

40+ reprinted articles from Fine Woodworking magazine by such masters as Tage Frid, Ian Kirby, Mark Duginske, Jim Cummins and many others.General subject matter includes:Joinery -- box joint jig, blind finger joints, plate joinery, tapered sliding dovetails, hand dovetails.Boxes -- bandsawn, box design, bookmatching boards for.Carcases -- European style cabinets, blanket chests, open, stereo cabinets.Drawers -- general how-to, bottoms, making your own hardware, miters/tape/glue, panels for lids.Miscellany -- drawer stop ideas, hanging doors, panel cutting, french fitting.All in all, this is a well rounded, authoritative and tremendously helpful volume for the advanced amateur cabinetmaker. I have personally used many of the techniques described herein on my own projects with much success and am all the better craftsman for it.Highly recommended.