Well, I finally made up my mind after reading the excerpts posted on the LAP website. I ordered
Volume I: Tools and Volume III: Joinery. I may buy Volume III - don't know yet. And I haven't seen a table of contents or an excerpt of Volume IV. Anyone have it yet?

LAP does a beautiful job on their books and as soon as mine arrived I knew that they were worth the money. They are full size books - basically textbook size. Volume I has over 400 pages. Yes, there's repetition, but as someone else said, there are different nuggests in each article.

I figure I'll read Volume III as I need it - keep it mainly for reference. But Volume I is already yielding valuable sharpening tips that I can apply immediately. In his first article, I realized that I havent been getting the burr off my edge consistently and how to

I'm glad I bought them. For me, they're worth the money.

Fred