 | Woodworking Basics: Mastering the Essentials of Craftsmanship by Peter Korn
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $12.33 An update of his previous work, this is a wonderful introductory course on doing good work with or without powertools.
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 | Hand Tool Essentials: Refine Your Power Tool Projects with Hand Tool Techniques (Popular Woodworking) by Popular Woodworking Editors
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $11.92 Great work about doing great work with hand tools - practical, well inllustrated and smartly written.
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 | The Workbench Book: A Craftsman's Guide to Workbenches for Every Type of Woodworking by Scott Landis
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $11.46 In the beginning, there was the bench...
Nothing else works until you have a dead flat, immobile bench with a good vise.
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 | Complete Guide to Sharpening by Leonard Lee
Buy new: $15.61 / Used from: $14.00 Effective primer on sharpening, but a bit pompous/didactic. HE's a strong advocate of sharpening jigs (which his company makes, by the way), but I eventually abandoned these. Still, there is a lot of good, practical knowledge about sharpening in here.
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 | Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit, and Use by Toshio Odate
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $14.95 As much about the spirit of the work as the technique.
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 | Making & Mastering Wood Planes: Revised Edition by David Finck
Buy used from: $59.00 I never made a plane, but his tips on preparing/sharpening tools are wonderful. I made several shooting boards and a tool rest from his descriptions.
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 | The Complete Japanese Joinery by Hideo Sato
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $44.78 Way over my head, but a fascinating overview of just how complex hand tool work can become.
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 | The Handplane Book by Garrett Hack
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $19.56 I think they call this tool porn. A couple of very good chapters on tuning your planes and using them properly. Beautiful pictures.
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