Thread: 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.

rabbit

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

Originally Posted by Roberto Perez F

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.

I keep some book reviews here:

http://www.woodworking.homeip.net/wo...ence/books.htm

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.