The Books re read,

[Simplicity]

The books we(YOU)read

Thought I might start a thread,on the Books we read, being Woodwork Tool related unfortunately my selection is split over two locations.
But this is what I have available to me now.

My own selection is a little biased towards Tools,

So post away an hopeful we can all get something out of this

ISBN numbers would also benefit others.



The art of fine tools, i was a normal guy till I discovered this book,it all went down hill from there,
One of the best books around show casing ,well beautiful tools mostly from 17/18 century’s plus a few more modern ones,fantastic pictures.

ISBN 1-56158-263-8

The complete modern Blacksmith

Another great read obviously for Blacksmiths, but a lot of woodworkers would gain some insights an hints about the tools we use.

ISBN 0-89815-896-6

Classic Hand tools.
Another great book for Tool appreciation( Addiction) more 18th century tools than 17th century.
But another booked Ive read multiple times.

ISBN 1-56158-273-5

To make as perfectly as possible.

Show casing methods of work in the 17/18 century Europe.

Fantastic read of what I’ve read so far,Ive had the book a 3/4 years now.
Love it.

ISBN 978-0-9850777-6-1


Early European decorated tools.

Wonder why I brought this .
Only had this one a few weeks, a quick flick through tho, I think I’m going to enjoy it.

ISBN 978-0-85442-117-6

The Nature and art of Workmanship,
It’s not about tools again only arrived a few days ago,but should be a good read hopefully.

ISBN 978-0-521-06016-5

Practical veneering

Someone actually recommend this one,sorrycant remember who.
But if you like veneering, this book is a wealth of old school workmanship ship.

ISBN 0-8069-8876-2


hardening tempering and heat treating

Seriously you need to be a serious geek to even think about this stuff.
But if you want to make your own cutting tools this is the Bible.
But it’s very in-depth, I still only understand 20 percent of what there talking about.

ISBN 978-085242-837-5


The Disston saw tool and file book

A great read, but unfortunately well out of print,my copy is probably from around 1930/40s .

Tools rare and ingenious.
Another great book,a coffee table pick up book,great pictures, been thumbed through many times.

ISBN 1-56158-656-0




Cheers Matt.

[BobL]

I have a bunch of WW books but haven't actually completely read a WW related book since I read Will Malloff's book on "Chainsaw lumber making" about 15 years ago.
I do have a few woody (and metal work) related books that I refer to occasionally, like the CSIROs "Forest Trees of Australia", and Bruce Hoadley's "Understanding Wood".

I do read other books and also listen to loads of audio books and have averaged about 100 audio books a year for the last few years. In 2020 I spent some time laying around with a broken ankle and a bunch of other issues and ended up listening to 154 audio books.

When I joined the Mens Shed the shed they had about 100 WW books (mainly from deceased estate clearcuts) which we set up on a bookshelf together with an associated loans book. After a couple of years the collection had grown by about 50% compared to when it started. I glanced at the loans book entries and was sorry to see that only a couple of books had been officially borrowed over this time and they were books of plans of toys and basic furniture. There were almost certainly a few books "permanently borrowed" over this time, but clearly there was not a lot of interest in these books. I thought members might be more interested in DVDs of WW so we purchased a dozen or so of these but there wasn't a lot of interest in these either. I did watch the two metal work ones we also bought.

[Pat]

Matt, is this an exclusively "Tool" book post or a general WW book post? At last count I have a few books . . .

Woodworking courses : Woodworking Course, Richard Crosland (Aust), Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking (3 volumes) (US), The Precision Handcutting of Dovetails, Cecil Pierce (US), A Cabinet Makers Handbook, Krenov (US), Hybrid Woodworking, Marc Spagnuolo (US), Measure Twice, Cut Once (US)

Woodturning: Woodturning, A Foundation course, Keith Rowley (Aust), Turning Wood/Projects/Bowls/Turned Bowl Design, Richard Raffan (Aust), The Fundamentals of Woodturning, Mike Darlow, (US), The Craftsman Woodturner, Child (UK)

Tools: The Workbench Book, Landis (US), The Workshop Book, Landis (US), Workbenches, Christopher Schwarz (US), Shaper Handbook (US), Care & Repair of Shop Machines, White (US), The Handplane Book, Hack (US), Japanese Woodworking Tools, Toshio Odate (US), Bandsaw Basics, M&G Duginske (US), The Tablesaw book (US), Sharpening, Thomas Lie Nielsen (US), A Polishers Handbook, Ellis (Aust)

Timber Id: The Timber Guide ( Aust), Wood in Australia, Bootle (Aust).


Not an exhaustive list, but a start.

[woodPixel]

Perhaps create an open/shared Amazon or AbeBooks reading list?

I was thinking last week that the forum needs a curated "Best Of" set of lists.

Like how the original Yahoo worked (which was excellent and pure).

[Simplicity]

I might be doing a bit more reading the next few weeks.

Found a hole at my clients place this afternoon, an rolled my right ankle,.





Cheers Matt.

