Fine Woodworking on Tables and Desks: Fine Woodworking Tables

Fine Woodworking Tables brings together practical articles on designing and constructing tables and desks. This digital PDF edition contains 114 pages and is available for instant download.

Selected by the editors of Fine Woodworking magazine, the collection covers furniture projects, joinery, tabletops, table bases, and desk construction. It includes material on dining tables, coffee tables, trestle tables, pigeonhole desks, and roll-top desks.

The book is suitable for dedicated amateur woodworkers and readers seeking detailed furniture-making reference material in a convenient digital format.

Book Overview

Fine Woodworking on Tables and Desks is a craft and woodworking reference edited by the Editors of Fine Woodworking. Its 32 articles were reprinted from the first ten years of Fine Woodworking magazine and focus on the design and construction of tables and desks.

The collection considers how tables are proportioned, assembled, expanded, and adapted for different uses. It also includes detailed plans and construction information for selected table and desk forms.

What You’ll Discover Inside

• Methods for making tabletops and table bases.
• Information on dining tables, drop-leaf tables, expanding tables, coffee tables, and trestle tables.
• A lion’s-paw pedestal table and a round-top table.
• Plans for a pigeonhole desk and a roll-top desk.
• Coverage of shaped tambours, mechanical desks, and desk-related construction.
• Practical information on joinery, including mortising, spline-mitered joinery, rule joints, and dovetail-pin fastening.

Why This Book Matters

This volume preserves woodworking instruction drawn from the early years of Fine Woodworking magazine. Its focused collection brings together furniture-making knowledge on tables and desks in one subject-specific reference.

The articles address both design decisions and workshop construction, making the book relevant to readers studying traditional woodworking methods and practical furniture projects.

Book Details

Device Compatibility

This is a digital PDF download, so no physical copy will be shipped. Access is available after purchase, allowing you to open the file on a desktop computer, mobile device, tablet, or compatible reading app.

The file can also be used with appropriate Kindle apps and other PDF-compatible applications. A Kindle device is not required, but the application must support PDF files.

FAQ

When can I access the book?
Access is available after purchase, with instant download of the digital PDF file.

Will I receive a physical copy?
No. This product is a digital download and does not include physical shipping.

Which devices can open the file?
The PDF can be opened with compatible Kindle apps, tablets, desktop computers, mobile devices, and reading apps that support PDF files.

Download this digital edition of Fine Woodworking on Tables and Desks for convenient reference on tables, desks, joinery, and furniture construction.

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