For anyone interested in making or repairing furniture, here is a comprehensive guide to one of America’s most popular home crafts. Generously illustrated with over three hundred photographs and drawings and complete with step-by-step instructions, The Furniture Maker's Handbook is one that both the beginning and the advanced woodworker will use and appreciate. Detailed discussions of tools and their uses and furniture-making techniques will teach a novice the basics of the craft, while a chapter on style and design and instructions for several furniture projects will satisfy a more advanced craftsman. Among the projects described are bookcases, cane chairs, and a bedroom wall unit. The book also covers furniture-making materials, fastening methods, joinery, and furniture finishing. The appendices include a discussion of safety, a tool chart, a list of veneer characteristics, and a plywood grade-use guide.