I Can Do That

636 Pages·2012·16.862 MB·English

by  Editors of Popular Woodworking

I CAN DO THAT! WOODWORKING PROJECTS
UPDATED & EXPANDED
EDITED BY DAVID THIEL

Table of Contents
Yes You Can Do It!
Rules for Using the Tools
Techniques
Materials & Hardware
SEATING
1 Skansen Bench
2 Hall Bench
3 Simple Side Chair
4 Patio Chair
5 Mud Room Bench
TABLES
6 Round Taboret
7 Victorian Side Table
8 Coffee Table
9 Factory Cart Coffee Table
10 Tapered-leg Table
11 Game Table
12 Tiered End Table
STORAGE
13 Pirate Chest
14 Storage Bench
15 Pegged Shoe Rack
16 Mitered CD/DVD Rack
17 Canted Wall Box
18 Pleasant Hill Firewood Box
19 Painted Cupboard
SHELVING
20 Egg Crate Shelves
21 Whale Tail Shelves
22 Stacking Bookcases
23 Contemporary Shelves
24 Simplified Stickley Bookcase
25 Shaker Shelves
26 Library Magazine Rack
27 Corner Shelf
28 Open Bookcase
29 Contemporary Bookshelves
30 Shaker Shelf
MISCELANEOUS
31 Tool Rack
32 Step Stool
33 Fish Sticks Trivet
34 Knife Block
35 Shaker-inspired Step Stool
36 Low-profile Serving Tray
37 Recycling Station
38 Bi-fold Shutters
Suppliers
Index
Yes You Can Do It!
When you get started in woodworking there are many paths to follow, forks in the road,
dead-ends and shortcuts. It’s a journey that our forebears would make with the help of a
living, breathing guide: a master, a grandfather, a shop teacher.
Sadly, the guides are fewer in number today. And so you are left with people like me to
help. Like the making of meat by-products, it’s not a pretty sight. Getting your woodworking
instruction from books, magazines, television and the occasional class is a slow way to
learn a complex task. In fact, many woodworkers spend a long time (years!) simply
accumulating machines and tools before they ever build a single piece of furniture. And
when they do begin to build, they inevitably discover that they actually need different
machines and tools to make what they really want to make.
So they buy more tools and machines.
I want you to know something important that doesn’t get said much: There is another way
to begin building furniture. You don’t need a table saw, a workbench or even a shop. You
don’t need to spend $1,000 to build your first birdhouse. You can go to the home center in
the morning and start building something the same day.
I’m not talking about building junk, either. The difference between a nice-looking set of
bookshelves and a rude assemblage of 2×4s isn’t a table saw. The difference is cleverness,
sound design and just a wee bit of patience.
To build nice furniture you need a handful of decent tools that you won’t outgrow. This