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Here is a hand-picked selection of books containing plans for a variety of different types of projects including beds, tables, chairs, cabinets, desks, workbenches, entertainment centers, bookcases, children's projects, toys, and jewelry boxes. Many of these books, such as The Workbench Book, provide insight into design and construction details that you won't always find in a basic woodworking plan. They also look good in your woodworking library...

 

worshop_solutions.gif (5173 bytes) Best Ever Workshop Solutions

60+ Projects, Tips, & Tricks for your shop! Includes plans for: workbenches, router tables, mobile miter saw center, tablesaw bases, tool chest, sanding disc organizer, universal tablesaw jig, bandsaw multi-jig, modular cabinet system, and lots more. Published by WOOD magazine.


44140s.jpg (2207 bytes) Weekend Woodworking For The Garden

Featuring 20 great-looking projects to spruce up your patio and garden. Includes plans for a classic bench, bird feeder, planter, lawn furniture, trellis, bluebird house, seedling tray, Oriental plant pedestal, hanging wine chiller, and picnic table and bench combination. Most woodworkers can build these projects in 1-2 days using basic woodworking tools.


woodstore_1737_951767s.gif (7385 bytes) Best Ever Outdoor Projects 2003

A collection of timely outdoor projects from the editors at WOOD Magazine. Includes: American classics Adirondack style, cozy rocker, picnic suite, arched back settee & chair, self contained garden swing, settee for two, arbors, bird baths, bird feeders, and playthings for kids.


13262s.jpg (2611 bytes) Bird House Builders Manual

If you're trying to get those tweety-birds to stick around your yard, this is the book for you! It features four start-to-finish birdhouse projects: Twin Gable House, Log Cabin, Wagon Wheel or Victorian Manor. Each project includes full-color photos of the finished birdhouses.


44132s.jpg (2443 bytes) The Chairmaker's Workshop

A great resource for learning to build Windsor and Post-and-Rung chairs. Includes a trio of "starter" projects (ladder-back with woven seat, a stick Windsor, and a bow-back Windsor side chair); and plans for 11 classic styles. Fashion ladder-backs for the dining room, comfortable rockers for the porch, a child's high chair, stools, a comb-back or double hoop-back armchair, and several others.


woodstore_1719_296508.gif (7974 bytes) Best-Ever Workshops, 2003 Edition

Contains 24 workshop projects including clamp storage, tool racks, lumber storage, sanding organizers, mitersaw stand, roll-around tables, support devices, dust control, and workbenches. It also provides plans for three different types of shops. Two other books with additional workshop projects and woodworking tips are also featured.


furniture_cab_guide.jpg (3183 bytes) The Complete Illustrated Guide to Furniture and Cabinet Construction.

The second installment in a planned three-volume guide that is an excellent reference guide. It features step-by-step discussions of basic furniture-construction techniques and provides essential background for you to design your own projects.


beds_furn.jpg (3291 bytes) Beds and Bedroom Furniture
A Fine Woodworking Book

In these 23 articles from the pages of Fine Woodworking magazine, you'll see bedroom furniture in a variety of styles. Pieces range from a graceful Queen Anne lowboy that serves as a dressing table to a spectacular sleigh bed. In between there are bureaus, tables, and a crib. In all, you'll find something here to grace just about any bedroom, whatever style it might be.


beds.jpg (3311 bytes) Beds
by Jeff Miller

Jeff Miller, winner of the 1998 Stanley Award for best woodworking book (Chairmaking & Design) offers nine attractive bed projects accessible to woodworkers of any skill level. The projects are a small bed, a Shaker-style bed, a Craftsman-style bed, a pencil-post bed, a plywood platform bed, a Windsor chair inspired bed, a modern '' city'' bed, a sleigh bed, and a bunk bed.


workbench_landis.jpg (4777 bytes) The Workbench Book
by Scott Landis

Many consider this the bible of workbenches...  It features benches for cabinetmakers, boatbuilders, carvers, and country chairmakers. In each case, detailed photos and illustrations show how the bench works and help guide you through its construction.


