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Courtney Thomas

23/06/2006 4:56 PM

what is/are the BIBLE(S) for woodworkers ?

Thank you,
C.Thomas


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"Lyndell Thompson"

in reply to Courtney Thomas on 23/06/2006 4:56 PM

24/06/2006 1:54 AM


"Courtney Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Thank you,
> C.Thomas

Any book by Patrick Spielman. He will show you the fancy way, then turn
around and show you how to do it with a shop built jig. I have his router
book and use it as a reference anytime I can't figure out a way to do
something.
Good luck Lyndell

ZY

Zz Yzx

in reply to Courtney Thomas on 23/06/2006 4:56 PM

23/06/2006 6:55 PM

"Understanding Wood" by Hoadley

"The Fundamentals of Fine Woodwroking" by Ferencsik w/ Neptune.

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:56:53 GMT, Courtney Thomas
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Thank you,
>C.Thomas

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Tom Watson

in reply to Courtney Thomas on 23/06/2006 4:56 PM

23/06/2006 9:03 PM

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:56:53 GMT, Courtney Thomas
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Thank you,
>C.Thomas


Personal Observations:

Ernest Joyce (1970). Encyclopedia of Furniture Making. Revised and
expanded by Alan Peters (1987). Sterling Publishing. ISBN
0-8069-6440-5 (Original edition), ISBN 0-8069-7142-8 (Paperback)

John L. Feirer (1988). Cabinetmaking and Millwork, Fifth Edition.
Glencoe Publishing Company. ISBN 0-02-675950-0

Any book by Krenov.

Any book by Frid.

Any book by Odate.

The wood related books by Sloane.

The reprints of Palladio.

The Nature and Art of Workmanship; Pye.

Aesthetics; Aristotle.

Sein und Zeit; Heidegger.

The Foxfire Series.

Any Sears catalog before 1950.

Certain episodes of "Upstairs Downstairs".




Regards,

Tom Watson

tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)

http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/

HS

"Hambone Slim"

in reply to Courtney Thomas on 23/06/2006 4:56 PM

23/06/2006 6:24 PM


"Courtney Thomas" wrote...
> Thank you,



For me it was The Dry Fly in Fast Water, Walden, and The Tao Te Ching.


--
Timothy Juvenal
www.rude-tone.com/work.htm


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