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Well it's come at last "The Fine Art of Cabinet Making" J Krenov. I've had a quick browse and these are first impressions.
Don't much like those opposing grain pattern door fronts - slightly irritating for some reason and in some cases a bit creepy - the one on p22 looks like a flesh wound. A series of Rorschach Tests to drive you mad perhaps.
Very uncomfortable with the reversal of the normal door rail/stile layout i.e. rails vertical just looks clumsy and wrong. Why does he do this; just to be different?
Suddenly realised what the wedge in saw kerf tenon is all about - its for those who make mortices with round ends cos they haven't got the proper kit! OBMs or square chisel morticers that is. OK once in a while for decoration but is fundamentally weak.
Very messy way of making panels; what a bodge, I'm really surprised!
This above all makes me wonder where he learnt his stuff - not in a trad woodwork shop shop for sure, did he make it all up himself?
He reveals all on p58 where he feebly attempts to criticise "the traditional approach" with respect to "esthetics". Is he blind or what?
At this point I realised what his major influence is on woodworkers today - he and his ilk have driven a wedge between traditional and amateur woodwork almost to separate them completely.
But to give him credit - he acknowledges this very thing on the first page "This book... is for amateurs" etc.
Some very dangerous table sawing practices here - would make me nervous and I'm not 100% Scrit compliant!
Not all bad I'm sure - I do intend to read it through inspite of the tendency towards new-age waffle!
cheers
Jacob
PS sorry Byron I just don't have this "respect" thing - I think celebs and personalities should always be poked with a stick at least, if not given a good kicking, to find out what they are made of :lol:
Don't much like those opposing grain pattern door fronts - slightly irritating for some reason and in some cases a bit creepy - the one on p22 looks like a flesh wound. A series of Rorschach Tests to drive you mad perhaps.
Very uncomfortable with the reversal of the normal door rail/stile layout i.e. rails vertical just looks clumsy and wrong. Why does he do this; just to be different?
Suddenly realised what the wedge in saw kerf tenon is all about - its for those who make mortices with round ends cos they haven't got the proper kit! OBMs or square chisel morticers that is. OK once in a while for decoration but is fundamentally weak.
Very messy way of making panels; what a bodge, I'm really surprised!
This above all makes me wonder where he learnt his stuff - not in a trad woodwork shop shop for sure, did he make it all up himself?
He reveals all on p58 where he feebly attempts to criticise "the traditional approach" with respect to "esthetics". Is he blind or what?
At this point I realised what his major influence is on woodworkers today - he and his ilk have driven a wedge between traditional and amateur woodwork almost to separate them completely.
But to give him credit - he acknowledges this very thing on the first page "This book... is for amateurs" etc.
Some very dangerous table sawing practices here - would make me nervous and I'm not 100% Scrit compliant!
Not all bad I'm sure - I do intend to read it through inspite of the tendency towards new-age waffle!
cheers
Jacob
PS sorry Byron I just don't have this "respect" thing - I think celebs and personalities should always be poked with a stick at least, if not given a good kicking, to find out what they are made of :lol: