Best "How to" books

[brucehc1711]

Good morning,
I'd be really grateful for recommendations on guide books for cabinet / door making.
I'm pretty much starting from scratch; having been renovating / extending the house for the last 12 years I need to deck it out!
I have a mitre saw, dovetail jig, fixed and plunge router and hand tools.
Thinking of investing in a router table and table saw, I'd be grateful on guides to build / use those as well, please.
Many thanks in advance
Bruce

 

[johnnyb]

are you wanting to build built in cabinets( with doors) or cabinets and doors( full sized house ones)

 

[johnnyb]

or even furniture( free standing).

 

[recipio]

Books tend to be a little out of date relative to the tools now available. It's entirely feasible to make your own doors , even full sized but I think you will need to add a planer /thicknesser to your list.

 

[Jacob]

Ernest Joyce "The Technique of Furniture Making".
Best there is.
Often over priced on Ebay but hang on in and you'll get one cheap, 10 - 15 quid. Last one I bought was only 1p plus postage! I think somebody had bought up a technical library or something.
Or for joinery in general any of the pre circa 1950 books, from when hand woodwork was a major industry. My favourite is "Joinery & Carpentry" Edited; Greenhalgh. New Era Publications. 6 volumes.

 

[Spectric]

Look up Tautons, maybe American but they give some great insight as well as many construction techniques.

Authors like Tolpin or Robert Lang do some good books and the American woodworker book How to Make Kitchen Cabinets (American Woodworker): Build, Upgrade, and Install Your Own with the Experts at American Woodworker : Edited by Randy Johnson: Amazon.co.uk: Books is very informative.

For doors and storage look at building doors and drawers by Andy Rae it is a good source of info.

 

[brucehc1711]

Thanks all.
Tasks are new front door with frame and glazed side panel / inset.
2 internal cupboard doors - turning now internal window, and old fireplace into cupboards.
These all oak.
Free standing storage unit / bookshelves, plus chest of drawers and wardrobe.
These likely to be birch ply (though recommendations for alternative materials welcomed (plus sources 1/2 way between Bristol and Gloucester)).