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ISBN: 9780806994666 - Art of Chair Making
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Art of Chair Making

Kerry Pierce

ISBN: 9780806994666
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Sterling Publishing Co Inc
Edition: illustrated edition


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The 32 projects feature a variety of benches, stools and chairs. The basics of selecting types of wood and purchasing particular parts are fully covered, as are techniques for hand and power tools, cutting and turning methods, joinery, glueing, clamping, finishes, and weaving seats and backs.

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Provides 32 projects featuring a variety of benches, stools and chairs. The projects include reproductions of 18th-century Windsors and contemporary adaptions; Shaker-style and Shaker-inspired; reproductions of high-style Queen Anne, Chippendale, Sheraton and Hepplewhite; and versions of caned seats, wicker and willow. The basics of selecting types of wood and purchasing particular parts are covered, as are techniques for hand and power tools, cutting and turning methods, joinery, gluing, clamping, finishes and weaving seats and backs.
 
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