Building Classic Antique Furniture With Pine

 (6 customer reviews)

Short and to the point the material list in this book is really messed up. I received an errata sheet from the publishers which when used screws up the cut list even more and does not cover all the mistakes in the book. I contacted the publisher to find out where I could get the corrected information and was told that the author would not give them that information. If you are reading this MR. BLAIR HOWARD and the information I was given is true, you should be ashamed of yourself. The publisher should have pulled this book off the market when it first was made aware of the problem. Oh by the way Amazon, you should not be selling this book.

This book has some very good projects for the average home workshop, but there are no materials list, only sizes for the various parts, which are incomplete. Some detailed drawings are also non-excistent. Some of the dimensions on the drawings are also inaccurate. Therefore, you must spend some time figuring out exactly how much and the dimensions of the amount of lumber you must purchase. Which can run into multiple trips to the store. Also you must adjust the layout of the part before assembly to account for the inaccuracies in the dimensions of the paticular project you are working on, which is also extra time used unnecessarily.

Started to build item in Chapter 10, the Dry Sink. Went to use materials lists realized materials list is only half listed. Went to Chapter 12 to the Colonial Washstand, same thing. What a shame. Seems like the book has some great patterns in it but now I don't trust any of it.