Old Ways of Working Wood: The Techniques and Tools of a Time Honored Craft
by Alex W. Bealer
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Author: Alex W. BealerEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-02-05
ISBN: 0785807101
Number of pages: 255
Publisher: Castle Books
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Book Review: A great classic with unique hand drawn Illustrations!
Summary: 5 Stars
Americana's Author Alex W. Bealer clearly understood that "a picture is worth a thousand words" and published his numerous books on American traditions into very good examples of this old saying.
Here Mr. Bealer gives us the joy of looking at many of his wonderfully realistic pen-and-ink drawings of traditional 18th and 19th century woodworking tools and construction details. The reader can visualize with ease some basic methods of fabrications and the tools needed to build them.
...To further enrich your knowledge of historic American tools and hand planes, you will definitely not waste your money in reading Rogers K. Smith's Patented Transitional and Metallic Planes in America, 1827-1927 (Vol. I). Both books will eventually give you "expert" knowledge in the field!
(For the words and terms that were unknown or new to me, I used an old copy of the 1993 UPDATED and REVISED American Edition of the New Webster's dictionary and thesaurus of the English language at the very cheap price tag of ONLY 10 CENTS !)
Summary of Old Ways of Working Wood: The Techniques and Tools of a Time Honored Craft
A revised edition of a classic guide to woodworking methods provides valuable information on the evolution of wood products, the types and characteristics of wood, essential tools, and such techniques as planing, splitting, boring, chiseling, and shaping.
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