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Woodworking Theory and Philosophy |
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The Soul of
a Tree: A Master Woodworkers Reflections |
George
Nakashima |
Ethan |
is an absolutely fabulous
book on woodworking theory and insight into the mind of one of the brilliant
woodworkers of our era |
1988 |
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Meetings With Remarkable Trees |
Thomas Pakenham |
barbs |
Review: This
book is a superb blend of poetry, philosophy and photography of living giants
of the Earth. From native trees of |
1997 |
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A Cabinetmaker’s Notebook |
James Krenov |
Loren |
LJ Review This book (and Krenov’s others) are about
Feelings. They |
2000 |
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Harvesting Urban Timber: A Complete Guide to Making
Better Use of Urban Trees |
Sam Sherrill |
DannyBoy |
LJ Review takes an ecological, economic, and just common
sense approach to addressing the waste that our society generates by not
treating felled trees of our urban forests as assets or inventory but as
waste to be thrown away |
2003 |
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A Splintered History of Wood:
Belt Sander Races, Blind Woodworkers, and Baseball Bats |
Spike Carlsen |
KDL |
LJ Review This is an easy,
entertaining read, with a nice mix of humor, facts, and real-world knowledge.
… it won’t replace
anything on your shelf, but it’ll give you a real appreciation for what wood
can do and has done. |
2009 |
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The Woodbook: The Complete Plates |
Romeyn Beck Hough |
Gary Fixler |
LJ Review Compilation of a 15
volume set describing 354 American species of wood complete with plates of
each species cut in transverse (crosscut), radial (quartersawn), and tangential (flat or
plain sawn) directions |
2007 |
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Wood Selection, Preparation,
Storing |
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Woodworker’s Guide to Selecting and Milling Wood |
Charles Self |
barbs |
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1994 |
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The Woodbook: The Complete Plates |
Romeyn Beck Hough |
Gary Fixler |
LJ Review Compilation of a 15
volume set describing 354 American species of wood complete with plates of
each species cut in transverse (crosscut), radial (quartersawn), and tangential (flat or
plain sawn) directions |
2007 |
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Woodworking – General Carpentry
and General Furniture |
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Made by
Hand: Furniture Projects from the Unplugged Woodshop |
Tom Fidgen |
Blake |
LJ Review Tom Fidgen is one of our own. His blog
announcement of the book is here Tom Fidgen blog. … about 160 pages
loaded with beautiful, high quality photographs of the process of working
with hand tools. He doesn’t just write about the tools, he writes about the
process in vivid detail. Six projects are followed—a table, a sideboard, a
bookcase, etc.—from start to finish, in beautiful detail. |
2009 |
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The Complete Home Carpenter |
George Daniels |
Dick, & Barb Cain |
This book is well
illustrated with some nice projects. |
1976 |
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The Complete
Manual of Woodworking |
Albert Jackson, David Day |
Obi |
It is fully illistrated
with joinery technques, tools, pictures of exotic woods, fine furniture…
Great All-Around Book for Beginners and Experienced Wookworkers alike. |
1989 |
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Complete Illustrated Guide to Furniture and Cabinet
Construction |
Andy Rae |
Don |
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2001 |
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Encyclopedia
of Furniture Making |
Ernest Joyce |
jockmike2 |
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1987 |
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Woodworker’s Essential Facts, Formulas, and
Short-Cuts |
Ken Horner |
Jim Crockett |
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2003 |
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Building Construction Illustrated |
Francis D.K. Chang |
Dick, & Barb Cain |
I have the first edition
1975 hardcover. It has drawings of all facets of building construction, from
the foundation to finishing. It’s a large sized book 11” x 14”. It’s a very
useful reference book. |
1975 |
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The Art of Making Furniture |
John Makepeace |
Dick, & Barb Cain |
I highly recommend this
book. It’s very well illustrated with some nice furniture. I have the 1982
Edition. Part One: WOOD, Part Two: PLANS, Part Three: TOOLS & TECHNIQUES. |
1982 |
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Illustrated Cabinetmaking How
to Design and Construct Furniture That Works |
Bill Hylton |
Mark Shymanski |
LJ Review It isn’t a tool that generates sawdust but I
think it is one of my, now, well worn tools. I highly recommend it. |
2008 |
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Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking, A Step-By-Step
Guidebook To Essential Woodworking Technique |
Tage Frid |
Ben |
LJ Review 3 books, 1 and 2 are together and available
in paperback |
1994 |
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Woodworker’s Guide to Pricing Your Work |
