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Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture: 27 Stickley Designs for Every Room in the Home (Shop Drawings series) | 
| Author: Robert W. Lang
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $22.95
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Rating:  7 reviews
Media: Paperback
Pages: 144
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 8.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 1892836122
Dewey Decimal Number: 684.104
EAN: 9781892836120
ASIN: 1892836122
Publication Date: October 1, 2001
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Product Description
Featuring working shop drawings, this book demonstrates 27 pieces of authentic Craftsman household furniture by Gustav Stickley and his contemporaries. Every type of furniture is represented here: Morris chairs, chests of drawers, wall shelves, bookcases, sideboards, dining tables, occasional tables, beds, side chairs, and rockers. Each project includes a perspective view along with elevations, sections and details, and complete measurements.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Authentic Design, all you need to recreate Classic Arts and Crafts Projects May 15, 2007
Sandra Jones (Angel Fire, New Mexico)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
23 pages of "how-to's" and then detailed 2D and isometric drawings with dimensions and with cut lists. Cheap paper, no color, but clarity is very high because the plans are in drawing form rather than photos. Could have been improved with exploded diagrams of through-tenon joints, but Stickley's craftsmen didn't need that evidently. The projects are authentic, and work for woodworkers who don't want any style upgrades and only want the 1rst generation Arts and Crafts that the book represents.
Good Source of Information May 7, 2007
J. Anderson (Little York, NY)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have enjoyed looking at the plans and for the most part are very well done but I have built some of the pieces and have found errors in the measurements - as you should always do Measure Twice and cut once
Overall I would buy other books from Mr. Lang
Don't take it as gospel . . . March 25, 2005
John Abdenour (New Haven, CT)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I built the #332 Morris Chair from the plans in this book and found a huge mistake in the measurements: the chair was fully 4" too wide (I caught this in time to fix it, thank goodness). In Mr. Lang's drawings the seat area is measured at 27" wide; in all the Stickley catalogs, it's clearly labeled as 23". Several of the other dimensions were also questionable.
Much of the information in the book, in the text and the drawings, is very valuable. I've enjoyed the book and would buy it again in a minute. Just make sure, if accuracy is important to you, to check his details against every picture and description of an original piece that you can find!!
Nice book but bad measurements December 6, 2003
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
This book is an excellent compendium of arts and craft style furniture, but boys and girls, check your measurements when you start some of the pieces. I built the wardrobe No112 and have pretty good shop experience. I found errors all over that particular wardrobe. I can understand bad measurements but some were obviously the planners fault.
Admittedly I have not built anything else in the book and this is a fairly elaborate piece. But I found myself shaving off full half inches where I shouldn't have to. Triple check any measurements made and you will be fine! It is unfortunate that such a detailed book with great ideas for plans does not have its measurements doubled checked. The scales for the furniture in the book do not match some of the drawings either. When I get a series of drawings I expect the measurements to be tried and tested. The book does have a good set of suggestions to build the furniture. Sometimes drawings are missing though that would clarify the project. The economy of pages makes the carpenter lose out.
 "Shop Drawings" useful and fun December 22, 2001
Jeff Pitcher (Glen Ridge, NJ United States)
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
Ever since building our first piece of "Stickley" style furniture I've been looking for a book with more ideas. This one certainly filled the bill. Given the time, I could outfit my whole house with these attractive pieces! Mr. Lang's style helped make it an enjoyable read while his hints and advice came in useful from the start. An added benefit was the facinating history of the Stickley company. It really gave me some insight as to the designs.
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