I will be the first to admit I am cranky after a couple of weeks of house arrest waiting on surgery next Tues. Even so the following kind of thing really irritates me.
"Surfacing"
"The care you put into surfacing the stock determines how well your block lamination will turn out....... First, plane the board, keeping it as thick as possible."
Ventura is talking about starting with rough 4/4 stock. If surface prep is so important why not tell and show the proper way to do it. I know and I am sure the members of this forum know you need to face joint a board before running it through a planner. OK hand tool guys I did not mean to leave you out. There is more than one way to flatten one side of the board.
Making BS boxes, basic ones, is really very simple. This, to me, is the kind of thing someone without a lot of experience might try. Someone could waste a lot of time, wood and money following Ventura's directions.
She does reference using a 6" jointer but only for edge jointing. Even if you did know to face joint the boards it would not help you with the stock that is over 6" wide for some of the boxes in the book. She does not address this at all.
Would I recommend buying the book, yes. Overall it is a good book except for a few things.
"Surfacing"
"The care you put into surfacing the stock determines how well your block lamination will turn out....... First, plane the board, keeping it as thick as possible."
Ventura is talking about starting with rough 4/4 stock. If surface prep is so important why not tell and show the proper way to do it. I know and I am sure the members of this forum know you need to face joint a board before running it through a planner. OK hand tool guys I did not mean to leave you out. There is more than one way to flatten one side of the board.
Making BS boxes, basic ones, is really very simple. This, to me, is the kind of thing someone without a lot of experience might try. Someone could waste a lot of time, wood and money following Ventura's directions.
She does reference using a 6" jointer but only for edge jointing. Even if you did know to face joint the boards it would not help you with the stock that is over 6" wide for some of the boxes in the book. She does not address this at all.
Would I recommend buying the book, yes. Overall it is a good book except for a few things.
