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Hi, all.
Just to get this out of the way up front, I did a google search. (lol) I figured that since I was a newbie, and since this topic doesn't seem to have been covered very well here since 1999 or so (which surprises me, given everyone's enthusiasm about recommending posters to read, read, read), I figured I'd be the sacrificial lamb to ask: What top 10 woodworking books would you recommend? So far as I can see, "Understanding Wood" (by R. Bruce Hoadley), and "Understanding Wood Finishing" (by Bob Flexner) are both widely recommended. I was wondering what other books you all would recommend. For example, is "Woodworker's Hand Tools" (by Rick Peters) a good pick? I was also planning on buying at least one good book each on making jigs, woodworking (general), band saws, table saws, joinery, & routers (although I hear that Pat warners book is limited to individual routers rather than technique-- even though I love his website). Do you think these types of books would give a good background, or do you feel there is more essential reading material I should consider first? And, yes, I have a library card. I have been reading quite a bit, actually, and am simply asking to see what people consider to be essential to a library. (Also, yes, I am looking into taking a local class in woodworking. -- Did I steal too many people's thunder? lol.) So, top 10, anyone?? -Barry |
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 08:09:08 GMT, "Groggy"
pixelated: Larry, having problems with my network router so the site has down-syndrome. It should be back next week, if DLink can get their act together, they've had it a week already. Suckage. There is an alternate site that has the info at http://www.wood-workers.com/users/gregmillen/ This is somewhat emasculated due to space restrictions but it does have the reference books, see the menu on the left. Thanks. I'll bookmark it, and let's hope bkeane sees it. - - - Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever. --- http://diversify.com Website Application Programming for YOU! |
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"news.verizon.net" wrote in message ... Hi, all. Just to get this out of the way up front, I did a google search. (lol) I figured that since I was a newbie, and since this topic doesn't seem to have been covered very well here since 1999 or so (which surprises me, given everyone's enthusiasm about recommending posters to read, read, read), I figured I'd be the sacrificial lamb to ask: What top 10 woodworking books would you recommend? So far as I can see, "Understanding Wood" (by R. Bruce Hoadley), and "Understanding Wood Finishing" (by Bob Flexner) are both widely recommended. I was wondering what other books you all would recommend. For example, is I've taken a different track here... Instead of looking for definitive works, typically written by a single author, I've gone the route of buying pretty much everything I can find from remainder vendors. I'm looking for variance across writers in techniques and ideas. From the multitude of works I pick and choose what works for me given my current task and the tools I either have or can buy at that moment. The result of this approach is that over the past four years or so I've added 150+ books to my shelves. The remainder vendors sell cheap so the dollars involved here are not too bad... and there is always at least one useful item in a book no matter how good it is overall. If nothing else, some books are useful as a way to identify other works that may be better--particularly the more scholarly books that have citations. As an example, I paid about $7-8 for the 2nd Edition of Hoadley's book in hard cover whereas Amazon gets $28. John |
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"news.verizon.net" wrote in message ... Hi, all. Just to get this out of the way up front, I did a google search. (lol) I figured that since I was a newbie, and since this topic doesn't seem to have been covered very well here since 1999 or so (which surprises me, given everyone's enthusiasm about recommending posters to read, read, read), I figured I'd be the sacrificial lamb to ask: What top 10 woodworking books would you recommend? So far as I can see, "Understanding Wood" (by R. Bruce Hoadley), and "Understanding Wood Finishing" (by Bob Flexner) are both widely recommended. I was wondering what other books you all would recommend. For example, is "Woodworker's Hand Tools" (by Rick Peters) a good pick? I was also planning on buying at least one good book each on making jigs, woodworking (general), band saws, table saws, joinery, & routers (although I hear that Pat warners book is limited to individual routers rather than technique-- even though I love his website). Do you think these types of books would give a good background, or do you feel there is more essential reading material I should consider first? And, yes, I have a library card. I have been reading quite a bit, actually, and am simply asking to see what people consider to be essential to a library. (Also, yes, I am looking into taking a local class in woodworking. -- Did I steal too many people's thunder? lol.) So, top 10, anyone?? -Barry A hard question to answer, because it depends on what you like to make and what style you prefer. Tage Frid teaches Woodworking is always highly recommended. If you are particularly interested in hand tools, then both Garrett Hack's and Graham Blackburn's books are good. David Charlesworth is a very practical British author. There really are so many. Just to add names: Doug Stowe, Andy Rae, Ian Kirby, Kelly Mehler, James Krenov, Toshio Odate, Scott Landis and many more. I really don't know if I could narrow it down to 10 books. Some of these authors, you really couldn't go wrong with 3 or more of their books. Cheers, Eric |
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