Finish Carpentry: Efficient Techniques for Custom Interiors

Finish Carpentry: Efficient Techniques for Custom Interiors
Item #: 260-0157-03
Author: Gary Katz
Publisher: Craftsman
ISBN:1928580157
Format: Paperback
Your Price: $34.95
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Become an expert no matter what the carpentry project.
This new book contains over 500 photos and illustrations from real job sites that show you how to achieve exceptional finish carpentry results in record time. You'll learn how to install windows, doors, baseboard, crown molding, and more. Find out about the tools, jigs and templates that let you do precision work at production speeds. Get hard-won layout and installation tips for rooms that are out-of-square and off plumb and level. See how to construct built-in bookshelves, fireplace surrounds, closets, coffered ceilings, skylight wells, soffits, and formal paneled ceilings with decorative beams. These invaluable tips are guaranteed to help you take your work to a new level of quality and efficiency. 390 pp.

Finish Carpentry: Efficient Techniques for Custom Interiors - Table of Contents:

  • Introduction
  • Finish Carpentry and Design
  • Materials
  • Tools of the Trade
  • Exterior Doors
  • Windows
  • Interior Doors
  • Casing
  • Baseboard
  • Closet Shelving
  • Crown Molding
  • Decorative Walls
  • Decorative Ceilings
  • Decorative Doorways
  • Bookshelves
  • Mantelpieces
  • Appendix 1: Suppliers, Products, and Resources
  • Appendix 2: Take off Charts
  • Appendix 3: Crown Molding Miter & Bevel Angle Setting Chart
  • Index
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