Woodworking book

"Tage Frid teaches woodworking" fits the bill. Very comprehensive and extremely well done. A classic, really.

educational,

Tage Frid's first book (two volumes in one).

Then Flexner is good on finishing.

I like the approach in "The Fundamentals of Fine Woodworking" by Robert Ferencsik and Will Neptune.

-jbb

This book looks very good. Does it have a section explaining how to sharpen handtools (chisels, block/smoothing plane blades, etc....) ?

"Mike in Mystic" a écrit dans le message de news:hWRfd.24140$ snipped-for-privacy@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com...

Just rec'd the Frid 2 volumes in one by looking at $$$ in

I'm probably going to keep it in the shop (eventually) as a reference so there was no point in getting a brand spanking new copy.

Josie

That would be your other book, Leonard Lee's opus on sharpening. Dave in Fairfax

$17.39 + $1.40 shipping at Overstock.com...

educational,

I have to agree, Leonard Lee's book is outstanding. Woodworking without sharp tools is no fun. This book explains the "candle" on the edge of a tool, something important that I was not aware.

Candle? Please explain in 50 words or less... ;-)

Greg G.

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 15:21:06 -0400, "Zed Rafi" calmly ranted:

There is no single book which covers all that you want. Check Greg Millen's book review page for some of our Wreck favorites.

For sharpening, get Leonard Lee's book, "The Complete Guide to Sharpening", or do a Google search on this newsgroup for "Scary Sharp".

prolly using a bright point source light to inspect the edge. it's amazing what you can see that way.

Don't know anything about the book, but when I bought from Overstock.com they shipped the wrong book and then refused to do anything about it. BEWARE

Larry,

your constant mentioning of my page has finally forced an update of the content. I have quoted Phisherman, so if there is any problem let me know and I'll remove it immediately.

No, wait - let me rephrase that.

"If Phisherman has any problem with me quoting him, let me know and I'll remove it immediately."

I guess I am having one of *those* days, sigh.

Publishing" I acquired this book when I took a college-level intro to cabinetmaking class during the late 1970's. The version I have is dated to that era but most of the information will never change. I believe an '80s update exists and new/used books are available from Amazon.com. Even though it is nearly 40 years old, apparently it is still being used because Amazon offers teaching guides dated 1999.

In spite of being dated, this is the book I dig out most often when trying to figue out casing design, tools, technique, etc. At 900+ pages it covers everything from wood properties, power tools, furniture design, production techniques, etc. Well illustrated with photos, process sketches and design-type (drafted) drawings.

Good book, a little heavy.

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 21:08:06 +1000, "Greg Millen" calmly ranted:

It's fine, thank you. Carry on, Jeeves.

This book was our high school woodworking class text book. Excellant read.

I had a look but couldn't find it. Please tell me what page so I don't have to re-read the whole thing again!