By Hound & Eye

By George Walker, Jim Tolpin, Andrea Love (illustrator)

Book cover of By Hound & Eye: A Plain & Easy Guide to Designing Furniture with No Further Trouble

Book description

Cartoon character, "Journeyman" and his dog, "Snidely" teach the basics of furniture making. Geometry is a major component of the instruction plus the basic tools of the trade are explained and applied to this art. A novice will truly learn the craft while an experienced carpenter will find this enjoyable…

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1 author picked By Hound & Eye as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Forget the tape measure. Leave the fractions, decimals, and mathematics behind. Long before the tape measure was a universal adornment on the woodworker’s belt, people designed furniture, houses, bridges, and cathedrals using nothing more than simple whole number ratios. This slender tome will show you how to do just that and will entertain you along the way. 

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