5 hours ago5 hr I have been doing hand tool woodworking for around twelve years. Everything I know I basically learned from Youtube. I want to get more serious and indepth.Can you recommend me a book that goes into the construction methods for the different types of furniture and cabinetry a joiner or cabinetmaker would use?I want hand tool only methods. Dovetails, mortise and tenon, rabbets, dados, grooves, frame and panel, yada yada.Basically, if I wanted to build all the different types of furniture and/or cabinetry in a home.Any help is appreciated.
2 hours ago2 hr @Handfoolery I recommend Paul Seller's woodworking book "Essential Woodworking Hand Tools" It’s a comprehensive 480-page guide focused on selecting, sharpening, setting up, and using the fundamental hand tools needed for woodworking.While it's not a furniture book per se, it is a very comprehensive book on using hand tools and joinery. It's definitely worth having for the serious woodworker IMO.
1 hour ago1 hr I'm not strictly a hand tool guy, but I can't help but wonder if some of Roy Underhill's books might be useful for what you want. He has several, and some of them describe building some of the stuff we all saw on his TV show. Best part is that most of them are out of print, but used ones are fairly cheap at Amazon. So if they aren't exactly what your looking for, you aren't out much at all.
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