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January 2, 2020

Five types of books for better woodworking

Filed under: Books, Woodworking — Tags: — Nicholas @ 06:00

Rex Krueger
Published 1 Jan 2020

Some of the best (and most under-rated) books about woodwork.

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Single-Topic Books (Amazon links are affiliate):

Making and Mastering Wooden Planes (Finck) [In print]: https://bit.ly/2Q7Pube

Woodwork as a System:

Japanese Woodwork Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use (Odate) [In print]: https://amzn.to/36kLWIB

Hands Employed Aright: The Furniture Making of Jonathan Fisher (Klein) [In print]: https://bit.ly/2ZDgMtq

Furniture Collections:

The Pine Furniture of Early New England (Kettell) [In print, but cheaper used]: https://amzn.to/36axW3N

By Shaker Hands (Sprigg) [Out of print, but easy to find and cheap]: https://amzn.to/2MHuOor

Early American Antique Country Furnishings (Neumann) [Out of print, but cheap and easy to find]: https://amzn.to/2Qv7cEF

Subversive Books:

Make a Chair From a Tree: An Introduction to Working Green Wood (Alexander) [Out of print; hard to find]

Make a Joint Stool From a Tree (Alexander, Follansbee) [Updated version of Alexander’s other book; In print]: https://bit.ly/37nJKA1

Reference Books:

Understanding Wood Finishing (Flexner) [In print]: https://amzn.to/2tbRVAK

With the Grain: A Craftsman’s Guide to Understanding Wood (Becksvoort): [In print]: https://bit.ly/2ZCQQOz

Other Favorites:

Country Furniture (Watson) [In print, but MANY used copies out there]: https://amzn.to/369Zvdr

The Practical Woodturner (Pain) [Out of print but cheap and easy to find]: https://amzn.to/35aMVtp

The Practical Woodworker (Jones) [In Print. Huge and cheap]: https://amzn.to/2rE31hi

The Handplane Book (Hack) [In print]: https://amzn.to/37n6Bvv

Workbenches: From Design and Theory to Construction and Use (Schwarz) [In print]: https://amzn.to/35bpcZS

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