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Published in 1977 by a true hand-tool master. Diagrams were all drawn by him (pre-Sketchup, etc). it's a series of progressively more involved projects from a simple pine box to a chair. Along the way are more complex boxes, a bookshelf, cabinet with door , tables, and eventually, the chair. Each project introduces new techniques, tools, wood considerations, and construction options. While all the work is done with hand tools, it could easily be adapted to hybrid or some operations done with power tools. I think this would be a good book for a non-power tool school shop, someone working without power tools in a limited shop, or a beginner trying to learn woodworking.
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I'm (re-reading) this book a chapter at a time. Each of the 50 chapters covers a specific hand tool in quite some depth (8-12 pages). Hundreds of hand-drawn illustrations. If you want to know something about a specific tool (or learn about them all), this is the one. Many of the topics appear to have been published in various magazines as a recurring column. Graham has written a number of books and now has a YouTube channel that is similar -- a short video on a specific topic. Currently about 87 episodes https://www.youtube.com/@gjbmunc Graham self-published the book but it appears to only available on the secondary (used) market right now. I first "met" Graham online in the late 1990s when the book first came out and somehow he found me and I shared his book with a hand tool group that I was active in at the time. At that time, he was in Woodstock, NY. Coincidentally, he played in a band that performed at the famous Woodstock event. A few years later, I was helping out as a host at a Popular Woodworking conference here in town and coincidentally, I hosted one of Graham's sessions. I was shocked that he remembered me.
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An interesting video and one of a large series on traditional hand tools. Bit of background. I met Graham on the internet years ago. A number of years later, he was speaking at PopWood's seminar and I was working the AV. I was surprised he remembered me by name, even though we never met in person. He lived in Woodstock, NY at the time and was actually a musician in the Woodstock music festival 1969. He is an accomplished hand tool woodworker and wrote some books and articles for PopWood back in the day. See: Graham Blackburn books
