Thread: 145 Woodworking Books & Many Other Old World Skills Manuals

How much is shipping to Australia?

I'm pretty sure all these books are out of copyright and are available on the internet if you go looking for them. Public domain.
I used to have a link to a site that had most of these titles but I can't find it now.
Try THIS one for starters

Originally Posted by NCArcher

I'm pretty sure all these books are out of copyright and are available on the internet if you go looking for them. Public domain.
I used to have a link to a site that had most of these titles but I can't find it now.
Try THIS one for starters

thanks

Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker

How much is shipping to Australia?

$4.50 post to Australia it says at check out

But I would have had to go that far in the process and I thought it might have been the sort of info a seller might have provided upfront

but thanks anyway

Yes - the entire lot is out of copyright, and a quick google for some specific titles (such as "Forty Lessons in Carpentry Workshop Practice" gives over 6,500 matches.

Archive.org is the most likely place to find these (and many, many more) for free. <rant begin=""> In fact, you could even donate to Archive.org as the organisation that actually does all the hard work of finding and scanning all the books in the first place...you know, the actual value-creating process, not the "I'll whack these onto a DVD/CD and sell them at a massive markup on my costs to people who don't know any better" process.

You'd never know that I believe that the internet is for the free sharing of information and not for individual profit, would you? <end rant="">

Herewith follows some words to make sure this thread gets a higher googlerank on key search terms than the original poster's site......

Free woodworking books
Apprentice woodworking
Historical woodwork
Secrets of woodwork
Free woodwork
Copyright free
Download free ebooks
Out of print woodworking
Free woodworking ebooks
Free technical woodworking
Rare book collection
Rare knowledge collection

So, to repeat - if you want free, historical woodworking books, including:
</end></rant>A Descriptive Catalogue of Manufactures from Native Woods 1886 Beginning Woodwork at Home and in School 1907 A Manual of Carpentry and Joinery 1905
A Manual of Fret Cutting and Wood Carving 1875
A Syllabus of a Course on Elementary Woodworking 1913
A Treatise on the Construction and Operation of Wood-working Machines 1872
A Treatise on Wood Engraving, Historical and Practical 1861
Advanced Projects in Woodwork 1912
Agricultural Woodworking 1916
Amateur Joinery in the Home 1916
American Woodworking Machinery for Vocational Training 1920
Ancient and Modern Furniture and Woodwork in the South Kensington Museum 1874
Applied Science for Wood Workers 1919
Bench Work in Wood 1888
Bench Work in Wood 1905
Berlin Course of Easy Wood Work 1895
Cabinetwork and Joinery 1907
Carpentry 1916
Carpentry and Woodwork 1911
Carpentry for Beginners 1917
Carpentry for Boys - Elementary Woodwork 1893
Carpentry Made Easy 1857
Cedar Chests - How to Make Them 1918
Colonial Furniture in America 1901
Correlated Courses in Woodwork and Mechanical Drawing 1912
Craftsman Homes 1909
Cutting Tools Worked By Hand and Machine 1882
Descriptive Catalogue of the Woods 1843
Design and Construction in Wood 1913
Douglas Fir Ship 1917
Early English Furniture & Woodwork Vol 1 1922
Early English Furniture & Woodwork Vol 2 1922
Educational Woodwork - A Text Book for the Use of Instructors and Students Educational Woodworking for Home and School 1908
Elementary Turning For Use in Manual Training Classes 1907
Elementary Woodwork - A Series of Sixteen Lessons 1893
Elementary Woodwork For Use in Manual Training Classes 1906
Elementary Woodworking 1903
Elementary Woodworking Projects 1922
Elements of Woodwork and Construction 1911
English Church Woodwork 1919
English Furniture 1905
Essentials of Woodworking - A Textbook for Schools 1908
Exercises in Wood Working 1890
Farm Woodwork 1919
First Lessons in Wood-Working 1888
Forty Lessons in Carpentry Workshop Practice 1896
Furniture 1911
Furniture Designing and Drafting 1900
Furniture for the Craftsman - A Manual for the Student and Machanic 1914
Furniture Making, Advanced Projects in Woodwork 1912
Furniture Making, Advanced Projects in Woodwork 1917
Furniture Masterpieces of Duncan Phyfe 1922
Furniture of the Olden Time 1902
Furniture of the Pilgrim Century 1921
Handbook in Woodwork and Carpentry, for Teachers and Normal Schools 1911
Handwork in Wood 1910
Hints and Practical Information for Cabinet-Makers 1899
How to Make Common Things - For Boys 1895
How to Teach Wood Finishing 1914
Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue Patent Labor-Saving Wood-Working Machinery 1910
Intarsia and Marquetry 1903
Introduction to the Mechanical Principles of Carpentry 1827
Lathe Work For Beginners 1922
Learn by Doing A Scheme of Simple Woodwork 1906
Light and Heavy Timber Framing Made Easy 1909
Machinery's Shop Receipts and Formulas 1911
Making Built-In Furniture 1914
Manual Instruction Woodwork 1892
Manual Training for the Rural Schools 1916
Manual Training in Education 1896
Masonry, Carpentry, Joinery 1903
Modern American Lathe Practice 1907
Modern Carpentry - A Practical Manual Vol 1 1917
Modern Carpentry - A Practical Manual Vol 2 1917
More Craftsman Homes 1912
Old English Furniture 1904
Old Oak Furniture 1905
On the Arrangement, Care, and Operation of Wood-Working Factories and Machinery 1873
Our Workshop 1873
Pattern-Making 1910
Pattern-Making 1914
Practical Carpentry, Joinery, and Cabinet-Making 1826
Practical Carpentry, Joinery, and Cabinet-Making 1856
Practical Hints for Furniture Men 1880
Practical Wood Carving 1907
Problems in Elementary Woodworking 1920
Problems in Farm Woodwork 1919
Problems in Furniture Making 1913
Problems in Woodwork 1922
Problems in Woodworking 1905
Problems of the Finishing Room 1916
Richey's Guide and Assistant for Carpenters and Mechanics 1894
Rustic Carpentry 1908
Safety in Woodworking 1918
Saw-Mills, Their Arrangement and Management 1883
Shop Work - Joinery, Cabinet-Making, Carpentry 1918
Some Difficult Problems in Carpentry and Joinery 1883
Some Practical Hints on Wood Engraving 1879
Text-Book of Modern Carpentry 1858
The Amateur's Handbook of Practical Information for the Workshop and the Laboratory 1879
The Art and Craft of Cabinet-Making 1891
The Art of Wood Carving 1867
The Book of Camping and Woodcraft 1906
The Book of Garden Furniture 1903
The Boy Craftsman 1905
The Builder and Woodworker Magazine 1880
The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Companion 1850
The Carpenter's and Builder's Assistant, and Wood Worker's Guide 1874
The Carpenter's New Guide 1867
The Craftsman Vol 11 Oct 1906 - Mar 1907
The Expert Wood Finisher 1921
The Furniture of our Forefathers 1913
The Illustrated Wood Worker Magazine Vol 1 1879
The Modern Wood Finisher 1901
The New Carpenter's and Builder's Assistant and Wood Worker's Guide 1879
The Patternmaker Magazine 1904
The Practical Book of Period Furniture 1914
The Sloyd System of Wood Working 1892
The Wood Turner's Handy Book 1901
The Woodworker Magazine 1920
The Workshop Companion 1879
Timber 1908
Tool Processes in Woodworking 1919
Tools and Machines 1903
Training in Wood-Work, For use in Training and Technical School 1902
Wood and Other Organic Structural Material 1917
Wood Carving Design and Workmanship 1903
Wood Conversion By Machinery 1876
Wood Finisher 1911
Wood Finishing 1897
Wood Pattern Making 1906
Wood Worker's Tools 1897
Wood Working, Wood Turning, & Patternmaking 1905
Woodwork and Mechanical Drawing 1914
Woodwork Course for Boys 1893
Woodwork for Beginners 1916
Woodwork for Schools on Scientific Lines 1909
Woodwork for Secondary Schools 1916
Woodwork Joints - How They are Set Out, How Made and Where Used 1921
Woodworking for Beginners - A Manual for Amateurs 1907
Woodworking For Beginners 1906
Woodworking Tools 1881
A Laboratory Course in Wood-Turning 1897

