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(continued) Books ing details the design and construction of ordinary and fancy chairs, beds, desks and armoires. The text, though archaic, yielded to my high-school knowledge of French, and rurned out to be fascinatingly full of practical information. Thl'! engravings, which include whole pieces as well as developmental drawings of difficult moldings and sections, are precise, detailed, scaled and exquisite. The rag-paper pages come unbound in a cardboard box, enabling one to mount and hang the plates. Rich hopes that there will be enough interest to warrant importing more of Roubo; the coachmaking portion is next on his list, though the first part, on tools and materials, would be next on mine. -John Kelsey The Woodworker's Book of Wooden Kitchen Utensils by Vance SOldley. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., Dept. RB, 135 W. 50th St., New York, N. Y. lO020, 1981. $15.95, hardcover; 128 pp . Author Studley is billed as a designer and printmaker, and the drawings in this book are indeed handsome. The text, however, isn't much good. Aimed at the beginner, the book oversimplifies to the point of outright error. It claims that all oak is waterproof, for instance, and that you can buy waterproof white glue. The bamboo flour scoop can't be made from any piece of bamboo I've ever seen, and it beats me, when making the whisk, how you can bend an 1 n':;-in. piece of bamboo into a 17-in. hoop. If you would like to make a honey dipper by sawing a I-in. dowel into discs, drilling holes through them and then gluing them onto a X-in. dowel, maybe this book is for you. 'the drawings are worth a look for an idea or rwo, but I wouldn't buy the book. -Jim Cummins Woodturning Music Boxes by James A. Jacobson. Sterling Publishing Co ., Two Park Ave., New York, N. Y. 10016, 1983. $lO.95, soltcover; 187 pp . This book is about installing music movements in turned containers and bowls. Jacobson has come up with some clever designs that make the combination more successful than you'd guess-handsome, functional turnings that play a tune. The chapters on how music movements work and on the history of music boxes are . good. The directions f9r turning the containers are basic enough that a beginner wouldn't feel completely lost, but the book would be better in the hands of a practiced turner. These are projects to work up to, not start off with. The author says that when he first put a music movement in one of his turnings, it gave his lathe output a new dimension, a new excitement and a new life. If you are starting to wonder what in the world to turn next, there are some good answers here. �Jim Cummins A Guide to American Wooden Planes and Their Makers by Emil and Martyl Pollak. Astragal Press, One South Street, Box 338M, Morristown, N.]. 07960, 1983. $15.00, paperback; 335 pp. If you have any interest in old wooden planes, whether as a beginner or an advanced collector, you'll enjoy this book. It gives an overall perspective of the types of planes and their makers (whose marks are usually stamped on), and some guidelines about value. In most parts of the country, you can still find usable old planes for about $10. With the plane in one hand and this book in the other, you'll fmd yourself enriched, entranced, possibly hooked for life. I have five old planes on the shelf over my -desk, . and all the makers are listed. One plane is stamped "J.G. Sandkuhl." When I found his name, 22 dates and hometown in the book, I had the uncanny feeling that, instead of merely holding an old plane, I was reaching back through time to shake his hand. -Jim Cummins The Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association, Inc. (Volumes 12-26, March 1959 to December 1973), edited by William D. Geiger, Raymond R. Townsend and Daniel B. Reibel. The Early American Industries Association, Inc., PO Box 2128, Empire State Plaza Sta., Albany, N. Y. 12220, 1983. $27.50, hardcover; 956 pp. Probably no other book so thoroughly covers the variety of antique tools, their histories and their manufacrure as this one does. If that sounds like a pretty tall order, it is, but at nearly a thousand pages, the 14-year collection of The Chronicle covers a lot of ground. Few subjects and tools are covered in hair-splitting detail, but the references listed at the end of many articles provide a starting point for further examination. The Chronicle is the quarterly publication of the Early American Industries Association, a group dedicated to the preservation and study of obsolete tools and artifacts, in order to understand how the tools were used. This volume also commemorates the EAIA's 50th anniversary. Most of the articles represent substantial excavation on the part of the writer, information that would be difficult to ferret out otherwise. For instance, where else could a woodworker interested in shaping ox bows find several articles devoted to that subject? Even so, I found the diaries, letters and journals of woodworkers to be the most interesting part of the book. An 1840s diary of a New England cabinetmaker's apprentice tells of working six days a week, plus evenings, from March through September. After attending a house-raising, he writes disgustedly that he did not receive as much as a "thank you sir for it." -Roy Berendsohn Thos. Moser's Windsor Chairmaking by Thomas Moser. Sterling Publishing Co ., Inc., Two Park Ave., New York, N. Y. 10016, 1982, $8.95, paperback; 192 pp . The title of this book is a misnomer-"Chairmaking in the Windsor Style" would be more appropriate. The text starts out with a short treatise on the evolution of the traditional Windsor chair, with some restoration tips, but suddenly jumps the track and lurches into 20th-century mass production of modern Windsors. Then come short chapters on generic chair design, wood drying, wood selection, and wood bending by lamination. The section of measured drawings and photos of Moser's own Windsor hybrid designs is well done, and the last part of the book is a well-photographed look at the designs being produced at Moser's Maine shop. There is useful information here, particularly production tips, but Moser tries to cover too much ground in a short volume. -David Sloan Provincial Furniture Design and Construction by Franklin H. Gottshall. Crown Publishers, Inc., One Park Ave., New York, N. Y. 10016, 1983. $24.95, hardcover; 150 pp. Another of Gottshall's volumes of excellent measured drawings and photos of 18th- and 19th-century American furniture, this book is a necessity for the period furniture maker. Included are 29 projects, each complete with instructions and bill of materials. Many of the pieces will challenge the advanced woodworker, particularly the slant-top desk and the large cupboards, but there are small cabinets, chests and tables here for the beginner, too. -David Sloan
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