 | Workbenches: From Design And Theory To Construction And Use (Popular Woodworking) by Christopher Schwarz
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $15.50 A remarkable book. See my full review on product page.
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 | The Essential Woodworker: Skills, Tools and Methods by Robert Wearing
Buy used from: $64.99 Too bad this is out of print. A fine resource. Maybe it'll be back some day soon.
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 | The Handplane Book by Garrett Hack
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $19.76 The definitive book on hand planes. Lots of info, excellent read.
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 | The Router Book: A Complete Guide to the Machine and its Accessories by Pat Warner
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $3.00 Pat Warner is the king of router theory and practice. If you need sub-bases, guides or jigs, check his website.
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 | David Charlesworth's Furniture-Making Techniques: A Guide to Hand Tools and Methods by David Charlesworth
Buy new: $12.92 / Used from: $9.63 Charlesworth is an uncompromising and deeply thoughtful woodworker, writer and teacher. Anything by him is well worth it.
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 | Making & Mastering Wood Planes: Revised Edition by David Finck
Buy used from: $43.47 This is a fine book that covers much more about woodworking than its title would indicate.
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 | The New Complete Guide to the Band Saw: Everything You Need to Know About the Most Important Saw in the Shop by Mark Duginske
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $12.30 Duginske's book is the best on this crucial shop tool.
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 | Table Saw Bk 2/E by Kelly Mehler
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $7.50 I found this book to be very useful, and particularly good on safety and jig-making.
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 | Hand Tools: with Frank Klausz (Fine Woodworking DVD Workshop)
Buy used from: $15.12 Klausz is an astonishing woodworker. Watch him cut dovetails absolutely freehand! It changed my life.
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 | Biscuit Joinery: Build a Bookcase with Frank Klausz (Fine Woodworking DVD Workshop)
Buy used from: $18.59 It's a great boost to one's confidence to watch Frank Klausz work. Here he makes a wall-unit with a plate joiner. He's just effortless, and you begin to understand something important. You need to relax and just do it.
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 | MASTERING WOODWORKING MACHINES - DVD - By Mark Duginske
Buy new: $19.95 See Duginske in the flesh, and watch a real shop guy go at it. Clear demonstrations, explanations. Very useful.
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 | Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking Set: Three Step-By-Step Guidebooks to Essential Woodworking Techniques by Tage Frid
Buy new: $56.67 / Used from: $39.99 This 3 volume set with DVD is a must-have. Frid was a paramount woodworker, and captivating teacher. The text is thorough, wide-ranging and articulate, and the DVD reveals him as a sweet and engaging guy. Learned plenty from this set.
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 | Understanding Wood REV/E by R Bruce Hoadley
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $15.98 Crucial text. If you haven't read this, you need to.
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 | Tools Rare and Ingenious: Celebrating the World's Most Amazing Tools by Sandor Nagyszalanczy
Buy new: $24.42 / Used from: $12.95 Ok, it's tool porn. But it's fine tool porn, well-written, fun to read.
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