Post by Scrit on Aug 15, 2008 12:31:27 GMT
Here is the Woodwork UK Forum recommended reading list, compioled from your posts.
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Carpentry and Joinery
"Manual of First & Second Fixing Carpentry"
by Les Goring
Published by Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN 978-0-75-068115-5
Level: basic to medium
Recommended by: Telos
If you are building/rebuilding your house this is an excellent joiners manual. Shows how floor joist and rafters sizes are calculated. How stairs, architraves, door linings and the like are fitted. Apprentice style NVQ text.
"Woodwork Joints" (out of print)
by Charles Hayward
Published by Evans Brothers (also Sterling Press)
ISBN 0-7135-2415-4
Level: all
Recommended by: mikeb (review by Scrit)
One of a series of books printed from the late 1930s until the late 1980s by Evans, originally under the title of "The Woodworker Series". Line drawing illustrations with only a few grainy B&W photos, but an excellent reference manual nevertheless covering about 95% of the woodworking joints you'll ever need to make (plus quite a few you won't)
"Carpentry for Beginners" (out of print)
by Charles Hayward
Published by Evans Brothers (also Sterling Press)
Level: all
Recommended by: Alf, Scrit (review by Scrit)
One of Haywards "Woodworker" series covering the basics of carpentry using hand tools. Well illustrated (mainly line drawings although there are some B&W photos). Covers the tools, joints and constructions required to make joinery products such as frame and panel doors, a workbench, etc as well as including a number of projects to make with construction details (the edition I have covers a tea tray, a fruit trough, a TV chair, aa poultry house, coal bunhker, etc). the sort of thing you'd have done at Woodwork O- and A-level - if you'd ever done woodwork at school
Cabinetmaking
"Cabinetmaking for Beginners" (out of print)
by Charles Hayward
Published by Evans Brothers (also Sterling Press)
Level: all
Recommended by: mrgrimsdale (review by Scrit)
Another of Haywards "Woodworker" series covering the basics of cabinetmaking using hand tools. Well illustrated (mainly line drawings although there are some B&W photos). Covers the tools, joints and constructions required to make furniture with chapters on veneering, drawer making, etc. and includes a chapter on drawing, setting out and the all-important rod ;D
"The Technique of Furniture Making"
by Ernest Joyce
Edited by Alan Peters
Published by Batsford
ISBN 0-7134-4407-X
Level: medium to advanced
Recommended by: Scrit
Probably the standard British text on cabinetmaking and furniture design. Covers everything from woods, through tools, joint making, techniques of construction, fastenings and fittings, basic veneering, design andconstruction and some restoration. This is still a standard base text for HNC/HND and degree students studying furniture making and production, and rightly so. Should be on everyone's bookshelf
"Cabinetmaking The Professional Approach"
by Alan Peters
To be Published by Stobart Davies Ltd in October 2008
Level: medium to advanced
Recommended by: paulchapman
Long out of print but a second, updated edition is being published. Details here
"Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking"
by Tage Frid
Published by Taunton Press
ISBN 1-56158-068-6
Level: all
Recommended by: Telos
Classic (if somewhat dated) introduction to joinery techniques, veneering and finishing using traditional (and lethally unguarded machine tools!) methods. Still, an excellent resource for classic joint preparation. A second volume was also published
"The Woodworkers Bible"
by Alf Martensson
Published by A & C Black Publishers (1985)
ISBN-10: 0713626852
Level: basic to medium
Recommended by: Telos (review by Scrit)
A general compendium of woodworking and in particular cabinetmaking. Covers all the basic hand, power and machine tools required in a woodworking shop (albeit with very out of date safety advice) togteher with joints, construction techniques, timbers and something on finishing. There's even a section about setting-up and running a business. Thios is one book I used to read when I was commuting to one boring job in London many, many years ago and a book I still dip into from time to time
"Illustrated Cabinet Making: How to Design and Construct Furniture that Works"
by Bill Hylton
Published by Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN 978-1-56523-369-0
Level:
Recommended by: RogerM
Great chapters on wood movement, joints, post and rail construction, tabletops, bases, moldings etc, and then 240 pages of exploded diagrams of every type of furniture you could think of.
Jigs and Fixtures
"The Resourceful Woodworker"
by Robert Wearing
Published by B T Batsford, London
ISBN 0 7134 6485
Level: all
Recommended by: paulchapman
An excellent book by ex-woodworking teacher, Bob Wearing. Contains numerous jigs, tools, aids, devices and gadgets which are easy to make in the workshop.
"Practical Design Solutions and Strategies"
Published by Taunton Press
ISBN: 1-56158-344-8
Level:
Recommended by: NickW
"The Woodworkers Guide To Furniture Design"
by Garth Davies
Published by Stobart Davies.
ISBN: 0-85442-073-8
Level:
Recommended by: NickW
Routing
"Woodworking with the Router"
by Bill Hylton and Fred Matlock
Published by Guild of Master Craftsmen Publications
ISBN-10: 1861081286
Level: all
Recommended by: Wizer
Fantastic comprehensive guide to the router and it's uses. Companion volume to "Router Magic" by Bill Hylton
"Router Magic"
by Bill Hylton
Publ. Guild of Master Craftsmen Publications
ISBN-10: 1-86108-127-8
Level: all
Recommended by: Scrit
Excellent selection of router jigs including simple stuff like the crosshair baseplate, through a variety of router tables (with a router lifter) to a router lathe made using bicycle parts.
