Doormaking - by Strother Purdy (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Making a door is easier than you think -- here's everything you need to know to build a door that will last for years and you'll use proudly every day.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>Making a door is easier than you think--here's everything you need to know to build a door that will last for years and you'll use proudly every day.</b></p><p>Few pieces of furniture, save perhaps chairs, work as hard as doors. Building them to last, especially exterior doors, takes knowledge and experience that don't come from making other types of furniture, such as tables and bookcases. <b><i>Doormaking: Materials, Techniques and Projects for Building Your First Door</i></b> by woodworker Strother Purdy gathers all the information and guidance that both beginning and intermediate woodworkers need to be successful making their first door.</p><p>While covering the construction of the eight most popular doors, <b><i>Doormaking</i></b> starts first by addressing the fundamentals: the basics of good design and proper construction technique, the pros-and-cons of common materials including wood and sheet goods, interior and exterior finishes, hardware and the fine points of hanging doors.</p><p>Once those key elements are covered, <b><i>Doormaking</i></b> offers project chapters that walk the reader step-by-step through the construction of eight essential doors, explaining design and material choices in specific contexts, tool options and other considerations. The first four projects are easily accessible to a beginner while the remaining projects offer up some more challenging details for the intermediate woodworker. Also included are sidebars containing amusing anecdotes and mistake stories--each delivering tips as well as details for hanging a door--and an inspiring gallery of doors that are sure to inspire.</p><p><b><i>Doormaking: Materials, Techniques and Projects for Building Your First Door</i></b> is a must for any woodworking hobbyist, professional craftsman, or DIY homeowner.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>Doormaking</i> is unreservedly recommended, especially for any woodworking hobbyist, professional craftsman, or DIY homeowner. Comprehensive, accessible, real world practical, <i>Doormaking</i> is certain to be an enduringly popular and useful addition to school woodshop, personal, and community library woodworking instructional reference collections. --Jack Mason, <i>Reviewer's Bookshelf</i><br><br>Impressively informative, thoroughly user friendly in organization and presentation, profusely illustrated, <i>Doormaking</i> is a complete and comprehensive course of instruction is that is an ideal instruction manual and guide for the woodworking hobbyist, the professional craftsman, or a DIY homeowner. <b><i>--Midwest Book Review</i></b><br><br>This book has few competitors ... Recommended for collections serving homebuilders and advanced woodworkers. <b>--<i>Library Journal</i></b><br>
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