[rwbuild]

Bugger, at least you will have time to dream up new projects to put on the roundtuit board

[woodPixel]

I think BobL mentioned he reads a mountain of books each year.

I'm the same. When I moved, thousands went to the book recycler.

Now in my little unit I use a kindle.

Its fantastic. Its only the basic model, but that's all that's needed. I honestly felt ENORMOUS resistance to it as the Dead Tree format was the way that books SHOULD be read...

Bbbuuutttt I was wrong. The little handheld is nice to read in bed. The illumination from the backlight is tiny and will not wake or disturb SWMBO. Loving Daughter and Loving Son had one each and offered me "a go".... well, I kept it!


I manage it with Calibre software, rather than Amazons solution. I've turned off ALL updates and WiFi.

[woodPixel]

Bugger, at least you will have time to dream up new projects to put on the roundtuit board

and pack up the XMAS decorations....

[Picko]

Ouch!

[BobL]

RE: rolled right ankle:

That was me about this time in 2020 except mine was supposedly broken - 8 weeks in an effing moon boot and leg in the air. I don't even think it was broken and now believe I just had bad ankle bursitis because late last year (2021) exactly the same pain appeared in the same area but on the left foot this time. 2 X-rays, 3 scans, various meds, and then a cortisone injection and it slowly went away just like the right ankle did when I rested it in the moon boot.

Anyway - got to listen to and read heaps of books, AND dream up lots of projects.
I could still do my electronics projects, and more recently 3D printing which is pretty handy

And hope you ankle heals up OK.

[verawood]

Matt,

Sorry to read about your ankle, I hope it fixes OK with no problems.

About books;

I have a heap of books in .pdf form (somewhere on a hard drive )

Three I purchased in recent years:
Band Saw Handbook - Mark Duginske
New Complete Guide to Band Saws - Mark Duginske
Understanding Wood - R. Bruce Hoadley

The MD books, along with the AS video were a good help in setting up my band saw.
I went the MD way regarding guides and have never regretted it.
The UW book is good as an "as needed" reference.

Cheers and GWS
Keith

[Simplicity]

Considering I’m a bit unable to do too much Wood work or Metal work at present, tho I did start to sharpen, an put some bling on a old pair of scissors this morning.

I’m slowly making my way through this,one.


Now this is really not Wood work, but for those who have followed an Australian by the name of Crisis , of Click spring fame on YouTube , and have seen is series of creating the Anitkythera mechanism,well this book is a book telling the Hundred year old story of trying to understand this ancient Relic.

The Antikythera Mechanism Episode 1 - Greeks, Clocks and Rockets. - YouTube

For those who have not seen Clickspring OMG were have you been.

Ankle is slowly healing, can weigh bear a little now.

Cheers Matt.
Apologies for deviation

[doug3030]

Now this is really not Wood work, but for those who have followed an Australian by the name of Crisis , of Click spring fame on YouTube , and have seen is series of creating the Anitkythera mechanism,well this book is a book telling the Hundred year old story of trying to understand this ancient Relic.

The Antikythera Mechanism Episode 1 - Greeks, Clocks and Rockets. - YouTube

For those who have not seen Clickspring OMG were have you been.

Ankle is slowly healing, can weigh bear a little now.

Clickspring is great, but I can lose hours and hours there, and many other places as well but I am pleased you showed me Clickspring a couple of years back Matt.

I hope your ankle recovers soon.

[Optimark]

Birth Of A Giant, the Men and Incidents That Gave America the Motorcar; by Richard Crabb. First edition 1969.

A man writes a cheque for $146,000,000 and a company changes hands... Ford fails twice, then succeeds... Little Billy Durant builds big...Lelands close tolerance engine is turned down... The Dodge boys take a chance... The "Tin Lizzie" vs. the "Chevvy"-- who finally won the big production race and why.

I half read this in a library around 50 years ago, it was not allowed to be out on loan. Imagine my surprise when one day at a garage sale this copy turned up. Close to the best $1.00 I have spent.

Also re-reading "View Camera Technique" by Leslie Stroebel 7th Edition. Brushing up on certain camera movements for a project.

Since they were available I have had an E-reader, not a Kindle as when they were initially offered you were wedded to a system that sucked every last cent out of your wallet. Instead I am now on my second Kobo unit with their second generation front light; which I might add left the kindle front light for dead.

Wood Pixel, all E-readers use a front light system, Kindle originally used a small LED clipped to the unit which sort of worked. Kobo lead the way with their bottom mounted 5 LED lights that ran over the surface of the text. I believe Kindle still use their top mounted LED array, which rather unfortunately can shine directly into ones eyes in certain angles.

I too use Calibre, best way to manage electronic books.

My next hardcover book is "The Best I Can Be", by Allana Arnot. The Author writes about how she survived a very bad aeroplane crash and how she has rebuilt her body and life to be as good as she can.

As for woodworking books, yep, heaps of them. Quite a few on woodturning as well as general carpentry mostly gotten very secondhand with many completely free; amazing really.

Mick.