Jigs, Fixtures and Sharpening
"The Complete Guide to Sharpening"
by Leonard Lee
Published by Taunton Press
ISBN 1-56158-125-9
Level: all
Recommended by: mikeb
Thers are obviously many more and I'll edit them in when I have time
Scrit
This thread has been made sticky to keep it at the top of the board. The thread itself is locked and will be maintained by the Mods/Admins based on posts from within the site such as this one. to get a book in the list simply post its details together with a couple of lines of review and we'll pick it up and add it to the bibliography [Scrit]
Carpentry and Joinery
"Manual of First & Second Fixing Carpentry"
by Les Goring
Published by Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN 978-0-75-068115-5
Level: basic to medium
Recommended by: Telos
If you are building/rebuilding your house this is an excellent joiners manual. Shows how floor joist and rafters sizes are calculated. How stairs, architraves, door linings and the like are fitted. Apprentice style NVQ text.
"Woodwork Joints" (out of print)
by Charles Hayward
Published by Evans Brothers (also Sterling Press)
ISBN 0-7135-2415-4
Level: all
Recommended by: mikeb (review by Scrit)
One of a series of books printed from the late 1930s until the late 1980s by Evans, originally under the title of "The Woodworker Series". Line drawing illustrations with only a few grainy B&W photos, but an excellent reference manual nevertheless covering about 95% of the woodworking joints you'll ever need to make (plus quite a few you won't)
"Carpentry for Beginners" (out of print)
by Charles Hayward
Published by Evans Brothers (also Sterling Press)
Level: all
Recommended by: Alf, Scrit (review by Scrit)
One of Haywards "Woodworker" series covering the basics of carpentry using hand tools. Well illustrated (mainly line drawings although there are some B&W photos). Covers the tools, joints and constructions required to make joinery products such as frame and panel doors, a workbench, etc as well as including a number of projects to make with construction details (the edition I have covers a tea tray, a fruit trough, a TV chair, aa poultry house, coal bunhker, etc). the sort of thing you'd have done at Woodwork O- and A-level - if you'd ever done woodwork at school
Cabinetmaking
"Cabinetmaking for Beginners" (out of print)
by Charles Hayward
Published by Evans Brothers (also Sterling Press)
Level: all
Recommended by: mrgrimsdale (review by Scrit)
Another of Haywards "Woodworker" series covering the basics of cabinetmaking using hand tools. Well illustrated (mainly line drawings although there are some B&W photos). Covers the tools, joints and constructions required to make furniture with chapters on veneering, drawer making, etc. and includes a chapter on drawing, setting out and the all-important rod ;D
"The Technique of Furniture Making"
by Ernest Joyce
Edited by Alan Peters
Published by Batsford
ISBN 0-7134-4407-X
Level: medium to advanced
Recommended by: Scrit
Probably the standard British text on cabinetmaking and furniture design. Covers everything from woods, through tools, joint making, techniques of construction, fastenings and fittings, basic veneering, design andconstruction and some restoration. This is still a standard base text for HNC/HND and degree students studying furniture making and production, and rightly so. Should be on everyone's bookshelf
"Cabinetmaking The Professional Approach"
by Alan Peters
To be Published by Stobart Davies Ltd in October 2008
Level: medium to advanced
Recommended by: paulchapman
Long out of print but a second, updated edition is being published. Details here
"Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking"
by Tage Frid
Published by Taunton Press
ISBN 1-56158-068-6
Level: all
Recommended by: Telos
Classic (if somewhat dated) introduction to joinery techniques, veneering and finishing using traditional (and lethally unguarded machine tools!) methods. Still, an excellent resource for classic joint preparation. A second volume was also published
"The Woodworkers Bible"
by Alf Martensson
Published by A & C Black Publishers (1985)
ISBN-10: 0713626852
Level: basic to medium
Recommended by: Telos (review by Scrit)
A general compendium of woodworking and in particular cabinetmaking. Covers all the basic hand, power and machine tools required in a woodworking shop (albeit with very out of date safety advice) togteher with joints, construction techniques, timbers and something on finishing. There's even a section about setting-up and running a business. Thios is one book I used to read when I was commuting to one boring job in London many, many years ago and a book I still dip into from time to time
"Illustrated Cabinet Making: How to Design and Construct Furniture that Works"
by Bill Hylton
Published by Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN 978-1-56523-369-0
Level:
Recommended by: RogerM
Great chapters on wood movement, joints, post and rail construction, tabletops, bases, moldings etc, and then 240 pages of exploded diagrams of every type of furniture you could think of.
Jigs and Fixtures
"The Resourceful Woodworker"
by Robert Wearing
Published by B T Batsford, London
ISBN 0 7134 6485
Level: all
Recommended by: paulchapman
An excellent book by ex-woodworking teacher, Bob Wearing. Contains numerous jigs, tools, aids, devices and gadgets which are easy to make in the workshop.
"Practical Design Solutions and Strategies"
Published by Taunton Press
ISBN: 1-56158-344-8
Level:
Recommended by: NickW
"The Woodworkers Guide To Furniture Design"
by Garth Davies
Published by Stobart Davies.
ISBN: 0-85442-073-8
Level:
Recommended by: NickW
Routing
"Woodworking with the Router"
by Bill Hylton and Fred Matlock
Published by Guild of Master Craftsmen Publications
ISBN-10: 1861081286
Level: all
Recommended by: Wizer
Fantastic comprehensive guide to the router and it's uses. Companion volume to "Router Magic" by Bill Hylton
"Router Magic"
by Bill Hylton
Publ. Guild of Master Craftsmen Publications
ISBN-10: 1-86108-127-8
Level: all
Recommended by: Scrit
Excellent selection of router jigs including simple stuff like the crosshair baseplate, through a variety of router tables (with a router lifter) to a router lathe made using bicycle parts.
Jigs, Fixtures and Sharpening
"The Complete Guide to Sharpening"
by Leonard Lee
Published by Taunton Press
ISBN 1-56158-125-9
Level: all
Recommended by: mikeb
Thers are obviously many more and I'll edit them in when I have time
Scrit