Woodworking history

An encyclopedia of woodworking? One will have to be an extensive
reader to read it all, once finished. I don't think there is a way to
reduce all the info into one book, as I understand he is to do.... 12
chapters!??

Sonny

On Apr 3, 7:53=A0pm, Paul Franklin <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Saw this in Woodshop News magazine; haven't seen it mentioned here,
> thought some would enjoy.
>
> A gentleman named Ray McInnis has been documenting how the woodworking
> trade has developed through the years. =A0He's elected to do it on the
> Web instead of in print.
>
> http://www.woodworkinghistory.com/
>
> I've just scratched the surface; lots of interesting stuff, including
> lots of historical photos and illustrations.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Paul F.

I went to the link.
I didn't find it terribly interesting. The writing is a bit dry. I
also didn't like it that he kept violating the copyright of other
people by 'copying off the net'. I may be too sensitive about
copyright, as I am someone who sells stock photos, but that is how I
feel. I also found the site layout to be not very pleasing to the
eye.

So, though I wouldn't say that I enjoyed it, I am always happy to
check out something new.

That does look interesting. I am going to check it out. I am new
enough to woodworking that I am sure there will be much to learn.

On Sat, 3 Apr 2010 18:52:52 -0700 (PDT), the infamous Sonny
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:

>An encyclopedia of woodworking? One will have to be an extensive
>reader to read it all, once finished. I don't think there is a way to
>reduce all the info into one book, as I understand he is to do.... 12
>chapters!??

Well, if you shorten things a bit, it could work.

"Gustav Stickley designed and built furniture."
"William Morris made wallpaper and fabrics."

<g>

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