Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture: 27 Stickley Designs for Every Room in the Home (Shop Drawings series)

Great place to start if you are looking for woodworking ideas! If you love mission style or arts and crafts furniture in your spare time, this book is filled with ideas and measured drawings to get you started. I have since built quite a few pieces of furniture including bookcases, end tables, sofa tables, and a bed all based on these ideas.. Nice simple drawings and measurements Leslie L. Nice simple drawings and measurements. Although recommend buying the newer "Revised" edition of GREAT BOOK OF SHOP DRAWINGS FOR CRAFTSMAN FURNITURE (2013), by same author. Newer/Revised edition has ALL of these drawings, PLUS an additional 30 more for a total of 57 drawings in one book. The best Gustav Stickley reference that I can find in one source.FWIW, I enjoy Bob Lang's work and input on social media. Thanks Bob!. Beware Bob Lang's Plans!!! I'd rather shoot myself in the head than give Bob Lang any more of my money. Bob's plans are so full of inaccuracies that one can not help but think that he has drawn them this way on purpose. Even after several revisions of his books, the inaccuracies persist. One has to wonder- is he trying to teach beginning woodworkers some sort of lesson or is he simply inept? Often, not only are the dimensions wrong, but the joinery used in his plans often makes for a finished item that is substandard. Rails that join into stiles rather than into legs and missing drawings

Projects included: Morris chairs, chests of drawers, wall shelves, bookcases, sideboards, dining tables, occasional tables, beds, side chairs, and rockers.. Accurate shop drawings of Stickley Craftsman furniture taken from actual antique pieces, with materials lists

Because they were created by measuring actual Craftsman antiques, these drawings will prove invaluable to those interested in historical accuracy. Lang offers measured drawings of 27 examples of Craftsman furniture designed by Gustav Stickley. Moser's work covers over 50 projects, based on the Shaker style, that unlike Lang's are not absolute reproductions but either near facsimiles or Moser's own adaptations. A section on woodworking techniques and materials rounds out this title. Designs include furnishings of all types, from small household items to major pieces of furniture. Both titles are excellent; Lang receives the nod if one is inte

He lives in Heath, Ohio. He is senior editor of 'Popular Woodworking' and contributor to 'Fine Woodworking'. . Robert W Lang is a cabinetmaker, draftsman and author of several woodworking books