Make Your Own Handcrafted Doors & Windows
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (597 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0806965444 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
With low-cost tools, improved glues and simplified techniques, add a window panel to an existing door, repair the rotted sash, or design a beautiful and unique door.
"Get into woodworking, buy the tools, make your own windows" according to Bob Feeser. Unfortunately this book is out of circulation. I guess it didn't go back into print because most people buy windows rather than make them. That is a shame, because this book is well written. I had first heard about it when I bought a set of Freud router bits for making window sashes. They said, "Get Make your own handcrafted doors and windows by John Birchard to learn how to make them. It is chock full of ideas, pictures, and examples. Windows are a critical application . "Make Your Own Doors and Windows" according to Woodchuck. Although expensive, the book is worth every nickel. The author covers everything from the basics to the finer aspects of door and window making. If you are a novice, your eyes will be opened to basic hand and power tools as well as the skills required to fabricate your own doors. For the advanced woodworker, it will tweek your skills and perhaps motivate you to test your skills as opposed to ordering the next door from a local lumberyard. A must read.. Mark Hagins said A MUST HAVE FOR ANY CRAFTSMAN. If you are looking for a book that covers every thing you need to know about making your own custom windows and doors, this is the ONLY one you need. This book covers every thing. It shows you in great detail with pictures and text many different ways to measure, cut and put together the many pieces of windows and doors. This book not only covers the modern ways of doing it with power tools, it also goes into detail of how to do it the old fashion way with hand tools. It