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26th July 2011, 12:02 PM #1
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Woodwork reference books?
Hi all,
Just wondering if there is a consensus on what top contenders are for a woodworkers reference book? Thought it would be good to get one to keep in the shed.
Has anyone got an opinion on one I have seen advertised recently (second hand) called "The Hamlyn Book of Woodworking"?
Also, specifically what good books are recommended for getting into veneering? I have a floorstanding loudspeaker project on the go at the moment and want to veneeer the MDF cabinets in Cherry wood veneer, but haven't any experience in veneering and seems it would be easy to make a pigs ear of doing!
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26th July 2011, 03:34 PM #2
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In my opinion Woodworking in Thoery and Practise by John A Walton is one of the best woodworking books you could get.
Rowley.
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26th July 2011, 06:29 PM #3
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Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Woodworking
Woodworking Basics - Spence & Griffiths
That's just 3 of the basic books.Pat
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26th July 2011, 07:37 PM #4
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American Fine Woodworking (Feb 2005, issue-175) had this list as the most influential books that every woodworker should read.
Make a Chair From a Tree... John D Alexandera
Know Your Woods... Albert Constantine.
Make a Windsor Chair... Michael Dunbar.
Chineese Domestic Furniture... Gustev Ecke
Furniture and Cabinet Making... John L Feirer.
American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection... Michael Flannagan.
Tage Frid Teaches Woodwork... Book 1 Joinery. Book 2 Shaping, veneering
Woodwork Joints... Charles Hayward.
American Furniture in the MetropolitanMuseum of Art... Morrisan H Heckscher.
Understanding Wood... Hoadley.
The Complete Manual of Woodworking... Albert Jackson.
The Complete Illistrated guide to Finishing... Jeff Jewitt.
Encyclopedia of Furniture Making... Ernest Joyce.
Solid Wood Construction... Frank Karg.
The Book of Shaker Furniture... John Kassay.
Cabinet Makers Notebook... James Krenov.
Shop Drawings for Crafstmen Furniture... Robert W Lang.
Sam Maloof; Woodworker... Sam Maloof.
Chairmaking and Design... Jeff Miller.
The Furniture Masterworks of John and Thomas Seymore... Robert D MusseyJr
The Soul of a Tree... George Nakashima.
The Nature and Art of Workmanship.... David Pye.
The New Fine Points of Furniture... Albert Sack.
A Reverence for Wood... Eric Slone.
18th Century English Furniture... Christopher Claxton.
The Wood Handbook: Wood as an Engeneering Material. Agricultural handbook No 72 U.S. Forest Products Laboratory, 1999.
New Yankie woorkshop by... Norm
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27th July 2011, 03:41 PM #5
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2nd August 2011, 08:13 PM #6
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Hi
This is a list of books that I found on the forum that are the top books to have,
General woodwork
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Woodworking by Karen Reed
(Alpha Books ISBN 0028632370)
The Woodworkers Handbookz by Roger Horwood
(New Holland Publishers ISBN 1843304597)
The Encyclopedia of Woodworking by Mark Ramuz
The Seven Essentials of Woodworking by Anthony Guidice,
"The Complete Woodworkers Companion" by Roger Holmes.
(1996 Conran Octopus Ltd)
Wood
Australian Timber Buyer's Guide
(Skills Publishing ISBN 0646180967)
Wood in Australia (2nd edition) by Keith Bootle
Has to be the best book on timber and its uses ever printed, expensive (80 odd dollars) but a wealth of information on Australian timbers their properties and uses.
Red Cedar by John Vader
(Reed Books ISBN 07301 01517)
"What Timber Will I Use?" The Essential Timber Guide for DIY, Renovators, Woodworkers and Students, John Stacpoole, - ISBN: 187575024X CSIRO Publishing
Furniture making & Techniques
Furniture-Making Techniques (Vols I and II) - David Charlesworth (A selection of his articles on topics that range from construction of furniture, to tuning and use of handtools - both classics now)
The Technique of Furniture Making by Ernest Joyce
(B.T Batsford Ltd UK 7134 2516 4)
A Cabinetmakers Notebook by James Krenov.
The Fine Art of Cabinetmaking by James Krenov.
Waltons (the text most of us used at high school)
The Chairmaker’s Workshop by Drew Langsner (Lark Books 1 57990 230 9)
The Complete Dovetail- Ian Kirby (The best book on handcutting dovetails)
Building Cabinet Doors and Drawers by Danny Proulx
Wood Joiners Handbook by Sam Allen ISBN 0806969997.
Boatbuilding
Boat Joinery and Cabinetmaking by Fred P. Bingham
Power Tools
Mastering Woodworking Machines by Mark Duginske
Band Saw Handbook by Mark Duginske
Router Joinery Workshop by Carol Reed
Care and Repair of Shop Machines by John White
Classic Joints with Power tools by Yeung Chan
Turning
Woodturning: A Foundation Course by Keith Rowley
Mike Darlow's books on woodturning (with DVD)
'Woodturning: a Manual of Techniques' by Hugh O'Neil
ISBN 1-85223-483-1
Turning Pens and Pencils by Rex Birmingham and KP Christensen
Green/Rustic Woodwork
Simple Rustic Furniture by Dan Mack
(Lark Books 1 57990 088 0)
The Rustic Furniture Companion by Dan Mack (Lark Books 0 937274 97 6)
Toolboxes
The Toolbox Book by Jim Tolpin
Building the Perfect Tool Chest by Jim Stack
( Popular Woodworking Books ISBN155870650X)
Hand Tools
How to Make Woodworking Tools by Charles H. Hayward (Evans Bros Ltd UK)
Making and mastering wood planes by David Fink.
Tools of the Trade (The Art and Craft of Carpentry) by Jeff Taylor.
