Internet Resources
The resources listed here are by no means exhaustive, but a great start to learning about traditional joinery!
Also, be sure to check out the following video which does a great job showing sash joinery:
The Trade of the Joiner
Finding Antique Tools
Learn about Historic Trades
- Colonial Williamsburg Trades
- Book of Trades, or Library of Useful Arts - This is a children's book published in 1807, but provides great descriptions of all the trades to help them choose their future profession. Thanks to Google Books for making this available!
- Dominy Craftsman Collection - Browse accounts from the Dominy cabinet making shop.
- Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert - This is a tremendous resource! This is a translation of an encyclopedia documenting the historical trades in eighteenth-century France.
- Joseph Moxon's Mechanic Exercises - Available online through Google Books. This is a must-read for anyone interested in historical woodworking or blacksmithing. This is a very early manual on smithing, house carpentry, joinery, turning, and making sun-dials published in the 1703.
Woodworking Techniques
- Colonial Apprentice Shop - Great blog showing eighteenth-century woodworking methods.
- Paul Sellers Youtube Channel - Paul Sellers is a master craftsman who has been woodworking for over 50 years and has great insights on the use of hand tools and traditional joinery.
- The Unplugged Workshop Youtube Channel - Tom Fidgen demonstrates woodworking techniques using hand tools.
- The Woodwright's Shop - Check out Roy Underhill's extensive series on PBS. He does an excellent job showing how to construct things using only hand tools in an entertaining and highly whimsical manner.
- Wood by Wright Youtube Channel - James Wright has developed a strong passion for working wood with hand tools. He presents traditional techniques in a very easy to understand and enthusiastic manner.
Books
Books on Tools
Books on Woodworking Techniques
- James Gaynor, ed., Eighteenth-Century Woodworking Tools, (Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1997)
- James M. Gaynor and Nancy L. Hagedorn, Tools: Working Wood in Eighteenth-Century America, (Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1993)
- Emil & Martyl Pollak, Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes, (Mendham, NJ: Astragal Press, 2001)
- Garrett Hack, Classic Hand Tools, (Newtown, CT: The Taunton Press, 1999)
- Garrett Hack, The Hand Plane Book, (Newtown, CT: The Taunton Press, 1997)
- Charles F. Hummel, With Hammer in Hand: The Dominy Craftsmen of East Hampton, New York, (Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1968)
- Herbert P. Kean & Emil S. Pollak, Collecting Antique Tools, (Morristown, NJ: Astragal Press, 1990)
- Henry Mercer, Ancient Carpenter's Tools, (Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 1960)
- Kenneth D. Roberts, Tools for the Trades and Crafts, (Fitzwilliam, NH: Ken Roberts Publishing Company, 1976)
- R. A. Salaman, Dictionary of Woodworking Tools, (Mendham, NJ: Astragal Press, 1997)
- Christopher Schwartz, The Workbench Design Book, (Popular Woodworking Books, 2010)
- Christopher Schwartz, Workbenches: From Design & Theory to Construction & Use, (Popular Woodworking Books, 2007)
- Eric Sloane, A Museum of Early American Tools, (New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1964)
- John M. Whelan, The Wooden Plane: Its History, Form, and Function, (Mendham, NJ: Astragal Press, 1993)
Books on Woodworking Techniques
- Alex Bealer, Old Ways of Working Wood, (Edison, NJ: Castle Books, 1996)
- Paul Hasluck, The Handyman's Book, reprinted from the 1903 edition, Tiger Books International, 1998)
- Ian Hosker, Veneering: A Complete Course, (Guild of Master Craftsman, Ltd., 1998)
- Bernard E. Jones, The Complete Woodworker, (Berkeley California: The Speed Press, 1980)
- Bernard E. Jones, The Practical Woodworker, (Berkeley California: The Speed Press, 1983)
- Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises or the Doctrine of Handy-Works, reprinted from the 1703 edition, (Morristown, NJ: Astragal Press, 1989)
- Eric Sloane, A Reverence for Wood, (Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 1965)
- Roy Underhill, The Wood Wright's Apprentice, (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996)
- Roy Underhill, The Wood Wright's Eclectic Workshop, (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991)
- Roy Underhill, The Wood Wright's Guide, (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2008)
- Roy Underhill, The Wood Wright's Shop, (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1981)
- Roy Underhill, The Wood Wright's Work Book, (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1986)
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