A very interesting manual, War Department Technical Manual - Woodworking & Furniture Repair is the product of the US War Department. It is truly an authentic manual for use on military bases.

Detailed in nature it provides twenty-eight projects and lists all of the materials needed for classic furniture building.

This is perfect for history buffs.

I was not able to read this book in the electronic form but ordered a copy from Amazon for my How-To Library. This is an excellent guide to assist the beginner or intermediate woodworker - and even the experienced can use some of the information on tools and how to use them. I can highly recommend this book to friends and family. We learned a good bit just flipping through the book and even more after a careful study.

Netgalley, the War Department, and F+W Media, Popular Woodworking Books introduced me to this book and though I was not able to use the electronic copy, I am so pleased to have it accessible in my working library. Thank you for sharing this hard work with me. I have read this manual of my own volition, and this review reflects my honest opinion of this work.

This is an in-depth manualthat does a good jobof explIaining the use of timeless woodworking tools and the foundations, even down to the time-viscosity-pressure relationships of glue. It's dense and definetely not a easy read, but it is a great resource to keep around. The furniture designs contained within are fairly advanced, and I would not recommend starting your woodworking trials with them, but they're a great standard to work up to with other books.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

This book caught my eye because of the Furniture Repair part of the title. I spent my four years of high school at a vocational school, in the painting and decorating shop. There I learned a lot about the painting industry, but the decorating part included refinishing and repairing of furniture.

The book is informative. The book is boring. The book is an excellent reference for woodworking and it is an excellent resource for woodworking.

Yes I was bored. On the woodworking side, I saw excellent instruction and plans, diagrams and supply list. I do try my hand at woodworking, using a basic set of tools and power tools. Most that I looked at in the book were beyond my skill level. Then there is the techniques for making repairs. All I can say is that I learned nothing new, but what I saw, reinforced what I had learned previous to picking up this book..

If you are an avid woodworker, buy the book. If you want to be a better woodworker, buy the book.

Woodworking and Furniture Repair is a reformatting and reprint of a war department manual originally published in 1946. Due out 28th May 2019 from F+W media and Popular Woodworking, it's 144 pages and will be available in flexibound paperback format.

The book has a forward written by Popular Woodworking's Editor in Chief, with some interesting historical notes about the original purpose and use for the manual.

The manual itself seems to be a facsimile or the original typeset with the same illustrations, technical drawings, and photos. It's neat to see the machinery and tools, which have changed remarkably little in the intervening 73 years. It was also fun to see the woodworkers demonstrating the techniques. Many of them were wearing fedora hats and neckties (safely secured, of course).

The book includes diagrams, materials lists, cutting/measurement lists, and photographs for more than 20 fairly advanced designs. The supporting chapters cover the construction, gluing, joinery, etc in very general terms. This manual aimed to be used for furniture repair also, and includes a number of specific cutting lists for the types of furniture (beds, tables, desks, chests, shelves, chairs of several types) as well as maintenance advice for existing furniture. There is also a well illustrated short chapter on repairing upholstered furniture (the illustrations are chiefly line-drawn).

Some of the drawings and photographs are dated; it's a product of its period. I found it very interesting from a historical standpoint as well as for the woodworking and furniture detailing information.

It must be noted for the modern woodworker that proper safety procedures are an absolute must. Much of the information in this manual includes the use of primers and solvents which have been found to be highly carcinogenic in the intervening years.

Some really neat info included in this book. It would make a great gift, library book, or addition to the traditional woodworker.

Four stars.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.