Carpentry: Tricks of the Trade for Building and Finishing Your House

by Bob Syvanen

Book Overview

Everything you need to know about carpentry, exterior and interior finishing, as well as tips and tricks for evaluating new construction. Bob Syvanen combines five decades of experience,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881791679
• ISBN13: 9780881791679
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Hartley & Marks Publishers
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A quick and easy and informative read.

I used to be a finish carpenter and Tricks of the Trade taught me lots of little shortcuts and lessons learned by a carpenter the hard way. The simple illustrations reinforced and clarified the lessons. Aside from all the tricks and hints I also learned, what for me, has become a most important bit of advise from this book, make your mistakes work to your advantage. If you want to learn some lessons about carpentry the easy way then buy this book, otherwise buy a few extra pieces of wood for your next project to learn the lessons them the hard way.

Great review from "Fine Homebuilding" magazine, Nov '99

This book received a great review in the November 1999 issue of "Fine Homebuilding" magazine.