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Rick Cicciarelli
02-05-2012, 11:50 PM
About a year ago I was in Woodcraft looking through all of their books and I picked up a smaller format book (pretty sure it was hardcover) that was, if I recall correctly, a reprint of an antique book. I THOUGHT that it was reedited by Christopher Schwarz and I could have sworn it was suppose to be about a woodworker's apprentice talking about his daily tasks or something along those lines. I have been in the mood to read something like this and I went looking for it again, and for the life of me, I can't seem to find that book again. From looking at the Lost Art Press book listings I suppose it may have been "The Art of Joinery" but not having a copy in front of me to look through I could not say for sure. I thought that it was more about the daily life of a woodworker's apprentice rather than an old book on woodworking techniques...but perhaps I am wrong. Could anyone give me some insight, or even perhaps suggest something else that I might enjoy reading along these lines?

Sean Richards
02-06-2012, 12:03 AM
Sounds like http://www.toolsforworkingwood.com/indextool.mvc?prodid=AQ-1135.XX

I haven't read it myself. However looking at the blurb it looks very much like a lot of similar era publications in that it attempts to romanticise the lot of the working classes for the reading pleasure of the upper classes.

daniel lane
02-06-2012, 12:03 AM
Rick,

You're looking for The Joiner and Cabinet Maker. It's actually by "Anon", with Christopher Schwarz and Joel Moskowitz. Excellent book, and highly worth the read! I am quite pleased with my copy because it's signed not only by Chris, but by his daughter Katy as well, and I'm hoping it will help me convince my own daughter to follow me down the slippery slope. :)


daniel

Jack Curtis
02-06-2012, 1:14 PM
Chris showed the three projects in that book on his Woodwright's Show appearance called something like "Tiny Toolchest."

Greg Fletcher
02-06-2012, 3:58 PM
Here's the link to the show that Jack referred to: http://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/video/3000/3010.html I watched it this last weekend. It was interesting to see how they "clinched" the nails in the wooden box lid.

Jack Curtis
02-06-2012, 4:19 PM
That clinching was extraordinary. I'm going to have to practice that.


Here's the link to the show that Jack referred to: http://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/video/3000/3010.html I watched it this last weekend. It was interesting to see how they "clinched" the nails in the wooden box lid.