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jmk89
1st July 2009, 04:58 PM
Gary from Toolemera has asked me what are the Australian classic woodwork books. I have to say that, aside from Walton, and similar school/trade texts, and Bootle, I can't really think of one. I suspect that in the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries Aussies who wanted a book on woodwork bought something by P N Hasluck, Charles Hayward, Percy Blandford or Bernard Jones.
Any suggestions of books I could suggest?
RufflyRustic
1st July 2009, 09:10 PM
I cannot think of one book written by an Australian. :?
Maybe we should write our own:cool:
Sawdust Maker
1st July 2009, 10:20 PM
What about Mike Darlow's turning books
Bagmann
1st July 2009, 10:24 PM
Isn't Richard Raffan Australian?? His book - 'the art of bowls' is fantastic, not to mention his earlier stuff.
Rattrap
2nd July 2009, 09:48 AM
Sadly because there isn't really a unique aussie design or form to woodworking there also isn't really an Aussie woodworking book. While there are a couple of books written by Aussies, the only real difference in books between an OS writer & an Aussie writer is weather it is in metric or imperial!
echnidna
2nd July 2009, 10:18 AM
The only aussie style was the oz adaption of arts and crafts stuff pre ww1
rsser
2nd July 2009, 11:03 AM
What about Mike Darlow's turning books
Darlow is IIRC now resident on one of the islands that are part of the UK.
Dunno whether he's remained or ever was an Aussie citizen ... but that's OK. We still think Nellie Melba was one of ours.