Thank you everyone for the suggestions and PDFs. I ordered a copy of the encyclopedia and in the mean time have the free PDFs to read.
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Thank you everyone for the suggestions and PDFs. I ordered a copy of the encyclopedia and in the mean time have the free PDFs to read.
I got the Bill Hylton book too, and also found it really useful. Especially the first part of the book that shows multiple options for each type of joint.
I have "THE WOODWORKER: The Charles Haywood Years II" pages 464 thru 888.
Check this site.
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https://www.popularwoodworking.com/w...2Essential.pdf
I second this! Advising a book is a really tricky thing, no one knows whether a book that "clicked" for me would do it for anyone else. But this one had most everything I wanted to know after getting past basics of cutting, sawing and chopping straight to a line - pretty much the only book that goes beyond simple rules of thumbs and explains not just "what", but also "why" and "how" in very specific details. A good example is a part on sizing a mortise with actula numbers and calculations.
I seem to recall Roy Underhill having at least 6 "Workbooks", all geared towards the handtool crowd...