Book Review: Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Furniture & Cabinet Construction

"Woodcrafter" <[email protected]> wrote in news:4153ff6d$0$10345$afc38c87
@news.optusnet.com.au:

> Just posted a review of the subject titled book on my site if anyone is
> interested in having a read.
> http://www.onlinetoolreviews.com/reviews/tauntonfurncab.htm

That's a fair & reasonable review. As a counterpoint, I will mention
that I found the book (and it's two companions from the original
release) to have a rather low information density - the ample white
space on every page is stylish, but I found myself wishing they had
filled it with sidebars or expanded photo captions. I also felt
that it was far from a "complete" coverage of all possibilities
in furniture & cabinet construction so the title is a bit optimistic
(it's possible that when the entire series is done it will be a
"complete" guide, albeit with a great deal of redundancy between
the volumes).

John

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 21:05:16 +1000, "Woodcrafter" <[email protected]>
calmly ranted:

>Just posted a review of the subject titled book on my site if anyone is
>interested in having a read.
>http://www.onlinetoolreviews.com/reviews/tauntonfurncab.htm

S/B "no fewer than 23 sections." --ed


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Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
---- --Unknown

Can't agree more! Was rather underwhelmed by the set. Don't know
where they are now nor do I care. Lesson learned.

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:40:39 +0000 (UTC), John McCoy
<[email protected]> wrote:

>That's a fair & reasonable review. As a counterpoint, I will mention
>that I found the book (and it's two companions from the original
>release) to have a rather low information density - the ample white
>space on every page is stylish, but I found myself wishing they had
>filled it with sidebars or expanded photo captions.