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POPULAR WOODWORKINGS

ARTS & CRAFTS
FURNITURE PROJECTS

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To prevent accidents, keep safety in mind while you work. Use the safety guards installed on power equipment. When working on power equipment, keep fingers away from saw blades, wear safety goggles to prevent injuries from flying wood chips and sawdust, wear hearing protection and consider installing a dust vacuum to reduce the amount of airborne sawdust in your woodshop. Dont wear loose clothing, or jewelry when working on power equipment. Tie back long hair to prevent it from getting caught in your equipment. People who are sensitive to certain chemicals should check the chemical content of any product before using it. The authors and editors who compiled this book have tried to make the contents as accurate and correct as possible. Plans, illustrations, photographs and text have been carefully checked. All instructions, plans and projects should be carefully read, studied and understood before beginning construction. Due to the variability of local conditions, construction materials, skill levels, etc., neither the author nor Popular Woodworking Books assumes any responsibility for any accidents, injuries, damages or other losses incurred resulting from the material presented in this book. Prices listed for supplies and equipment were current at the time of publication and are subject to change.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Popular woodworkings arts & crafts furniture projects.
p. cm.
ISBN-10: 1-55870-846-4 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978-1-55870-846-4 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Furniture making--Amateurs manuals. 2. Furniture--Styles--Amateurs manuals. 3. Arts and crafts movement--Amateurs manuals. I. Popular woodworking. II. Title: Arts & crafts furniture projects.
TT194.P665 2008
684.1--dc22
2007034903
Editor: David Thiel
Designer: Brian Roeth
Production Coordinator: Mark Griffin
Photographer: Al Parrish and individual authors
Illustrator: John Hutchinson

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Robert W. Lang
Bob is senior editor for Popular Woodworking magazine and is also the author of five books focusing on arts and crafts furniture and related architectural details.

Christopher Schwarz
Chris is editor of Popular Woodworking magazine, a contributing editor to The FineTool Journal and teaches traditional woodworking techniques. He has two DVDs produced by Lie-Nielsen Toolworks on nearly forgotten hand tools and on blending hand tools and power tools.

Steve Shanesy
Steve served as editor of Popular Woodworking magazine for nine years, before being named publisher of the magazine, a position he continues to hold.

Jim Stack
Jim is senior editor of Popular Woodworking books and is the author of eight woodworking books. As a result, hes tired and will answer no more questions.

Jim Stuard
Jim is a former editor for Popular Woodworking magazine and is currently enjoying his two children and creating fly-fishing videos for the internet.

David Thiel
David is executive editor for Popular Woodworking books, and served as an editor for Popular Woodworking magazine for eleven years. He is also the host of the DIY Network program DIY Tools and Techniques.

Kara (Gebhart) Uhl
Kara served as managing editor for PopularWoodworking for four years, learning woodworking skills along the way. She is currently managing editor for Writers Digest magazine.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

A rts & Crafts furniture stirs different emotions in every person. Interestingly to many people who grew up shortly after the first movement (ending around 1920) much of this furniture is remembered as clunky, dark and often relegated to a porch or basement. Happily, for a much larger audience, the simple lines, solid construction and homey esthetics of Arts & Crafts furniture strike a more harmonious chord.

From a woodworking point of view Arts & Crafts furniture serves as an excellent learning medium for furniture building. Arts & Crafts furniture offers a reasonably short learning curve requiring only a few basic joinery techniques that can be easily mastered. Along with Shaker furniture, Arts & Crafts furniture lets the craftsman build a quality piece of furniture in a reasonable amount of time and provides a very successful and satisfying experience.

Beyond the simple joinery and lines, the wood used in Arts & Crafts furniture (quartersawn white oak, mahogany and even ebony details) provide a beautiful finished appearance and a particularly satisfying detail for lovers of wood for itself.

As a category Arts & Crafts furniture is frequently identified with a single manufacturer, Gustav Stickley. Because of this, many woodworkers (and non-woodworkers) have a single image of the furniture style in their mind. Quite the opposite, there are many different manufacturers (discussed in detail in the history chapter of this book) offering very individual and varied styling, all encompassed in the larger category of Arts & Crafts. If Stickley isnt to your taste, perhaps Roycroft or Greene & Greene will appeal.

Were happy to offer this collection of Arts & Crafts furniture projects (on both the book and the extra articles and projects included on the CD-ROM) as both a skill-building tool for woodworking, and as a collection of furniture projects that the