Carcass
Furniture
Traditional and Modern Projects
Softcover
210 x 295mm
119pp
Published by Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd, East Sussex UK
R.R.P.$39.90
ISBN 1-86108-397-1
TIGHT CORNER
HEART OF OAK
QUICK ON THE DRAWER
GROOVY DRESSER
A JOINT VENTURE
THROUGH A SIDE CABINET,
DARKLY
COMPACT STORAGE
CHEST BEATER
IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS
Extract from back cover of book:
This inspiring compilation of carcass furniture projects provides a practical guide, with some refreshing and innovative approaches. Learn the tricks of the trade from established cabinetmakers, most of whom are professional furniture makers with a wealth of practical expertise to share.
There is something here for all tastes and abilities: an abundant source of ideas ranging from simple pieces, such as a CD rack and side cabinet, to the more ambitious breakfront hi-fi cabinet and Mackintosh-style kitchen.
Featuring over 20 projects, selected from Furniture & Cabinetmaking magazine, each is carefully explained, and complemented with fine photography and detailed plans.
Projects
include:
- Gothic-inspired display cabinet
- Corner cabinet
- Traditional
dresser
- TV cabinet
- Arts and Crafts-style clothes chest
- Dressing
table
- Glass-fronted sideboard
Photos: Colour
Units of Measurement: Metric & Imperial
Contents
Introduction
TIGHT
CORNER
Brendan Devitt-Spooner makes a corner cabinet in English cherry
HEART
OF OAK
Mark Constanduros creates a glazed-oak sideboard
QUICK
ON THE DRAWER
Mike Cowie describes a limed chest of drawers he made at
breakneck speed
GROOVY
DRESSER
Mike Cowie makes a kitchen dresser with angled legs and burr
A
JOINT VENTURE
Roswitha Lentge and Jeff Smith make an oak display cabinet
THROUGH
A SIDE CABINET, DARKLY
Harold Wilson makes a mahogany side cabinet
COMPACT
STORAGE
Derek Smith tidies away his music collection with this neat CD
rack
CHEST
BEATER
Mark Ripley makes a chest of drawers for a master bedroom
IN
THEIR FOOTSTEPS
John Bullar makes an Arts and Crafts style cabinet
SPOONERISM
Brendan Devitt-Spooner makes a display cabinet, based on an earlier concept
TRADITION
RECAPTURED
Mark Applegate creates a five-drawer oak and sycamore chest
BREAKFRONT
WITH TRADITION
Brendan Devitt-Spooner designs an impressive breakfront
cabinet
LABOUR
FOR LOVE
Phillip Gullam makes a traditional dresser as a wedding gift
GOING
GOTHIC
David Kortright makes a hi-fi cabinet in English oak
PERIOD
DRAMA
Mike Cowie makes a classically inspired TV cabinet
AN
INSPIRED PIECE
Andrew Lawton creates a clothes chest with an Arts and
Crafts influence
KEEPER
OF SECRETS
Duncan Lyall makes an English oak and sycamore chest of drawers
with subtle curves
THE
MACKINTOSH RECIPE
Neil McAllister recaptures the original style of his
Edwardian house, while allowing for the needs of modern living
Metric/Imperial
Conversion Chart
Index
SPOONERISM
TRADITION RECAPTURED
BREAKFRONT WITH TRADITION
LABOUR FOR LOVE
GOING
GOTHIC
PERIOD DRAMA
AN INSPIRED PIECE
KEEPER OF SECRETS