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This book expands on the techniques covered in The Complete Illustrated Guide to Shaping Wood which apply specifically to building period furniture. Most of the material presented here was not covered in that book and includes discussion of joinery distinctive to the style as well as the role of these details in period furniture: Casework Techniques; Moldings & Edge Treatments; Carved & Turned Legs; Period Chair Components; Finials & Applied Carvings

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9781561585908

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"Lonnie Bird, a professional woodworker specializing in period furniture, runs a woodworking school in Dandridge, Tennessee. Jeff Jewitt is a professional finisher and refinisher in Cleveland, Ohio and a contributing editor to ""Fine Woodworking,"" Thomas Lie-Nielsen is the founder and owner of Lie-Nielsen Toolworks which manufactures high quality handtools. He lives in Warren, Maine. Andy Rae, from Asheville, North Carolina, is a professional woodworker who writes frequently for woodworking magazines and teaches woodworking. Gary Rogowski, a contributing to ""Fine Woodworking,"" operates his own school, the Northwest Furniture Studio, in Portland Oregon."

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