workbench1.jpg (3385 bytes) Making Workbenches: Planning, Building, Outfitting
by Sam Allen

Explore the common materials used to make workbenches, the basic construction methods, and several traditional designs, including a joiner's bench and a classic Scandinavian-style cabinetmaker's bench. Includes plans for drawers and storage bases, hold-downs, bench hooks, a shop stool, and a carver's screw.  Sam knows his workbenches!


children_proj.jpg (2336 bytes) Children’s Furniture Projects
by Jeff Miller

The ten projects - including a rocking dinosaur, an heirloom chest, a toy chest, and sturdy children’s beds -- are designed to help make the children’s room as well furnished as any other room in the house. Many of these projects have knockdown construction, which makes the pieces easy to store once they are outgrown.

ent_center.jpg (2500 bytes) Entertainment Centers You Can Make
by Paul Gerhards

Complete plans and instructions for building freestanding and built-in models.  Amazon reviewer: "It has all the sizes to accomodate for the many variations that can be needed for a custom entertainment center... There is much more to this book, and is one of the better books on Entertainment Centers out there."


bookcases.jpg (3267 bytes) Bookcases
by Niall Barrett

Plans and complete instructions for building 11 classic bookcases from America's Best Craftsmen. Styles include: Shaker-style bookcase with glass doors, Aarts and Ccrafts bookcase, Ccountry-Ccolonial case, Shaker-style wall shelf, barrister bookcase, and step-back bookcase.


furn_making_projs.jpg (2759 bytes) Furniture-Making Projects For The Wood Craftsman
The Best from Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine

The 24 projects, each devised by practicing cabinetmakers, feature something for every taste, from an early 16th-century fashion trestle table to an Arts & Crafts inspired writing desk and dressing table mirror.  This book is for furniture makers who want to draw on traditional techniques but still go beyond them.


desks.jpg (1866 bytes) Desks
by Andy Charron

Plans and complete instructions for building 7 classic desks from laptop to Chippendale with styles ranging from traditional to Arts and Crafts and contemporary. Each project is loaded with details such as drawer construction, design and sizing components for computers and electronics, materials list, and assembly instructions.


cabinetry.jpg (2285 bytes) Cabinetry
Edited By Robert A. Yoder

30 classic cabinet and shelving projects designed by the country’s best cabinetmakers. Numbered step-by-step directions, over 250 richly detailed illustrations, how to photos, and comprehensive materials lists leave nothing to the imagination.


desk_tables_chairs.jpg (2910 bytes) Desks, Tables & Chairs
by The Editors of Woodsmith Mag

I've always been impressed with the level of detail and professionalism of the plans in Woodsmith Magazine. Projects include roll-top desk, coffee table and ladder-back chair. Full color photos, materials list, cutting diagrams and woodworking techniques!


arts_crafts.jpg (2052 bytes) Arts & Crafts Furniture
by Blair Howard

Arts & Crafts furniture and the craftsman-style furniture of Gustav Stickley have enjoyed an astonishing resurgence in popularity. The 15 projects in the book, from famous members of the movement, include: Stickley Bench, Hall Mirror, Octagonal Table, Writing Table, Coffee Table, Arts and Crafts Table, Limbert Bookcase, Pedestal, Plant Stand, Arts and Crafts Tea Tray, Magazine Stand, and Coffee Table.


boxes.jpg (3244 bytes) Box-Making Basics
by David M Freedman

Easy to follow step by step instructions for more than 15 useful and attractive boxes. Requires very little stock and a minimally equipped shop. Includes fundamentals of box making, elements of design, wood selection, tips on cutting, gluing, joints, hinges and finishes.


construction_toys.jpg (3016 bytes) Realistic Construction Models You Can Make
by Luc St-Amour

Includes many functional parts -- the doors open, cylinders and pistons move, and much more! Includes eight projects: loader, dozer, dozer loader, excavator, grader, skidder, grapple skidder, and backhoe.
154 pages, soft cover, spiral bound.


 

   
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