Dan Ramsay |
Durnik150 |
LJ Review would recommend adding this to your library if you run a woodworking
business or are a serious seller of your works |
2005 |
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Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value
of Work |
Matthew Crawford |
Jim |
LJ Review “Philosopher and motorcycle repair-shop owner
Crawford extols the value of making and fixing things in this masterful paean
to what he calls “manual competence,” the ability to work with one’s hands. |
2009 |
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The Complete Woodworker |
Bernard E. Jones |
kiwi1969 |
LJ Review If Nick Englers recently reviewed book is the go
to book for modern woodworking, then The complete woodworker is the turn of
the century equivalent. |
1917 (earliest version) |
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Woodworking Wisdom: Ultimate Guide To Cabinetry and
Furniture Making |
Nick Engler |
Craftsman on the |
LJ Review Explaining an encyclopedia isn’t easy so I’ll
stop here. Suffice to say that I’m sure I’ll refer to this book over and over
again. If I have a question I’m sure it will be there. I’m not that
knowledgeable about woodworking. This will be like having someone to call if
need be. |
1997 |
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The Woodwright’s Guide: Working Wood with Wedge and
Edge |
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Texasgaloot |
LJ Review For any of us who find any joy at all in
transforming wood, this is mandatory reading. I defy you not to let your
imagination wander! |
2008 |
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Great Designs from Fine Woodworking: Furniture |
Fine Woodworking editors |
bent |
LJ Review Each project is about 2-3
pages and has a basic assembly or cutaway drawing. There’s
just enough notes to let you see how the project goes together without being
a tutorial. It seems to be equal parts A&C, period, shaker, and
contemporary. |
2006 |
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Starting an Outdoor Furniture
Manufacturing Business |
Matt Oppenheim |
sandhill |
LJ Review How to start an outdoor
furniture manufacturing business. This is the most straight up and to the
point, down and dirty “Here is how it’s done, but it’s not easy” book I have
found to date |
2009 |
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Wood Carving |
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How to Carve Faces in Driftwood |
Harold L. Enlow |
Dick, & Barb Cain |
LJ Review This book
helped me a lot in my first attempts at carving. Harold Enlow shows, how to carve wind spirits, Etc. With a lot of step
by step images. |
1978 |
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Carving Award-winning Songbirds |
Lori Corbett |
David Craig |
LJ Review This volume is more
like an encyclopedia than a simple how to book. Lori Corbett documented just
about everything she knows about bird carving and then some. |
2005 |
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Carving the Human Face |
Jeff Phares |
MsDebbieP |
LJ Review With over 250 steps, broken
down into eight working sections, the author carefully guides you through the
process of releasing the human face from a chunk of wood. |
2009 |
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WorkShop |
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The Toolbox Book |
Jim Tolpin |
frank |
If you like to study
toolboxes and want some understanding and ideas on making your own then this
is another excellent read |
1998 |
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The
Workbench Book: A Craftsman's Guide to Workbenches for Every Type of
Woodworking |
Scott Landis |
vtwoody |
thoroughly enjoyed all three. They are written well, are interesting,
and the photos of different benches, toolboxes, workshops, etc. (Toolbox,
Workbench, Workshop) |
1998 |
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The Workshop Book |
Scott Landis |
vtwoody |
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1998 |
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Woodshop Dust Control |
Sandor Nagkyczlanasczy |
dbhost |
a lot of folks recommend
this book |
2002 |
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Workbenches: From
Design and Theory to Construction and Use |
Christopher Schwartz |
BikerDad |
BikerDad LJ Review For those interested in the purpose, design,
analysis and use of woodworking benches, this book is IMHO the best available
today. |
2007 |
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Finishing |
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Understanding Wood
Finishing: How to Select and Apply the Right Finish |
Bob Flexner |
frank |
here is a good book for
understanding wood finishing |
2005 |
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Protecting Wood.pdf |
R. Bruce
Hoadley |
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frank |
free download from |
2000 |
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Furniture – Antique Reproduction |
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Antique Furniture Reproduction |
John A. Nelson |
Note that there are multiple editions, also an
advanced book. |
Dick, & Barb Cain |
I have the 1982 hardcover
edition. It has dimensioned drawings of 15 Items. A very useful book of
small projects. |
1982 |
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Furniture – Arts and Crafts |
