The Craftsman's Guide to Shop Drawings for Furniture: A Comprehensive Resource for Woodworking Enthusiasts

By: Robert W. Lang (Author)

This revised and expanded second edition of Robert W. Lang's Great Book of Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture is a must-have for any furniture enthusiast. 61 classic pieces are featured, with complete full-perspective views that are easy to read and understand. Fox Chapel Publishing has created a giftable book that is sure to bring overall satisfaction.

Key Features:

This second edition of Robert W. Lang's book from Fox Chapel Publishing offers 61 classic pieces with authentic and fully detailed plans. Each project includes complete full-perspective views, giving you the best possible understanding of how to build the pieces.
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Easy to understand
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Easy to read
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Details of The Craftsman's Guide to Shop Drawings for Furniture: A Comprehensive Resource for Woodworking Enthusiasts

  • ISBN-10 ‏ ‎: 1565239180
  • Best Sellers Rank: #7 in Furniture Design #19 in Carpentry#66 in Do-It-Yourself Home Improvement
  • Customer Reviews: 4.5/5 stars of 716 ratings
  • Item Weight ‏ ‎: 3.35 pounds
  • Publisher ‏ ‎: Fox Chapel Publishing; Revised & Expanded Second edition
  • Furniture Design (Books): Furniture Design
  • Do-It-Yourself Home Improvement (Books): Do-It-Yourself Home Improvement
  • Language ‏ ‎: English
  • Carpentry: Carpentry
  • Dimensions ‏ ‎: 8.5 x 1 x 11.25 inches
  • ISBN-13 ‏ ‎: 978-1565239180
  • Hardcover ‏ ‎: 344 pages

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Carlos Aurelino Estivalet GindriCarlos Aurelino Estivalet Gindri: O livro tem muitos projetos de mobiliário clássico que eram usados no início dos anos 1900. Desenhos de mesas, cadeiras, gabinetes com 343 páginas e o papel é de excelente qualidade. Os desenhos e ilustrações são em preto e branco, mas isso em nada prejudica o livro - desenhos não precisam ser a cores. O livro visa os marceneiros americanos e por isso as dimensões das peças são em polegadas e/ou frações. Considero que a obra tem uma excelente relação custo benefício.

Brazil on May 30, 2023

Matthew Wright: This book is in pristine condition, not the fault of the seller, however the author left out a lot of the dimensions in the drawings, and could use more information. The book in itself is something every pro and hobbyists can certainly gain from having in their library.

United States on Mar 05, 2023

Krisla Berreth: This book has an extension list of craftsman furniture. The drawings are very detailed showing all the basic Contruction and also include a materials list. There are no instructions so if you cannot build from drawings this may not be helpful to you. Its nice to have all the dimensions rather then trying to figure them out from a picture. It also have detailed drawings of all the period inlays if you are looking to make a replica item. Well worth the money. You would typically pay more then the price of the book for a single plan and here you get 61 plans

United States on Apr 13, 2022

Devoted Shopper: This book gave complete drawings, pictures, etc. My husband made me a new dining room table with Makor wood and I love the way it came out. I wanted to post a pic but for some reason it wouldn't load

United States on Nov 11, 2021

Brent A Vecchi: For those who just want a reference for craftsman furniture, this is great. If you are looking for plans that you can follow to build a piece of furniture you CANNOT build directly from this. For instance, the No. 416 Prairie Chair is riddled with errors. Intersecting tenons, cushion representations are different between drawings, numbers are transcribed wrong (13/16" is called out as 1 3/16" or 10 15/16" is called out as 101 5/16") and that's just this one piece. Don't get me wrong, this has been helpful. But if I weren't taking the time to make my own drawings I would have wasted tons of material, time and patience.

United States on Oct 27, 2021

Edward Merton: Awesome product and great quality.. Well worth the money

Canada on Jul 31, 2021

Saarno Timo: I bought the hardcover version. I have to say that thus book is a bible of craftsman furniture. Good pictures and detailed drawings with all measures.

Germany on Apr 16, 2021

Vijay kunchum: A book to enrich one's experience of wood working. The history of craftsman furniture helps one understand the philosophy that went into making this type of furniture. Very well written book.

India on Apr 15, 2021

Paul: As the title says!
Detailed drawings for making a classic furniture piece.

United Kingdom on Nov 15, 2019

RCA: This book is a great resource. I’m building a library table similar to one of the tables featured in the book. Confirmed a few dimensions and got some ideas. After reading other reviews I think it is worth emphasizing that this is a book of shop drawings. It is not a complete set of build plans for each piece. If you are designing your own piece, this book will help you with key dimensions and design features. It will not give you a paint by numbers guide for building each piece.

United States on Sep 23, 2019

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ISBN-10 ‏ ‎ 1565239180 1580935486 1908211784
Best Sellers Rank #7 in Furniture Design #19 in Carpentry#66 in Do-It-Yourself Home Improvement #4 in Still Life Art#5 in Oil Painting#26 in Art Encyclopedias #4 in Graffiti & Street Art#84 in Art History #95 in Pop Culture Art
Customer Reviews 4.5/5 stars of 716 ratings 4.8/5 stars of 580 ratings 4.8/5 stars of 1,406 ratings
Item Weight ‏ ‎ 3.35 pounds 4.52 pounds 2.74 pounds
Publisher ‏ ‎ Fox Chapel Publishing; Revised & Expanded Second edition Monacelli Studio Carpet Bombing Culture
Furniture Design (Books) Furniture Design
Do-It-Yourself Home Improvement (Books) Do-It-Yourself Home Improvement
Language ‏ ‎ English English English
Carpentry Carpentry
Dimensions ‏ ‎ 8.5 x 1 x 11.25 inches 9.55 x 1 x 11.75 inches 8.7 x 0.98 x 10.24 inches
ISBN-13 ‏ ‎ 978-1565239180 978-1580935487 978-1908211781
Hardcover ‏ ‎ 344 pages 320 pages 248 pages
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