Illustrated Cabinetmaking: How to Design and Construct Furniture That Works

By Bill Hylton

Book Overview

Design and construct furniture that works with the help of the most complete visual guide ever published. Featuring each piece in highly-detailed, exploded drawings and applying time-honored dimensions and ergonomic standards, this comprehensive visual sourcebook takes the guesswork out of furniture joinery, assembly, dimension, and style. Woodworkers of any skill level will benefit from more than 1,300 crisp and detailed drawings that explain classic solutions to age-old problems, such as hanging a drawer, attaching a tabletop, and pegging a mortise. Covering hundreds of pieces of furniture, including kitchen cabinets, dining tables, desks, bookcases, and chests, readers will unlock the mysteries of legs, moldings, separate braces, and dozens of other subassemblies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565233697
• ISBN13: 9781565233690
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.5" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Good Reference

Illustrated Cabinetmaking: How to Design and Construct Furniture That Works This is a good reference for someone starting out in furniture making. It gives design/construction information (with dimensions) that is valuable to have in one place. I wish I had this forty years ago it would have accelerated my learning curve and avoided some mistakes.

The BEST resource on furniture construction!

I own probably a half dozen books on furniture construction and joinery and found this book to be the best source for joinery techniques period. From it's detailed explanations to numerous pictures and drawings it thoroughly covers all aspects of great cabinetry. I really enjoyed reading this book, and I am not a book reader. The chapters are laid out well and are written as though a beginner might be picking it up, but...

One of the BEST woodworking books I own!

This book is very complete covering fundamentals of furniture anatomy, styles, and wood movement, various joints, subassemblies used in all kinds of projects, and Furniture. This is a great book for the beginner or professional. Provides a lot of good inspiration as well. Dining tables, occasional tables, desks, chests, cabinets, built-in cabinets, and beds are all of the Furniture types covered. Beautifuly illustrated...

Excellent Reference

I like to check out books from the library before I buy them. I checked this one out, now I'm buying it.As a novice woodworker, I anticipate this will be an excellent reference as I move forward with designing and building cabinets, tables, and chairs.It's not a how-to book, it's a reference. So when I'm wondering how I'm going to design a small cabinet with four drawers and a television cabinet for the bedroom, this book...

Outstanding Book

This is an outstanding book. Shows styles and variations of just about all desired furniture pieces. Even though it does not show methods of work or measurments it is a MUST for any woodworker. It is a sure straight line reference to any project of furniture making.