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Fine Woodworking on Hand Tools

Edited Fine Woodworking, 1986, Taunton Press, 106 pages. Articles on making and using handtools for chairmaking: bowsaws, spoonbits, drawknives, shaves, etc.

Tool Making for Woodworkers

Ray Larsen, 1996, Cambium Press, 160 pages. Ray Larsen is a blacksmith who hand forges chairmaking tools, and helps others to make their own tools through this book.

Traditional Woodworking Handtools

Graham Blackburn,1999, Lyons Press,384 pages
The book explains what the tools are and what they were used for, as well as describing how they work, how they may be tuned and reconditioned, and how they may be usefully employed in every woodworking shop.

How to Use and Care for Woodworking Tools

Alan Bridgewater, Gill Bridgewater,1998, Stackpole Books,224pages.

Classic Hand Tools

Garrett Hack, John Sheldon, 1999, Taunton Press, 224 pages. Explores the variety and history of hand tools through vivid color photos. In-depth information explains how to use in modern woodworking. 16 drawings. 320 photos.

The Handplane Book

Garrett Hack, John Sheldon, 1997, Taunton Press, 263 pages. Professional furniture maker Garrett Hack presents a treasure trove of information about handplanes. Covers history, theory, and practice.

The Woodworkers Guide

Peter Korn,1998, Taunton Press, 201pages. "Virtually all the hand tools commonly used by the contemporary woodworker or furniture maker are covered in detail." Hand tool buying, use, tuning. "Organized by alphabetical functional groupings for easy access."

Carpentry Toolmaking

Aaron Moore, 1993, Stylus Pub, 208pages. "Helpful for the expert, & beginner. Instructive linedrawings. Everything woodworkers need to know about every kind of tool--saws, planes, chisels, power tools, marking and testing tools, boring tools, knives, hammers, and clamps. How they are made, how they function, and how to condition them. Step-by-step exercises show proper use of each tool, and easy projects demonstrate the application of techniques."

Shop-Tested Woodworking Tools You Can Make

Editors of Wood Magazine (Editor), 1997, Meredith Books, 96 pages.

Hand Tools for Woodworkers

Robert Wearing, 1997, Sterling Publishing,128 pages. "Shows all the techniques, tricks, and skills of basic hand tools" Guidance on selection, use, and maintaintance of all essential hand tools--both classic and modern.

Hand Tools: Their Ways and Workings

Aldren A. Watson, 1993, Lyons & Burford, 416 pages, Detailed instruction on use of handtools in great depth

Making Traditonal Wooden Planes

John Whelan, 1996, Astragal Publ., 128 pages. "The fascinating secrets of an almost lost art: wooden planemaking. Clear, step-by-step instructions, covering 20 different types of planes and spokeshaves. Fully illustrated by the author. History, alternative methods of planemaking, making plane irons, tuning and using of wooden planes. Detailed chapters on the construction of planes with photographs. "...this book is the finest and most complete work on the making of wooden planes in print."