Subject: Re: Favorite (Best) Woodworking Books?

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 1997 11:31:04 -0600

In article <[email-masked]>,
  [email-masked] wrote:
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> Jeff Joslin wrote:
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> > In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
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> > >I would like to begin compiling a small (10 - 15) library of woodworking
> > >books.  I would appreciate any suggestions from the group.  TIA
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"The Table Saw Book," Kelly Mehler, Taunton Press. Bought the book,
started ripping some fine Home Depot 5/4 pine, the first board opened up
>from  being improperly stored, jammed against the fence.  Kelly's
recomendation for a "half fence" adaptor saved the day in the five
minutes it took me to fab one.	$25.00, paid for itself immediately.

Kelly places a greater emphasis on safe setup than I've seen elsewhere. 
No jigs or fixtures without some sort of well thought out guard.  What're
your fingers and hands worth compared to the measly price of this book?

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From: [email-masked] (Mort Tenon)
Date: 8 Feb 1997 23:10:55 GMT

says...
>John K. Likes

There are a lot of different reasons for working wood. Some people want to 
perfect a skill, others want to be able to make something to be proud of, 
still others like to collect the tools and know how to use them. 

One book I frequently refer to is "Building Fine Furniture" by G. William 
Scherer. Scherer is a former shop teacher who writes under the assumption 
that his reader doesn't have the specialized tools or skills of a furniture 
factory, but wants to produce something attractive and functional. "Fine 
furniture" is a misnomer to any purist because he gives alternatives to 
age-old joinery. Modern glues and hardware make it possible to do things 
than a woodworking layman of other centuries couldn't do and Scherer 
outlines those possibilities very well. 

The book isn't for everyone. He shows how to make nice utilitarian 
furnishings and, yes, he cuts corners. The results, however, are impressive. 
Even a weekend woodworker with a little experience cutting straight lines 
and without the resources Russ Morash gives Norm can produce something his 
wife would allow in the living room. The fact that those pieces are unlikely 
to end up a collector's item in a century doesn't bother me much.

the Woodshop Notebook
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/8108

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From: [email-masked] (Carl Muhlhausen)
Date: 7 Feb 1997 16:52:58 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
>>books.  I would appreciate any suggestions from the group.  TIA

Good list snipped:

I'd add

"Tuning Restoring and Using Classic Woodworking Tools" by Mike DUnbar
(I may not have the title right, but this is a great book that will
make you itch to explore the enlightened path of handtools.)

Tage Frid's Woodworking Series Vol 1 and II. (havent't read the
others)

Bob Moran's "Woodworking the Right Technique" has multiple
techniques for the majority of woodworking tasks.

Carl

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