Glen Huey's Illustrated Guide to Building Period Furniture

Build the classic furniture of your dreams! This book and BONUS DVD offer five exquisite examples of classic American furniture that you’ll be able to call your own. Step-by-step guide features hundreds of color photos, plus drawings and cutting lists. DVD includes full-size plans and in-depth instruction on shaping cabriole legs, mitering, sticking and other techniques.

Projects are Massachusetts block-front chest, Massachusetts high chest, Pennsylvania chest on chest, Pennsylvania tall case clock, and New England desk and bookcase. Glen Huey has been creating furniture for 30 years. Specializing in 18th and 19th Century reproduction furniture, he is a contributing editor for Popular Woodworking magazine. 128 pages. Spiral-bound hardcover. DVD has 82-minute running time.

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1) Submitted by Jacob McElwee, from Silver Lake, KANSAS on 1/17/2009 Customer Rating: Outstanding book. Glen Huey provides a detailed walk through of some pretty inspiring projects. The dvd is also helpful for learning some of the techniques described in the book.