The Complete Illustrated Guide to Shaping Wood

Shape is critical to the ultimate success of failure of a piece of furniture. In this work, Lonnie Bird guides the reader towards visualizing, then drawing a shape, and then choosing the appropriate tool for creating it, from simple shaping techniques to complex bending and carving.

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Shape is critical to the ultimate success or failure of piece of furniture. Knowing this, custom-furniture maker Lonnie Bird has taken the complex subject of shaping and in this book made it accessible to every woodworker. He guides the reader toward towards visualising, then drawing a shape, and then choosing the appropriate tool for creating it. Shaping techniques of all kinds are covered here - from the simplest, to complex bending and carving.