Dining Tables: Outstanding Projects from America's Best Craftsmen (Furniture Projects)

Gave me better understanding of concepts.

This was exactly the type of book he was hoping for. He's very happy with it.

Liked good drawings, photos and text.

I am in the throws of building a dining table. Although this book didn't show me the table I want to do, it gave me a lot of ideas and well needed information on sizes and hardware. There are a lot of different tables in here, well suited for the majority of what people really want, but all I wanted was a simple rectangular table. They have one in there which is expanding, mine will be similar, but not expanding. However, I am going to incorporate some of the details from other tables into mine. I am glad I bought this one, even though I have several other table building books, this one had more of what I really needed to know. But then I wouldn't expect any different from Taunton press. Thanks also to Amazon for the "read inside" part of the book, it persuaded me to purchase it.

Upon opening the book I gathered in its instruction on construction of solid proven tables that last lifetimes. we as carpenters all wish to leave behind parts of ourselves and to do this the knowledge in these books make this happen.

Projects are completed with minimal tools. Step by step instructions with easily read dimensions. Designs fit very well into today's lifestyle. Very well illustrated and easy to follow.

Dining room tables are different in complexity than smaller tables, so its apropos that Taunton chose to put these tables in a separate book from their Tables book. I have both, and have built projects out of both. The Dining Table book deals has a nice layout and design section in the beginning where it describes the minimum and ideal dimensions for tables built for certain numbers of people.The book contains a nice selections of projects, including a trestle table (pictured on the front cover), a shaker style kitchen table (which I built), various expandable tables, and a boat table constructed using a torsion box.I would also recommend reading the Tables book by Taunton, as it has a dining room table designed by Frank Klausz which is awesome.

While this is an excellent book,, the techniques required to produce some of the tables goes far beyond the abilities and tooling of the average garage woodworker.

Very find layouts and helpful suggestions. I was very glad to receive it.