Medieval & Renaissance Furniture: Plans & Instructions for Historical Reproductions

Daniel Diehl has collaborated with Mark Donnelly on 18 books and more than 100 hours of documentary television, including programs for the Discovery, History, and Biography channels.Mark Donnelly has collaborated with Dan Diehl on 18 books and more than 100 hours of documentary television, including programs for the Discovery, History, and Biography channels.

36 projects for historic benches, chairs, tables, cupboards, chests, shelves, beds, and doors, all done with simple woodworking toolsDetailed plans based on careful study and measurement of original pieces and accurate reproductionsStep-by-step instructions, materials lists, and notes on woodworking, metalworking, and finishingForeword by Roy Underhill of the PBS series The Woodwright's Shop

"Good stand alone, mediocre addition, horrible kindle edition" according to Chris Manning. I purchased the first two books Deihl wrote when they were published in the 90s, and have made several pieces out of each book. This book is as well written as those, and as useful to anyone keen on building furniture of the era. There is a good balance of projects for different purposes. If you don't own the other two books, buy this one.If you do own the other two books, I'd give this one a pass unless there is a really compelling project which isn't available in the others. I don't think. Overall good and worth getting, but disappointing in content. Basically it is in the same vein as the first two books, which I have written quite positively about in the past. My beef with this volume is that it only features nine new projects, and rehashes most (but not all) of the projects in the first two books. Well, I don't *need* to see the projects from the previous books, since I *have* those books already. But I can't simply get rid of the previous volumes, because there are a few projects that did not get included in this present volume unde. jamie said other medieval furniture making books because it was reviewed better and seemed to contain all of the medieval wood. I chose this book over the other medieval furniture making books because it was reviewed better and seemed to contain all of the medieval wood working projects. I made the right choice. I love this book!

. About the Author Daniel Diehl has collaborated with Mark Donnelly on 18 books and more than 100 hours of documentary television, including programs for the Discovery, History, and Biography channels.Mark Donnelly has collaborated with Dan Diehl on 18 books and more than 100 hours of documentary television, including programs for the Discovery, History, and Biography channels