A Cabinetmaker's Notebook
by James Krenov
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Author: James KrenovEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1991-09
ISBN: 0806984708
Number of pages: 136
Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Book Review: The most influencial modern book on cabinetmaking
Summary: 5 Stars
First published in 1975, The Cabinetmaker's Notebook is a modern classic for those who wish to persue cabinetmaking as a mode of sensitive self-expresion. That may seem like a mouthful, but you either build cabinets because you need to store things, or for some less practical reason. As Red Green says "If your wife doesn't find you handsome, she should at least find you handy". That is one reason beyond the practical, A kind of I want to impress people stage. But when you get beyond that; the house is full of furniture, and your wife actually wishes you would come in from the shop once in a while, what keeps you out there? If it is a desire to do your best work, with the best tools and wood you can find then this book may be for you.Why do I call it the most influencial book of its kind? Well partly because it influenced me, but it also struck a cord when it first came out in the seventies and the woodworking revival was underway. It is pretty much as valid today as then. Krenov, who grew up in the U.S., wrote these books while living in Sweden. They proved so popular that a school was created stateside at which he still teaches. Krenov's insights are of some use to people who persue other crafts.
The most likely volumes to share shelf space with this and other Krenov books are; George Nakashia The Soul of a Tree (worth it for the pictures alone) and Sam Maloof Woodworker (ditto)
Summary of A Cabinetmaker's Notebook
The author has written a book that is intended to be more than a how-to manual for cabinetry. Problems covered are: getting started, finding one's true self in one's work, developing habits that increase the joys and lessen the difficulties of this complex craft and doing one's best.Biographies & Memoirs Books
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