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hi Sid,
I did think about beech actually, but the lumber yard had a big supply of ready-planed oak and very little beech.
Charles: thanks for the warning- I will think on it- i don’t have a planer though and the drawers will get pretty heavy if I leave them in oak….
johnthanks guys,
Oak it is then; purely for cost reasons the drawers sides will be in pine indeed (I hadn’t thought about that ammoniacal tone either). Cedar is a cool idea for the bottom, if its affordable. The back I’ll probably do in shiplapped pine or plywood (or is that sacreligous?)
johnHi,
I’ve been hunting for good books too-
I just picked a book by the highly recommend James Krenov (Swedish modernist/craft style). His stuff is aimed at being inspirational rather than a how-to text.
I also enjoyed Sam Maloof’s biography- beautiful pictures.
Though not really in the range you suggested, I also liked Walker and Tolpin’s “By hand and eye”, a fairly technical book on using tradional proportions and classical measurement tools (dividers/sectors/hand span). Available from Lost Art Press
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