Books and/or Magazines

Fine Woodworking and Popular woodworking are good magazines. There are at least 2 magazine related threads on the site.

http://lumberjocks.com/topics/412
http://lumberjocks.com/topics/162#reply-1501

The books depend on your interests. If you like planes check out my blog entry on plane related books.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

I just noticed the other threads about magazines, I should have looked more closely before asking … I was looking for some good information about building cabinets, any books that you have found that do a good job in this area?

-- -- Rick Coker

I like Wood and Fine Woodworking. I get the occasional Shopsmith and Woodsmith if there is something in them that sparks my interest. Don’t worry about not searching, Rick. As great as the search feature is at LJ, I have a tendancy of just asking before looking to. It’s the sign of a busy mind!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

also shop notes

And for cabinet making Mark Summerfeld has a great video

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

I like the Robert Lange book on cabinets.

I used it extensively to build my cabinets.

Also the Jim Tolpin books are good.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

I would second gizmo in that Jim Toplin’s book pictured above is a good resource. It is written for those of us that are currently not professionals, but I think a seasoned WWer would still find it handy to brush up on fundamentals. On the topic of Jim Toplin, “Table Saw Magic” should be on everyone’s shelf or at least checked out at the library. Good stuff in that one, too.

-- Jeff, South Carolina

I’ll touch on the books as the magazine opinions were addressed in another thread. For shop projects, I like, “The Ultimate Jigs and Fixtures Handbook”. I got it with a subscription from one of the magazines. Wood magazine publishes many supplementary books. Among these are, “450 Best Ever Shop Tips”, “Best Ever Workshop Solutions”, and “Woodworking Jigs, Homemade Tools, & Shop Organizers (2006)”. All of these seem much like ShopNotes, which is the best.

-- Jeff, South Carolina

Thanks everyone … I got a lot of good ideas from your comments!

-- -- Rick Coker