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This article is from the Woodworking FAQ Collection 1, by multiple authors.

12 What books should I purchase to learn about various aspects of woodworking?

Thanks to Ken Smith (kensmith@cs.Buffalo.EDU) for providing the
ISBN numbers along with a couple of additions to the list.

GENERAL WOODWORKING

Cabinetmaking and Millwork - John L. Feirer
ISBN 0-02-675950-0
New Yankee Workshop - Norm Abram
ISBN 0-316-00454-5
Classics From The New Yankee Workshop - Norm Abram
ISBN 0-316-00455-3
Mostly Shaker - Norm Abram
ISBN 0-316-00473-1
Encyclopedia of Furniture Making - Ernest Joyce
ISBN 0-8069-6441-3


FINISHING

The Woodfinishing Book - Michael Dresdner
ISBN 1-56158-037-6

INTRODUCTORY WOODWORKING

Basic Woodworking - Sunset Books
ISBN 0-376-0-1628-0

JOINERY

Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking: Joinery Tools and Techniques
- Tage Frid
ISBN 0-918804-03-5
Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking: Shaping, Veneering, Finishing
- Tage Frid
ISBN 0-918804-11-6 (out of print though)
Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking: Furniture Projects
- Tage Frid
ISBN 0-918804-40-X


TOOLS

Router Jigs and Techniques - Patrick Spielman
ISBN 0-8069-6694-7
200 Original Shop Aids & Jigs for Woodworkers -Rosario Capotosto

WOOD

Understanding Wood - R. Bruce Hoadley
ISBN 0-918804-05-1

 

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