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Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking: Three Step-By-Step Guidebooks to Essential Woodworking Techniques
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Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking

By Tage Frid ,

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The Age of Wood: Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization
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The Age of Wood

By Roland Ennos ,

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Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use
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Japanese Woodworking Tools

By Toshio Odate ,

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Understanding Wood: A Craftsman's Guide to Wood Technology
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Understanding Wood

By R. Bruce Hoadly ,

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The Anarchist's Tool Chest
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The Anarchist's Tool Chest

By Christopher Schwarz ,

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The Why & How of Woodworking: A Simple Approach to Making Meaningful Work
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The Why & How of Woodworking

By Michael Pekovich ,

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The Impractical Cabinetmaker: Krenov on Composing, Making, and Detailing
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The Impractical Cabinetmaker

By James Krenov ,

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Guitarmaking: Tradition and Technology: A Complete Reference for the Design & Construction of the Steel-String Folk Guitar & the Classical Guitar
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Guitarmaking

By William Cumpiano , Jonathan D. Solomon ,

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By Hound & Eye: A Plain & Easy Guide to Designing Furniture with No Further Trouble
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By Hound & Eye

By George Walker , Jim Tolpin , Andrea Love (illustrator)

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The Art of Fine Tools
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The Art of Fine Tools

By Sandor Nagyszalanczy ,

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The Art of Marbling
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The Art of Marbling

By Stuart Spencer ,

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Setting Up Shop: The Practical Guide to Designing and Building Your Dream Shop
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Setting Up Shop

By Sandor Nagyszalanczy ,

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Hand Tools: Their Ways and Workings
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Hand Tools

By Aldren A. Watson ,

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Make A Chair From A Tree: An Introduction To Working Green Wood
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Make A Chair From A Tree

By John D. Alexander Jr. ,

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How to Use Woodworking Tools
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How to Use Woodworking Tools

By R.L. Bridgman ,

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Practical Woodwork
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Practical Woodwork

By Charles H. Hayward ,

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The Practical Book of Period Furniture - Treating of Furniture of the English, American Colonial and Post-Colonial, and Principal, French Periods
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The Practical Book of Period Furniture - Treating of Furniture of the English, American Colonial and Post-Colonial, and Principal, French Periods

By Harold Donaldson Eberlein , Abbot McClure ,

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Antique Woodworking Tools: A Guide to the Purchase, Restoration and Use of Old Tools for Today's Shop
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Antique Woodworking Tools

By Michael Dunbar ,

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Ancient Carpenters' Tools: Illustrated and Explained, Together with the Implements of the Lumberman, Joiner and Cabinet-Maker in Use in the Eighteenth Century
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Ancient Carpenters' Tools

By Henry C. Mercer ,

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The Complete Japanese Joinery
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The Complete Japanese Joinery

By Yasuo Nakahara , Hideo Sato , Koichi Paul Nii (translator)

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The Art of Japanese Joinery
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The Art of Japanese Joinery

By Kiyosi Seike ,

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A Cabinetmaker's Notebook
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A Cabinetmaker's Notebook

By James Krenov ,

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Dictionary of Woodworking Tools
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Dictionary of Woodworking Tools

By R.A. Salaman ,

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Solid-Wood Cabinet Construction: 70 Contemporary Designs with Details
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Solid-Wood Cabinet Construction

By Franz Karg ,

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Classical Guitar Making: A Modern Approach to Traditional Design
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Classical Guitar Making

By John S. Bogdanovich ,

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Nix Minus One
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Nix Minus One

By Jill MacLean ,

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Woodland Craft
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Woodland Craft

By Ben Law ,

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