...then you need to visit Archive.org, who have scanned and made available (for free) many thousands of books!

Peter.

Brooke.

Do you really think the world is that stupid. ??????????????

Paul.

Originally Posted by HOOKED.UP

Brooke.

Do you really think the world is that stupid. ??????????????

Paul.

I don't see what is wrong with it. Sure the information may be out of copyright provisions and freely available on the net but what Brooke is offering is a service taking away the need to search the Internet to find the information.

Personally I am not too interested but I would have thought $10 for a cd to save having to stuff around surfing for the information wasn't particularly bad value.

Perhaps I missed the bandwagon going past that is offering free whackings to the original poster. If the offer is not for you just move on.

Hi S-S.

I simply object to people charging a fee, under any circumstances, for what available to all for free.

Just my 1c worth.

Paul.

Originally Posted by HOOKED.UP

Hi S-S.

I simply object to people charging a fee, under any circumstances, for what available to all for free.

Just my 1c worth.

Paul.

I simply refuse to pay the 1c..... So I didn't read what you said...

However, as to Brooke's DVD offer, I'm a lazy bugger and would rather be in the shed instead of trawling through an Archived repository for info. Brooke is only making an offer and if you're not interested for whatever reason then don't buy...trawl instead. Just my freely given opinion.

Hi Shedhand.

Perhaps I should apologize to all.

Trawling for information, has replaced television for me.

I don't want to ever see another, CSI, COOKING Show, Reality TV, or any more of that junk.
I see I have spoken harshly.

So, I apologize.

Paul.

Pay the money to the people who do the work, not to the people who spam over 1,100 web forums ( We carry an excellent woodworking collection – 145 books on DVD-Rom for $9.99 - Google Search ) to increase their googlerank above the original site that simply lets itself get indexed.

Waterboarding's too good for spammers.

If you've ever had a search result that is full of utterly useless sites that simply republish content from other sites (hello, bigresource.com), that's the pinnacle of this sort of thing. Other people do the work, they want the money. Hummmm, sounds like record companies and movie studios.......