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| Constructing Medieval Furniture: Plans and Instructions With Historical Notes (Master Craftsmen) | 
 enlarge | Author: Daniel Diehl
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 287560
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0811727955
Dewey Decimal Number: 684.1
EAN: 9780811727952
ASIN: 0811727955
Publication Date: January 1997
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Product Description
This book offers you designs for building sixteen reproductions of furnishings from the Middle Ages. The detailed plans are based on careful study and measurement of rare originals, and the complete, step-by-step instructions, materials lists, and notes on woodworking, metalworking, and finishes provide you with the means of recreating these pieces accurately in your own home shop.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Not the Greatest and Not the Worst December 12, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Given that my initial purchase of this book was not so much for the "Historical Notes" or the construction tips (Both of which I glaszed over). My intention was more for the conceptual reference for which this book is great for.
I have many years experience in taking concept designs to fabrication and that is exactly what this is. I would not suggest that someone with little to no experience attempt to follow the directions in this book.
I enjoyed the book for the reason that it was purchased; however, I would find myself frustrated had I been a novice using this for a STEP BY STEP reference.
 Good Plans - Exactly what I needed July 26, 2000
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
This was a very good book. Of course if you are looking for the exact plans measured off the real thing then save yourself some time. If you are looking to make Medieval-looking furniture and are not an Authent-o-crat then you will like this. It has good solid designs and plans for the modern medievel enthusiast. Gets you from point A to point B using tools that we have in the 21st century and is the best I have been able to find.
 Good plans for medieval furniture, lousy research! November 5, 1998
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
The plans offer a good starting point for anyone interested in medieval furniture construction, but please don't take the accompanying background seriously, because it is full of inaccuracies and insubstantiated rumors. This said, if you are an enthusiast of medieval furniture, use the projects in this book as a starting point for your own exploration of medieval woodwork and to guide you in your research.
 Not very useful to the beginning woodworker August 6, 1998
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
There are many problems with this book. The author uses the wrong terminology; he makes mistaken assumptions on the construction of the furniture; his woodworking methodology is very lacking; he dosen't appear to be a seasoned woodworker talking about making medieval furniture, but someone into medieval times writing about the furniture; 8 of the 19 projects are considered mideval on a technicality - beging made 50 or so years before the time frame ended; he says dovetails sould be cut with a hand held saber saw. I can picture people running to the local home center and buying 2x material and digging at it with dull chisels claiming it is medieval because it is crude. There are some good points. The tapestry and candle stand are inspiring, and the couple pages of resources at the back of the book. Anybody serious about medieval furniture should not consider this authoritative.
Useful photos and drawings, but poor scholarship. January 22, 1998
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Diehl provides some useful measured drawings for those of us who can't make it to the V&A. But nothing is documented (esp. his dubious historical notes, e.g., that seasoning wood was unknown in the Middle Ages, that drawboring was used because they worked with green wood). Modern woodworkers will find it adequate; students of medieval carpentry should steer clear.
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