10 Books to Learn Woodworking

WoodshopTherapy said:

10 Books to Learn Woodworking

I'm sharing the top 10 woodworking books from the library I've built up over the past few decades. I hope you find this helpful and I've love to hear your feedback. Scott

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I very seldom click on video links, I was getting concerned right up to the #2 pick. That one was my first "real" wood working book I purchased, actually it was loaned to me before I purchased my own, now have all of his plus the Leave Finger Prints by Gaffney, which for me was well worth the purchase.
I would add Greene & Greene by Darrell Peart and Michael Pekovich's How and Why, Christopher Schwartz,
The Anarchist Tool Chest also rates very high.
LOL! just finished reading David Pye The Nature and Art of Workmanship and think he could of saved about a 100 pages?

WoodshopTherapy said:

10 Books to Learn Woodworking

I'm sharing the top 10 woodworking books from the library I've built up over the past few decades. I hope you find this helpful and I've love to hear your feedback. Scott

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Thanks for posting these, I've found I can never have enough resource material.

WoodshopTherapy said:

10 Books to Learn Woodworking

I'm sharing the top 10 woodworking books from the library I've built up over the past few decades. I hope you find this helpful and I've love to hear your feedback. Scott

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Glad you found them useful! Scott

Thanks for posting these, I ve found I can never have enough resource material.

- Oldtool

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WoodshopTherapy said:

10 Books to Learn Woodworking

I'm sharing the top 10 woodworking books from the library I've built up over the past few decades. I hope you find this helpful and I've love to hear your feedback. Scott

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I've been curious about Mike Pekovich's book. What are your thoughts on it?

I very seldom click on video links, I was getting concerned right up to the #2 pick. That one was my first "real" wood working book I purchased, actually it was loaned to me before I purchased my own, now have all of his plus the Leave Finger Prints by Gaffney, which for me was well worth the purchase.
I would add Greene & Greene by Darrell Peart and Michael Pekovich s How and Why, Christopher Schwartz,
The Anarchist Tool Chest also rates very high.
LOL! just finished reading David Pye The Nature and Art of Workmanship and think he could of saved about a 100 pages?

- Andre

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WoodshopTherapy said:

10 Books to Learn Woodworking

I'm sharing the top 10 woodworking books from the library I've built up over the past few decades. I hope you find this helpful and I've love to hear your feedback. Scott

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Very good, especially liked the details on Kumiko, even made the jigs and made some practice ones.
Some very good inspiration in his projects and can see making some similar small cabinets with the Kuniko inserts.
I like and sort of follow Krenov's style and find his work in the same sort of style idealism?

WoodshopTherapy said:

10 Books to Learn Woodworking

I'm sharing the top 10 woodworking books from the library I've built up over the past few decades. I hope you find this helpful and I've love to hear your feedback. Scott

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Several months ago, I stumbled across an article about Tage Frid written by Hank Gilpin a former student. I searched and found Hank's contact info and we shared a few stories . I met Tage when he taught a course at Highland Woodworking in Atlanta years ago. I already had his 3 book set and brought one for him to sign. He graciously said he would and took the book from me. He started laughing as he opened the book and sawdust fell out. He said he had never signed a book that someone had actually used and gotten sawdust in between the pages before. And we talked about what I had been looking at making.