what is/are the BIBLE(S) for woodworkers ?

[Courtney Thomas]

Thank you, C.Thomas

[Hambone Slim]

For me it was The Dry Fly in Fast Water, Walden, and The Tao Te Ching.

-- Timothy Juvenal

[Tom Watson]

Personal Observations:

Ernest Joyce (1970). Encyclopedia of Furniture Making. Revised and expanded by Alan Peters (1987). Sterling Publishing. ISBN

0-8069-6440-5 (Original edition), ISBN 0-8069-7142-8 (Paperback)

John L. Feirer (1988). Cabinetmaking and Millwork, Fifth Edition. Glencoe Publishing Company. ISBN 0-02-675950-0

Any book by Krenov.

Any book by Frid.

Any book by Odate.

The wood related books by Sloane.

The reprints of Palladio.

The Nature and Art of Workmanship; Pye.

Aesthetics; Aristotle.

Sein und Zeit; Heidegger.

The Foxfire Series.

Any Sears catalog before 1950.

Certain episodes of "Upstairs Downstairs".

Regards,

Tom Watson

tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)

[Lyndell Thompson]

Any book by Patrick Spielman. He will show you the fancy way, then turn around and show you how to do it with a shop built jig. I have his router book and use it as a reference anytime I can't figure out a way to do something. Good luck Lyndell

[Zz Yzx]

"Understanding Wood" by Hoadley

"The Fundamentals of F>Thank you,