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23rd July 2005, 07:56 AM #1Novice
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I'm planning to purchase these books: The Complete Guide to Sharpening by Leonard Lee, The Handplane Book by Garrett Hack and Working with Handplanes by Editors of Fine Woodworking. Are these books a good source of information or do you guys recommend other books.
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23rd July 2005, 12:46 PM #2
Can Recommend both the Lee and Hack Books
Howdy Roberto!
I don't have -- and haven't read -- the FWW book, but I heartily recommend the book by Leonard Lee and the one by Garrett Hack. If you're like me, you'll read them then refer to them many times when issues arise.
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23rd July 2005, 03:01 PM #3
The Complete Guide to Sharpening; verges on a must-have, so don't hesitate.(I own a copy)
The Handplane Book: a must-read, but more of a reference book once you have read it once. Nice to have but not essential. (I borrow from my local library from time to time)
I haven't read the FWW one either!
Cheers,
P
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23rd July 2005, 04:16 PM #4Originally Posted by Roberto Perez F
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23rd July 2005, 09:04 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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Sharpening by Leonard Lee is 5 star material. I also recommend the DVD/video on the same subject that Lee Valley put out.
The FWW handplane book is more of a how-to book than Hack's volume, which is a beautiful book, but more for the historian/collector - if you get the Hack book, get the 2 volume set with the Handsaw book - you get both for little more than the price of 1.
I don't know who you will be buying from, but Amazon has been acting very strangely lately - they list books as in stock, then take a month or more to ship them - I'm leaning more to getting books from Lee Valley - nearly Amazon's price & they ship promptly.
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