The Joiner and Cabinet Maker: His Work and Its Principles

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The Joiner and Cabinet Maker is a huge book with than 370 pages of detailed handtool instruction, including many processes that have not been covered before in the early woodworking literature Though this sounds impossible, please read on.Let s begin in 1839 In that year, an English publisher issued a small book on woodworking that has until now escaped detection by scholars, historians and woodworkers.Titled The Joiner and Cabinet Maker, this short book was written by an anonymous tradesman and tells the fictional tale of Thomas, a lad of 13 or 14 who is apprenticed to a rural shop that builds everything from built ins to elaborate veneered casework The book was written to guide young people who might be considering a life in the joinery or cabinetmaking trades, and every page is filled with surprises.Unlike other woodworking books of the time, The Joiner and Cabinet Maker focuses on how apprentices can obtain the basic skills needed to work in a hand tool shop It begins with Thomas tending the fire to keep the hide glue warm, and it details how he learns stock preparation, many forms of joinery and casework construction It ends with Thomas building a veneered mahogany chest of drawers that is French polished However, this is not a book for children It is a book for anyone exploring hand tool woodworking.Thanks to this book, we can stop guessing at how some operations were performed by hand and read first hand how joints were cut and casework was assembled in one rural England shop.Even delightful is that Thomas builds three projects during the course of his journey in the book, and there is enough detail in the text and illustrations to re create these three projects just as they were built in 1839.Here s what you ll find in our expanded edition of this book A historical snapshot of early 19th century England Moskowitz, a book collector and avid history buff, explains what England was like at the time this book was written, including the state of the labor force and woodworking technology This dip into the historical record will expand your enjoyment of Thomas s tale The complete text of The Joiner and Cabinet Maker, unabridged and unaltered We present every word of the 1839 original plus a chapter on so called modern tools added in a later edition , with footnotes from Moskowitz that will help you understand the significance of the story Chapters on the construction of the three projects from The Joiner and Cabinet Maker Schwarz built all three projects a Packing Box, a dovetailed Schoolbox and a Chest of Drawers using hand tools The construction chapters in this new edition of The Joiner and Cabinet Maker show the operations in the book, explain details on construction and discuss the hand tool methods that have arisen since this book was originally published Complete construction drawings Lost Art Press drafted all three projects in SketchUp to create detailed drawings and cutting lists for the modern woodworker This will save you hours of decoding the construction information offered in The Joiner and Cabinet Maker. Download The Joiner and Cabinet Maker: His Work and Its Principles – kino-fada.fr It s nice that other people are even weirder about woodworking than I am Schwarz Moskowitz SM certainly are they made this old text a complete treat that any woodworker will love.It starts out with a great introduction then a short Historical section Both set the stage well for the text that follows The Original Text is an anonymous account of being a joiner s apprentice in the early 1800s comprising about 1 4 of the book 100 pages It s amazingly readable wou It s nice that other people are even weirder about woodworking than I am Schwarz Moskowitz SM certainly are they made this old text a complete treat that any woodworker will love.It starts out with a great introduction then a short Historical section Both set the stage well for the text that follows ...Schwarz and Moskowitz presents this work of an anonymous carpenter that was published in 1839 as a guide for boys wanting to take up the trade This portion was written in a narrative form, an oddity in itself, and currently the only one available from this period It follows Thomas thru his apprenticeship, his work for a young lord that includes a packing case and school box as well as building a chest of drawers Addition material was added by the modern authors that expands on the society of Schwarz and Moskowitz presents this work of an anonymous carpenter that was published in 1839 as a guide for boys wanting to take up the trade This portion was written in a narrative form, an oddity in itself, and currently the only one available from this period It follows Thomas thru his apprenticeship, his work for a young lord that includes a packing case and school box as well as building a chest of drawers Addition material was added by the modern authors that expands on the society of working Victorian England from a slight later period based on writings by Mayhew and other reformers This is the first half of the book, and is a great peek into the life of an early 19th century car... The Joiner and Cabinetmaker itself that is, the 19th century book is a beautiful, very readable story about the sort of work an early to mid 19th century joiner s apprentice might find himself doing and the environment in which he might be doing it The lifestyle presented is romanticised and idealised protagonist Thomas s master and colleagues are uncommonly kind, and fellow apprentice Sam is a convenient Goofus to Thomas s supremely capable Gallant but the three projects Thomas is shown to com The Joiner and Cabinetmaker itself that is, the 19th century book is a beautiful, very readable story about the sort of work an early to mid 19th century joiner s apprentice might find himself doing and the environment in which he might be doing it The lifestyle presented is romanticised and idealised protagonist Thomas s master and colleagues are uncommonly kind, and fellow apprentice Sam is a convenient Goofus to Thomas s supremely capable Gallant but the three projects Thomas is shown to complete are genuine and replicable by the reader It s a very practical look at pre electricity woodworking, not suffering from the familiar cultish bullshit many modern hand woodworking proponents like to peddle.It s also only about a quarter of the Lost Art Press edition, with the remainder being...A reprint of an 1839 book about a fictional Joiner s apprentice named Thomas This was part of a series of books describing various trades.The original text is a fun read but the addition of chapters after that section really elevate the book Thomas builds three projects and after the original text Chris Schwarz walks us through building each in amodern how to style This book could easily serve as a basic course in hand tool work if supplemented by a few other sources, Wearing for inst A reprint of an 1839 book about a fictional ...An interesting look at being a joiner s apprentice in early 1800s England, with some historical context and a walk thru the projects described in the original text Oriented to the hand tool woodworker, ...This isn t amazing literature, but this edited edition is awesome I found the history fascinating, and now I m going to start on my apprenticeship Thank you for all the hard work and research that went into this edition.Great way to help get started in hand tool woodworking.

The Joiner and Cabinet Maker: His Work and Its Principles
  • English
  • 18 April 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 373 pages
  • 0578039265
  • Anonymous
  • The Joiner and Cabinet Maker: His Work and Its Principles