Bob Lang's The Complete Kitchen Cabinetmaker
Author: Lang, Robert W.
ISBN: 9781565238039
Publisher: Fox Chapel and IMM Lifestyle
Year First Published: 2014
Pages: 128
Dimensions: 0.335 inches x 0.433 inches x
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
Demonstrating how woodworkers can approach the complex job of designing and making built-in cabinets for kitchens, family rooms, and home offices, this technical handbook provides meticulously detailed shop drawings, instructions, and hundreds of professional tips for saving time, materials, unnecessary aggravation, and money. Bob Lang offers practical, hands-on guidance for building traditional face-frame cabinets as well as constructing contemporary frameless Euro-style cabinets. Woodworkers will learn how to measure rooms and design fitting cabinetry that considers both function and aesthetics, how to develop working shop drawings and cutting lists, and how to work with materials as varied as solid wood and plastic laminate. Technical instructions for cutting and joining the basic box, as well as for fitting it to drawer stacks, sinks, corners, appliances, and islands, are also included, as are detailed steps for sanding, finishing, and installing each piece. This revised edition also offers a colorful new 16-page idea gallery with photographs of finished cabinets.
“The author knows his subject..." Fine Woodworking Magazine
“You won't find a more jam-packed "how-to" manual...” WoodCentral
ISBN: 9781565238039
Publisher: Fox Chapel and IMM Lifestyle
Year First Published: 2014
Pages: 128
Dimensions: 0.335 inches x 0.433 inches x
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
Demonstrating how woodworkers can approach the complex job of designing and making built-in cabinets for kitchens, family rooms, and home offices, this technical handbook provides meticulously detailed shop drawings, instructions, and hundreds of professional tips for saving time, materials, unnecessary aggravation, and money. Bob Lang offers practical, hands-on guidance for building traditional face-frame cabinets as well as constructing contemporary frameless Euro-style cabinets. Woodworkers will learn how to measure rooms and design fitting cabinetry that considers both function and aesthetics, how to develop working shop drawings and cutting lists, and how to work with materials as varied as solid wood and plastic laminate. Technical instructions for cutting and joining the basic box, as well as for fitting it to drawer stacks, sinks, corners, appliances, and islands, are also included, as are detailed steps for sanding, finishing, and installing each piece. This revised edition also offers a colorful new 16-page idea gallery with photographs of finished cabinets.
“The author knows his subject..." Fine Woodworking Magazine
“You won't find a more jam-packed "how-to" manual...” WoodCentral