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Greene & Greene : Design
Elements for the Woodshop |
Darrell Peart |
Don |
This book is a must have, high on my list of woodworking info and
furniture making books of the 600 woodworking books I have it’s in the top 3
for sure and I’ve only read half way through. |
2006 |
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Popular
Woodworking's Arts & Crafts Furniture: 25 Projects For Every Room In Your
Home |
Popular Woodworking
Editors |
DannyBoy |
LJ Review If you are an experienced woodworker and can skip
the instructions on most projects, then you may love using this because they
really are great looking designs. |
2008 |
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Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture |
Robert W. Lang |
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gizmodyne |
LJ Review This is an amazing book containing shop drawings
of Stickley furniture. These are not plans, they are shop drawings. |
2003 |
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Grove Park Inn Arts and Crafts Furniture |
Bruce Johnson |
Timbo |
LJ Review Incredible Arts and
Craft style resort located in |
2009 |
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Furniture – Boxes |
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Complete Illustrated Guide to Box Making |
FWW Editors |
Don |
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2004 |
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Basic Box Making |
Doug Stowe |
Jim Crockett |
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2007 |
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Box Making Basics |
David Freedman |
Jim Crockett |
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1997 |
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New Masters of the Wooden Box |
Oscar Fitzgerald |
MsDebbieP |
LJ Review This book takes boxes to a whole new level. On
one hand you have some extraordinary pieces of art in for the form of boxes
(and more) and on the other hand it begins by taking you on a journey of
man’s evolution and the search for enlightenment. |
2009 |
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Creating Beautiful Boxes With Inlay Techniques |
Doug
Stowe |
Durnik150 epp_dog |
Great book for learning – NOT a book for plans. |
1997 |
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Sculpted
Band Saw Boxes, Design, Inspiration &
Construction |
Lois Keener |
Durnik150 |
LJReview there isn’t as much plan in this book as a parts
list and some finished product |
2008 |
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Furniture – Chairs |
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Designing & Building Chairs |
Doug Stowe |
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2006 |
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Furniture – Country |
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American Country Furniture |
Nick Engler, Mary Jane
Favorite |
MsDebbieP |
LJ Review Perfect balance of pictures, diagrams, and
words. I also like the size of the book |
2009 |
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Furniture – Drawers |
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The Drawer Book |
Bill Hilton |
Jim Crockett |
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2009 |
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Furniture – Joints |
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Complete Illustrated Guide to Joinery |
Gary Rogowski |
Don |
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2002 |
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The Joint Book |
Terrie Noll |
Jim Crockett |
bilsborough
LJ Review If you’re just getting into
wood working I’d say this is a must have. If you’ve been at it for a while, I
think you can still find a few tricks that for it’s price make it worth
while. |
2009 |
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Classic Joints With Power Tools |
Yeung Chan |
barbs |
Loren LJ Review …..is one of the best and most practical….. He shows
several ways to make each joint so even with a modestly equipped shop you’ll
be able |
2002 |
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Furniture – Mantels |
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Building Fireplace Mantels |
Mario Rodriguez |
barbs |
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2002 |
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Furniture - Plans |
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Measured
Shop Drawings for American Furniture |
Thomas Moser |
Dick, & Barb Cain |
A great book to beginning
to understand the influence of Shaker, Chippendale, Hepplewhite and Sheraton
designs (frank) |
1984 |
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Making Authentic Shaker
Furniture: With Measurements |
John G. Shea |
Dick, & Barb Cain |
reprint of "The
American Shakers and their furniture" 1982 |
1997 |
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Build-It-Better-Yourself
Country Furniture |
Handyman Mag Editors |
Dick, & Barb Cain |
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1987 |
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Great Designs from Fine Woodworking: Furniture |
Fine Woodworking editors |
bent |
LJ Review Each project is about
2-3 pages and has a basic assembly or cutaway drawing. There’s just enough
notes to let you see how the project goes together without being a tutorial.
