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Anyone have book recommendations for woodworking? (lemm.ee)
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I’m working with only hand tools at the moment and also interested in the green wood work, with axes and such, and restoration of hand tools. I have the book Wood by Eric Meier, which is great so far for wood properties and identification.

Are there any other books that you guys can recommend? Ones especially for green wood work, hand tool restoration, or hand tool identification and usage would be fantastic. There are many good videos and books out there, but sorting through which ones to try can take some time.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Technically not a single narrative, but the Mortise and Tenon magazine's first three issues are bundled into a single binding. I didn't subscribe to the magazine until much later, but I've enjoyed every article I've read so far over the last couple years. Green work is somewhat common in later issues, but may not feature as prominently in the first three issues as I thought at first.

M&T The First Three Issues: https://www.mortiseandtenonmag.com/collections/books/products/the-first-three-issues-book

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I have been listening to maybe a dozen of their podcast episodes and find them pretty interesting. I tried a few other ones but they seem to have the right angle and speed that I’m interested in. Mike and Josh really get into some more philosophical aspects that is promoting a lot of introspection in general. I’ll definitely need to check out that binding; thanks for the suggestion.