Everything the amateur and professional woodworker needs to know about cabinetmaking is compiled in this beautifully illustrated book.Every woodworker who builds furniture must consider several different options, resources, and alternatives when designing a particular piece. Now, this information has all been compiled into one complete woodworking tome.Rodale's Illustrated Guide to Cabinetmaking contains more than 1,000 clearly detailed drawings that anyone -- professional or amateur -- can easily follow. The drawings are derived from 104 actual pieces of soundly constructed furniture. Authoritative and comprehensive, this book belongs on the shelf of every woodworker.

The most complete visual guide to furniture construction ever published! Includes hundreds of clearly-labeled drawings and exploded diagrams that explain everything there is to know about joints, subassemblies and furniture design.

A woodworker's guide to building professional-looking cabinets and shelves. Even a novice can build any of the 20 classic cabinet and shelving projects from some of the country's best woodworkers.

These beautiful, well-designed furniture projects are specially selected from six Taunton woodworking books: Tables, Chest of Drawers, Bookcases, Beds, Desks, and Dining Tables. They will appeal to woodworkers with a broad range of style preferences, including Shaker, Arts & Crafts, and Contemporary. The projects, designed by some of America's best woodworkers, will help build skills while resulting in furniture worthy of passing down generations. Highly detailed step-by-step instructions, complete working drawings, and cut lists are included.

"A comprehensive, highly visual self-teaching guide that will help any beginner become a confident woodworker in no time"--

The more than 50 new jigs and fixtures covered in this book help save time, money, and effort. Expert Hylton shows everything from planing boards to making fluted dowels, crafting flawless cope-and-stick joints to creating spiral-beaded columns and finials. 275 photos. 200 illustrations.