Make A Joint Stool From A Tree : An Introduction To 17th-Century Joinery

Name: Make A Joint Stool From A Tree : An Introduction To 17th-Century Joinery
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Author: Jennie Alexander, Peter Follansbee
ISBN: 9780985077709

Jennie Alexander, Peter Follansbee

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Language: English

Published by Lost Art Press, 2012

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Title: Make A Joint Stool From A Tree : An Introduction To 17th-Century Joinery
Author: Jennie Alexander, Peter Follansbee
Publisher: Lost Art Press
Publication year: 2012
Condition: new
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0985077700
ISBN 13: 9780985077709

By Jennie Alexander & Peter Follansbee When it comes to exploring the shadowy history of how 17th-century furniture was built, few people have been as dogged and persistent as Jennie Alexander and Peter Follansbee. For more than two decades, this unlikely pair – an attorney in Baltimore and a joiner at Plimoth Plantation in Massachusetts – have pieced together how this early furniture was constructed using a handful of written sources, the tool marks on surviving examples and endless experimentation in their workshops. The result of their labor is the new Lost Art Press book Make a Joint Stool from a Tree: An Introduction to 17th-century Joinery. This book starts in the woodlot, wedging open a piece of green oak, and it ends in the shop with mixing your own paint using pigment and linseed oil. It's an almost-breathtaking journey because it covers aspects of the craft that most modern woodworkers would never consider. And yet Alexander and Follansbee cover every detail of construction with such clarity that even beginning woodworkers will have the confidence to build a joint stool, an iconic piece of furniture from the 17th century. Joint stools are a fascinating piece of British and early American furniture. Made from riven – not sawn – oak, their legs are typically turned and angled. The aprons and stretchers are joined to the legs using drawbored mortise-and-tenon joints, no glue. And the seat is pegged to the frame below. Because of these characteristics, the stools are an excellent introduction to the following skills. • Selecting the right tools: Many of the tools of the 17th century are similar to modern hand tools – you just need fewer of them. Make a Joint Stool from a Tree introduces you to the very basic kit you need to begin. • Processing green oak: Split an oak using simple tools, rive the bolts into usable stock and dry it to a workable moisture content. • Joinery and mouldings: Learn to cut mortises a

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