A fully illustrated guide - suitable for amateurs - to furniture restoration, explaining all the woodworking techniques likely to be needed. These include different types of joint, glueing and fastening, carving, replacing veneer, woodturning, steaming wood to shape and finishing.
ILLUS H'BK OF FURNITURE RESTOR Summary
ILLUS H'BK OF FURNITURE RESTOR by George Buchanan
The unskilled or inexperienced amateur should find this book easy to work from and professional restorers should find it a valuable reference guide.
Table of Contents
The workshop; wood and its identification; preparing for work; safety; tools; joints; dismantling furniture; common faults and their remedies; glueing and fastening; frame furniture; carving; carcass furniture; veneering; chairs; woodturning; steaming and laminating timber; finishing - minor work; - major work; upholstery.
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