Category Archives: books
Oak Furniture The British Tradition Reprinted? Yes!
Oak Furniture | The British Tradition – Victor Chinnery – 9781851490134 – Antique Collectors Club US. Looks like one of the most sought after books on English Oak Furniture is going to finally get a second printing. This book is the GO TO source for this stuff, and it’s really hard to find used. We’re [...]
By Hand and By Eye
By Hand and By Eye. I just registered for the class linked above, which I heard about at the Hand Plane Essentials class I took this weekend from Jim Tolpin. It was a great class, and I am really looking forward to this design class. “Design and Construction Strategies for Hand Tool Woodworkers [...]
Rules for Work from the Boys Own Workshop.
The boy’s own workshop – Jacob Abbott – Google Books. Discussion about this book is making the rounds of the blogs right now, and I wanted to call it out as well. I read this on my Kindle while on vacation and it was a great read, that I learned some fun stuff about hand [...]
Working towards my own “Anarchist” tool set. (part 2)
Continuing on the topic of building out a tool set inspired by the book “The Anarchist’s Tool Chest” and seeing how I’ve fared of late. Before this weekend my tools were scattered all over the shop, and in piles. It was very frustrating for me, and was probably risky for my tools. Also, I’d lost [...]
Working towards my own “Anarchist” tool set. (part 1)
I recently read through the latest work by Chris Schwarz, titled “The Anarchist’s Tool Chest” and enjoyed it quite a bit. I’ve been drifting in the direction of fewer, but higher quality tools for a bit, and inspired by other much older writings a semi-minimalist tool kit. The kit listed in Our Workshop, or shown [...]
A new Chris Schwarz workbench book…
Just saw a posting about a new book by Chris Schwarz workbenches. The Workbench Design Book. And it’s on sale for pre-order plus free shipping. Sounds like a must purchase to me. Mr. Schwarz is doing quite a lot to further woodworking as a craft, and research methods into the practical history. He’s starting to [...]
The Essential Woodworker reprinted!
The Essential Woodworker. This highly recommended book has been finally reprinted by Lost Art Press who also brought us the Joiner and Cabinet Maker book I so enjoyed and have been raving about. I pre-ordered it and got a PDF copy of the book for free for pre-ordering. Go do it! This book has been [...]
Book Review: The Joiner and Cabinet Maker
Book review time! As I promised a few posts back, I’m going to write up my thoughts on this book and share them with you all. The book is “The Joiner and the Cabinet Maker” by Moskowitz and Schwartz. It’s available here at Lost Art Press for $29 by itself, or $34 with a companion [...]
Books
Tonight after a scrumptious dinner of Sushi with the family, we went next door to the book store. I found an interesting set of books that look like fun. Called “The Modern Carpenter, Joiner, and Cabinet-Maker” it’s a reprint of a 1902 printing, with a new forward by Roy Underhill. For $6 a volume, I [...]
Second Use purchase
I was going to make some crack about Vice or Vise, but I think it’s come off a bit flat. Instead, I’ll just post a pic of my new score and babble on a bit about my workbench plans. (and struggles.) I found this at a fun store to visit, Second Use, where I like [...]
Oak Furniture The British Tradition Reprinted? Yes!
Carving in Alder
Oilstone Sharpening Level Up!