It seems to be equal parts A&C, period, shaker, and contemporary. |
2006 |
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Furniture – Rustic |
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Craig Gilborn |
frank |
If one is wanting to study
and learn about rustic furniture and the rustic tradition then here is an
excellent book on the subject |
1987 |
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Craig Gilborn |
frank |
No study on rustic
furniture is complete without this one, which deals with how the furniture
came out of the woods intio their camps |
2000 |
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Green Woodworking:
Handcrafting Wood from Log to Finished Product |
Drew Langsner |
frank |
since I also do green
woodworking as rustic, one of my first books on the subject that I read and
still read is |
1987 |
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Furniture – Shaker |
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Making Authentic Shaker
Furniture: With Measurements |
John G. Shea |
Dick, & Barb Cain |
reprint of "The
American Shakers and their furniture" 1982 |
1997 |
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Furniture – Toys, Models, and
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Great Book of Wooden Toys |
Norm Marshall |
MsDebbieP |
LJ Review Air, land, sea; single items and toys that link
together. Great combination. |
2009 |
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Turning Vintage Toys |
Chris Reid |
MsDebbieP |
LJ Review Easy to follow, not a lot of reading to do. |
2009 |
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Whacky Toys, Whirligigs & Whatchamacallits |
Rodney Frost |
David Craig |
LJ Review Bottom line, if you like the mixture of woodworking
and art, you should love this book. If you are looking for toy patterns and
straight schematic diagrams, you should steer clear. |
2002 |
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Making Mechanical Marvels in Wood |
Raymond Levy |
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Sivers |
LJ Review All the models in this are meant to be
demonstrative of basic mechanical devices that make up the larger machines
that are all around us. |
1991 |
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Wooden Puzzles |
Editors of Scroll Saw
Woodworking and Crafts |
MsDebbieP |
LJ Review Do our LumberJocks’ scrollwork projects
inspire and intimidate you? Are you puzzled by scroll saw work? The book
“Wooden Puzzles” takes “puzzled” to a whole new level! |
2009 |
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Tools – BandSaw |
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The Bandsaw Book |
Lonnie Bird |
dbhost |
Kerry Drake LJ Review Lonnie Bird talks
about everything that should have been in you bandsaw’s owners manual. A
great book for beginners (like me), walking me though the ins and outs of
bandsaw setup, maintenance and use. |
1999 |
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Tools – Hand |
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Made by
Hand: Furniture Projects from the Unplugged Woodshop |
Tom Fidgen |
Blake |
LJ Review Tom Fidgen is one of our own. His blog
announcement of the book is here Tom Fidgen blog. … about 160 pages loaded with
beautiful, high quality photographs of the process of working with hand
tools. He doesn’t just write about the tools, he writes about the process in
vivid detail. Six projects are followed—a table, a sideboard, a bookcase, etc.—from
start to finish, in beautiful detail. |
2009 |
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Hand Tools:
Their Ways and Workings |
Aldren A. Watson |
WayneC |
LJ Review This book provides a very comprehensive
overview of hand tools you would find in the shop and provides basic
information on their use. The appendix of the book has plans for a work
bench, shooting board, bench hook and a number of other shop made jigs and
fixtures described in the book. Highly
recommended. |
2002 |
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Restoring,
Tuning & Using Classic Woodworking Tools |
Michael Dunbar |
WayneC, barbs |
WayneC LJ Review ..covers
information about why and how to select old tools and then goes in detail in
selecting, restoring and using the tools. He covers planes, chisels,
spokeshaves, saws, etc. Highly recommended if you have added hand tools to
your woodworking toolkit or are planning to and you would like to work with
vintage tools. |
1989 |
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Making
& Modifying Woodworking Tools |
Jim Kingshott |
WayneC |
How to make metal planes. |
1993 |
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Choosing
& Using Hand Tools |
Andy Rae |
barbs |
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2002 |
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Traditional
Woodworking Handtools |
Graham Blackburn |
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LJ Review “Traditional Woodworking
Hand tools is both a guide for collectors and antique-tool enthusiasts