The Handplane Book- Garrett Hack (covers a wide range of handplanes, their tuning, and use)
Classic Handtools - Garrett Hack (covers a wide range of handtools, their description and use)
Hand Tools- their ways and workings by Aldren A. Watson
A very good explanation of how tools work, richly illustrated
The Fine Art of Tools - Sandor Nagyszalanczy (handtool ... art)
Japanese Woodworking Tools - Toshio Odate (Everything you wanted to know)
Restoring, Tuning & Using Classic Woodworking Tools- Michael Dunbar (as it says - both wooden and metal handtools)
Restoring Antique Tools- Herbert P. Kean
Sharpening
The Complete Guide to Sharpening- Leonard Lee (Simply THE best book on sharpening)
Sharpening
(Thomas Lie-Nielsen, Taunton Press ISBN 1561586579)
Sharpening with Waterstones by Ian Kirby
Benches and Workshops
The Workbench Book by Scott Landis
Taunton Press ISBN 1561582700)
Fine Woodworking- the Small Workshop (Taunton Press)
Making workbenches by Sam Allen
Finishing
A Polishers Handbook by Neil Ellis (Ubeaut Enterprises)
Staining and Polishing by Charles Hayward (Bell & Hyman Ltd. 0 7135 1424 8)
Inspiration
"Woodworker" by Sam Maloof
"Soul of a tree" by George Nakashima
Woodworking-the New Wave by Dona Meilach (Crown Pubs 1981 ISBN 0 517 544830)
Art Boxes of Po Shun Leong by Tony Lydgate (Sterling Pubs. 0 8069 9967 5)
Modern Australian Furniture by M. Bogle & P. Landman
(Craftsman House 1989)
Metalwork
The Complete Metalsmith by Tim McCreight (Davis Bubs. 0 87192 240 1)
The Complete Modern Blacksmith by Alexander Weygers (3 vols. in one cover)
(Ten Speed Press 0 89815 896 6)
BOXES
Complete Illustrated Guide to Box Making by Doug Stowe
(Taunton Press)
Box Making Basics by ?. Freedman
The Book of Boxes by Andrew Crawford
1993 Quarto Pub. 1-86351-117-2
10 projects for novice and expert alike, well illustrated with plans, step-by-step drawings, and photos
The Contemporary Blacksmith by Dona Meilach
Carving
Fine woodworking – on Carving
Taunton Press 0-918804-52-3
Misc.
The Complete Illustrated Guide to Joinery by Gary Rogowski
ISBN 1561584010
Success with Joints by Ralph Laughton
Understanding wood (and the Tage Frid collection ???
Mechanick Exercises or the Doctrine of Handy Works - Joseph Moxon (Observations on woodworking and other topics in the 17th Century)
Colonial Craftsmen- the beginning of American Industry by Edwin Tunis (John Hopkins University Press)
Making Mechanical Marvels in Wood by Raymond Levy (Sterling Pubs.
0 8069 7358 7)
The Art of Inlay by Larry Robinson
Marquetry and Inlay Handbook by Zachary Taylor
NB. A further list as recommended by Fine Woodworking magazine can found here:
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=23278&highlight=books
Fine Woodworking - Feb 2005, issue-175 had this list of the most inflential books that every woodworker should read.
Make a Chair From a Tree... John D Alexandera
Know Your Woods... Albert Constantine.
Make a Windsor Chair... Michael Dunbar.
Chineese Domestic Furniture... Gustev Ecke
Furniture and Cabinet Making... John L Feirer.
American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection... Michael Flannagan.
Tage Frid Teaches Woodwork... Book 1 Joinery. Book 2 Shaping, veneering
Woodwork Joints... Charles Hayward.
American Furniture in the MetropolitanMuseum of Art... Morrisan H Heckscher.
It Were Hard to Accept I were Boring. Especially with my Interest in Rain Fall... Eric Orthwaite
Understanding Wood... Hoadley.
The Complete Manual of Woodworking... Albert Jackson.
The Complete Illistrated guide to Finishing... Jeff Jewitt.
Encyclopedia of Furniture Making... Ernest Joyce.
Solid Wood Construction... Frank Karg.
The Book of Shaker Furniture... John Kassay.
Cabinet Makers Notebook... James Krenov.
Shop Drawings for Crafstmen Furniture... Robert W Lang.
Sam Maloof; Woodworker... Sam Maloof.
Chairmaking and Design... Jeff Miller.
The Furniture Masterworks of John and Thomas Seymore... Robert D MusseyJr
The Soul of a Tree... George Nakashima.
The Nature and Art of Workmanship.... David Pye.
The New Fine Points of Furniture... Albert Sack.
A Reverence for Wood... Eric Slone.
18th Century English Furniture... Christopher Claxton.
The Wood Handbook: Wood as an Engeneering Material. Agricultural handbook No 72 U.S. Forest Products Laboratory, 1999.
New Yankie woorkshop by... Norm
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2nd August 2011, 08:49 PM #7
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Another good one is The complete woodworker ([ame=http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Woodworker-Bernard-Jones/dp/0898150221/ref=tmm_pap_title_0/187-9095935-7372125]Amazon.com: The Complete Woodworker (9780898150223): Bernard E. Jones: Books[/ame]). A very old book (1920's I think) but a lot of good coverage of basic traditional techniques.
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2nd August 2011, 09:28 PM #8
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Well done Rodami, not many people know about that book and it's a good one to keep in mind when somebody asks a question and the questionee starts shovelling it on a bit thick.It Were Hard to Accept I were Boring. Especially with my Interest in Rain Fall... Eric Orthwaite
Johnnz, check your local library. They're sure to have something and, if not, for $5 will order a book in for you.
I think I've got a couple of books on veneering but I've packed them away with all the other books.......We don't know how lucky we are......
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