I collect books as avidly as tools and I'm sure I'm not the only one. These are some of my favourites.
George Sturt: 'The Wheelright's Shop'. An historical gem, also good on the technical stuff. I'd love to make a wheel or two some day.
Walter Rose 'The Village Carpenter' Another historical masterpiece. Particularly good on the fascinating social side referring to C19th.
George Ellis; 'Modern Practical Joinery' circa 1908. No longer 'modern', but most of it still relevant. Highy technical, with some very scary machinery!
Ernest Joyce; 'The Technique of Furniture Making' Goes without saying really?
Percy Wells & John Hooper; 'Modern Cabinet Work'. Has been described as the (1922) precurser to Joyce.
Sam Clarke; 'Sam, an East End Cabinet Maker'. Wonderful working class memoir of the London furniture trade between the wars.
Anything by VJ Taylor.
There are pleny of others, but these are top of the list. What do other people like, and why?
George Sturt: 'The Wheelright's Shop'. An historical gem, also good on the technical stuff. I'd love to make a wheel or two some day.
Walter Rose 'The Village Carpenter' Another historical masterpiece. Particularly good on the fascinating social side referring to C19th.
George Ellis; 'Modern Practical Joinery' circa 1908. No longer 'modern', but most of it still relevant. Highy technical, with some very scary machinery!
Ernest Joyce; 'The Technique of Furniture Making' Goes without saying really?
Percy Wells & John Hooper; 'Modern Cabinet Work'. Has been described as the (1922) precurser to Joyce.
Sam Clarke; 'Sam, an East End Cabinet Maker'. Wonderful working class memoir of the London furniture trade between the wars.
Anything by VJ Taylor.
There are pleny of others, but these are top of the list. What do other people like, and why?