Creating Coffee Tables
An Artistic Approach
by Craig Vandall Stevens
Softcover
215 x 280mm
158pp
Published
by Schiffer Publishing, West Chester, Pennsylvania USA
R.R.P.$59.90
ISBN 0-7643-0623-5
Extract from back cover of book:
A coffee table is an important focal point in many homes. It can serve to display pieces of art, collections of magazines, books and remote controls, and become an impromptu dining table. Coffee tables can take on a wide variety of styles ranging from very ornate pieces to contemporary art tables.
Designing and making a coffee table represents a unique project for the craftsperson, offering the reward and satisfaction of building a beautiful and yet fairly simple piece of furniture. A coffee table project requires forethought and planning. It also helps to develop confident handskills and the attitude to do one's best, especially for someone just beginning to explore furniture making.
Creating Coffee Tables: An Artistic Approach takes the novice as well as the advanced woodworker through a fully illustrated step-by-step process from design to applying a finish. Drawing from his study at the renowned College of the Redwoods Fine Woodworking Program, cabinetmaker and author Craig Vandall Stevens takes the craftsperson through the sequence of events necessary to design and build a coffee table. Over 350 detailed photographs illustrate selecting and laying out lumber, the use of woodworking machines and handtools, sharpening, milling and preparing parts, joinery, resawing and making sawn veneers, shaping with handtools, assembly, and choosing and applying a finish.
About the Author: Craig Vandall Stevens designs and builds one-of-a-kind furniture in his one-person shop in Sunbury, Ohio. He studied furniture making at the College of the Redwoods Fine Woodworking Program in northern California, a program renowned for its excellence in craftsmanship and attention to detail. There, under the instruction of master cabinetmaker Jim Krenov, he developed an extensive background in traditional cabinetmaking techniques and hand skills.
Photos: Colour
Units of Measurement: Imperial
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Wood
The Workshop Walkaround
Sharpening
Scrapers
The
Coffee Table Project
- Mockup
- Mortise and Tenon Joinery
- Shop-Made
Mortising Jig
- Horizontal Mortising Machine
- The Top
- Shooting Veneers
-
Edge Gluing the Veneers
- Top Panel Glue-Up Preparation
- Completing the
Base
- Mitered Tenons
- Dry Fit
- Glue Up
- Finishing
A
Few Favorites
Gallery
Glossary
Source
List
