Jim Tolpin's Guide to Becoming a Professional Cabinetmaker

Jim Tolpin's Guide to Becoming a Professional Cabinetmaker
Author: Jim Tolpin
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2005-09-16
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1440316147

Your Blueprint for Making Good Cabinetry and Good Money If you've ever dreamed of making an honest living with your hands, then let Jim Tolpin show you how to become a professional cabinetmaker without losing your shirt - or your sanity. Thirty years ago Tolpin almost destroyed his custom cabinetmaking business because he committed every easy-to-make but hard-to-avoid mistake. He fixed his shop, his woodworking techniques and his business model so that instead of them making him crazy, they would make him a comfortable living. With the help of Jim Tolpin's Guide to Becoming a Professional Cabinetmaker you can follow the same successful and detailed path as you set up your own woodworking business (or make your existing business run more smoothly). Here's what you'll learn: • Be as good at business as you are at woodworking. Structure your business correctly. Keep records that allow you to set accurate prices. Find new business and keep the old. • Configure your shop, buy your tools and build your jigs so they earn their keep. • Blend high-tech European cabinetry techniques with American furniture styles to make cabinets that are quick to build, easy to customize and a snap to sell to people in your market.

Jim Tolpin's Guide to Becoming a Professional Cabi

Jim Tolpin's Guide to Becoming a Professional Cabi
Author: Jim Tolpin
Publisher: Popular Woodworking Books
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2005-10-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781558707535

Your Blueprint for Making Good Cabinetry and Good Money If you've ever dreamed of making an honest living with your hands, then let Jim Tolpin show you how to become a professional cabinetmaker without losing your shirt - or your sanity. Thirty years ago Tolpin almost destroyed his custom cabinetmaking business because he committed every easy-to-make but hard-to-avoid mistake. He fixed his shop, his woodworking techniques and his business model so that instead of them making him crazy, they would make him a comfortable living. With the help of Jim Tolpin's Guide to Becoming a Professional Cabinetmaker you can follow the same successful and detailed path as you set up your own woodworking business (or make your existing business run more smoothly). Here's what you'll learn: Be as good at business as you are at woodworking. Structure your business correctly. Keep records that allow you to set accurate prices. Find new business and keep the old. Configure your shop, buy your tools and build your jigs so they earn their keep. Blend high-tech European cabinetry techniques with American furniture styles to make cabinets that are quick to build, easy to customize and a snap to sell to people in your market.

Measure Twice, Cut Once

Measure Twice, Cut Once
Author: Jim Tolpin
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2007-06-18
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1440317607

The First Book a Woodworker Needs! Professional woodworker Jim Tolpin offers solid instruction on the principles of measurement and proportion, walking you through every step of the woodworking process. From design and layout to developing a cutting list, his easy-to-follow style introduces a variety of tools (new and old) used to transfer measurements accurately to the wood. You'll learn the best cutting techniques, how to prevent mistakes before they happen, and for those unavoidable mistakes, you'll learn how to fix them so no one will know!

Jim Tolpin's Woodworking Wit & Wisdom

Jim Tolpin's Woodworking Wit & Wisdom
Author: Jim Tolpin
Publisher: Popular Woodworking Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004-07-29
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781558707191

Did you know? The three most fundamental and essential tools can't be bought. Sanding is the slowest, most tedious, and most counterproductive way to prepare a surface for the clearest, richest finish. The absolute strongest bends are made without bending the wood. A scrap of tarpaper and a chunk of scrap wood comprise one of the most precise layout tools available to a woodworker. There is no such thing as a mistake in woodworking. Well, neither did I when I started working wood more than 30 years ago. But I sure wish I had learned these and a host of other essential woodworking concepts and techniques a lot sooner than I did - it would have saved me much anguish and frustration. However, I wasn't able to learn these fundamentals from books, shop classes, or TV woodworkers. Instead, I was fortunate enough to work with and learn from members of the last generation of traditionally apprenticed cabinetmakers and boat builders. The 60 essential lessons from the trade that I have recorded in this book are the first things I teach to my own kids in the hope that they will enjoy, as I have, a life of working wood with immeasurable pleasure, passion and purpose - and a minimum of wicked awful mistakes. Jim Tolpin

Building Traditional Kitchen Cabinets

Building Traditional Kitchen Cabinets
Author: Jim Tolpin
Publisher: Taunton
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781561587971

First published in 1994, this book quickly established itself as the standard shop reference on building kitchen cabinets. It covers all aspects of building a complete set of cabinets, from choosing a style for doors, to laying out the cabinets, to finishing and installing convenience hardware in the interiors.

Build Your Own Kitchen Cabinets

Build Your Own Kitchen Cabinets
Author: Danny Proulx
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2003-07-17
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1440316325

Build your own kitchen cabinets! You don't need a showroom full of equipment or expertise in calculus to build your own kitchen cabinets. In fact, Danny Proulx's concise, easy-to-follow instructions enable you to create incredible kitchens with just a few power tools—a table saw, circular saw, router and drill. Completely revised and updated, Build Your Own Kitchen Cabinets, Second Edition, provides start-to-finish guidelines for crafting upper and lower cabinets, plus practical information on kitchen design, material selection and tool shortcuts. Proulx's instruction is practical, easy to understand and time-tested, refined in his own shop, and taught by him in countless seminars and workshops. You'll learn how to plan, design, construct and install your own complete handmade kitchen, from simple cabinets and over-the-sink cupboards to lazy-Susan shelving, stemware, storage and more: • Combine the beauty of traditional face-frame cabinetry with the strength and simplicity of European cabinetry and hardware • Build drawers, pull-outs and flip-outs to maximize storage space • Use European hinges, adjustable legs and other specialized hardware to take the guesswork out of construction and installation • Use simple butt joints to build strong cabinets quickly • Customize your cabinets' looks with a variety of door styles, countertops and finishes Page after page, Danny Proulx proves that you can build your own beautiful kitchen cabinets.

The Toolbox Book

The Toolbox Book
Author: Jim Tolpin
Publisher: Taunton Press
Total Pages: 218
Release: 1998
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781561582723

Provides designs and instructions for building tool boxes, and offers advice for the most efficient ways to store tools.

The New Traditional Woodworker

The New Traditional Woodworker
Author: Jim Tolpin
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-05-04
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1440304289

Working Wood, Not Machining It If you're more interested in working with wood rather than machining it, you will be relieved to learn that expensive powered machinery isn't required to build furniture. You can also forget the dust masks, face shields and hearing protection since many of the safety concerns related to woodworking—the use of power tools—are eliminated. In this book, you'll learn to set up a hand-tool woodworking shop, then discover the toolset, practice the skillset, and understand the mindset—effectively completing a comprehensive course in hand-tool woodworking.

Building the Perfect Tool Chest

Building the Perfect Tool Chest
Author: Jim Stack
Publisher: Popular Woodworking Books
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2003-07-03
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781558706507

Step-by-step instructions for building 15 wooden tool chests and boxes.