as well as a manual for all woodworkers who would increase their vocabulary
of woodworking techniques”. I can’t tell you how much I love this book. |
2000 (there are earlier
versions also) |
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Essential
Guide to the |
Ken Horner |
JohnR |
LJ Review This book is part history lesson, part instruction manual, part puzzle
solver, and all terrific. It’s value is to be measured by
much more than the sum of its parts. |
2007 |
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The
Complete Guide To Sharpening |
Leonard Lee |
Sir_Robert |
LJ Review 14 years in print, it still ranks well
above other texts on the topic. Mr. Lee’s strong attention to the science
behind his sharpening methods leaves readers feeling confident about using
what they’ve learned. |
1995 |
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Hand Tool
Essentials, Refine Your Power Tool Projects with Hand Tool Techniques |
Christopher Schwartz |
Betsy |
LJ Review Overall this is a very good read. The
“chapters” are small enough to make it an easy “pick up when I have a minute”
type of book. It’s packed with a lot of basic information and gives a good
overview of hand tools as a whole. |
2007 |
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Tools – Lathe |
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Learn to Turn: A Beginner’s Guide to Woodturning
from Start to Finish |
Barry Gross |
dbhost “Learn to Turn: A
Beginner’s Guide to Woodturning from Start to Finish” is a well written, easy
to understand book, chock full of information on the practice, and art of
wood turning. It is probably the best book on woodturning, of the many I have
read. However, for as good of a book as it is, it fails to instill the touch,
and feel that only comes through doing. Follow along with the book, and DO
what it says, develop the touch and feel you need and you will go very
quickly from setting up your first lathe, to spinning beautiful works of art.
Or at least making things reliably round and safe… |
2005 |
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Woodturning with Ray Allen: A Master's
Designs & Techniques for Segmented Bowls & Vessels |
Dale L. Nish |
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2004 |
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To Turn the
Perfect Bowl: Lifelong Quest of Bob Stocksdale |
Ron Roszkiewicz |
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MsDebbieP |
LJ Review Wonderful balance of photographs, interview
questions, and quotes from letters and news clippings. |
2009 |
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Tools – Planes |
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The HandPlane Book |
Garrett Hack |
WayneC |
Excellent book, good coverage of the use of all types of hand planes. |
2003 |
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Working with Handplanes (New
Best of Fine Woodworking) |
FWW Editors |
WayneC |
Articles from Fine Woodworking |
2005 |
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Making and Mastering Hand Planes. Revised Version |
David Finck, James Krenov |
WayneC |
LJ Review Great book on how to make hand planes. |
2009 |
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Planecraft. Hand Planing by Modern Methods |
C.W. Hampton E. Clifford |
WayneC |
This is what appears to be a Record Promotional users guide to the planes
sold by Record. This is a re-print of a 1911 book. |
1911 |
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David Charlesworth's Furniture Making Techniques |
David Charlesworth |
WayneC |
Good info on tuneing and sharpening planes. Has info on the “Ruler” trick
for flattening the back of plane irons. |
1999 |
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Planes. |
Clarence Blanchard |
WayneC |
Pocket price guide for Stanley Planes that I carry when I am out hunting
for planes in Antique Stores and Flea Markets |
2007 |
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Making
& Modifying Woodworking Tools |
Jim Kingshott |
WayneC |
How to make metal planes. |
1993 |
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Handplane
Essentials |
Christopher Schwartz |
WayneC |
LJ Review I am a big fan of Christopher Schwarz’s
work. Full of information on everything you need to know to about hand planes |
2009 |
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Tools – Router |
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Ultimate
Guide to the Router Table |
Bill Hylton |
Jim Crockett |
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Woodworking
with the Router: Professional Router Techniques and Jigs Any Woodworker Can
Use |
Bill Hylton |
Jim Crockett |
PaulD LJ Review just completed reading through this book
and it is by far the best router book I have read. I would highly recommend
this book to anyone whether a total router newbie (like me) or a seasoned
veteran. |
2009 (latest edition) |
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