This is a book for people who like to re-enact history and also woodworkers who enjoy history. Readers will learn how specific design needs and construction limitations led to the making of furniture and objects used during the civil war era in America. The book does not set out to instruct on techniques or the use of antique tools, basic knowledge is assumed. Advice on getting the sort of joinery, surfaces and civil war period ‘look’ that would have been achieved is given. There are 17 projects. The five-board bench; crates and boxes; folding table, chair, desk, mirror and stool, and board games are good beginner projects, providing you like your projects laced with lots of American historical info and snippets.
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