This antique text contains a detailed guide to making cabinets. Including detailed, step-by-step instructions and clear, helpful diagrams, this comprehensive guide has been designed with beginners in mind and constitutes the perfect manual for constructing a wide range of cabinet styles. Offering information on the advantages and disadvantages of each design and covering areas such as joining, materials, and tools, this text contains everything a novice woodworker might need to know. The chapters of this book include: 'Joints in Carcase Work', 'Cabinet and Table Tops', 'Table and Chair Legs', 'Cabinet Doors', 'Barred Doors and Leaded Lights', 'How to Make Drawers', 'Drawer and Rail Runners', 'How to fit Cornices and Cappings', 'Shapings in Cabinet Work', 'Rule Joint for Drop Leaves'. 'How to Work Mouldings With Planes', et cetera. We are proud to republish this book complete with a new introduction on making and restoring furniture.