It was somewhere outside Barstow when "Kevin O`Brien"
wrote:

I am a complete novice to woodwork and wondered if there were any books,
videos, dvds or websites you could recommend.

Fine Woodworking magazine. Either this issue or the last one had a
nice piece on book recommendations. Good mag too.

Good Woodworking is the best UK beginner mag, but graduate to
Furniture and Cabinet making when you can. I don't often read either,
but FWW is essential.


Definitely get (buy them right now):

"Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking, Vols 1 & 2"
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1561580686/codesmiths

Flexner's "Understanding Wood Finishing"
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0762101911/codesmiths

Joyce too, if you can't find one on eBay.


In time you'll also want

Hoadley's "Understanding Wood"
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1561583588/codesmiths

Leonard Lee's "Complete Guide to Sharpening"
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1561580678/codesmiths


Avoid Blizzard. Dull techniques, rather ugly toys. Over-hyped TV
tie-in stuff.


Keep an eye out for these
(try eBay - they're regulars)

Joyce's "Encyclopedia of Furniture Making"

"Planecraft"
'50s handbook by Record.

Old '50s technique books by Charles Hayward His "English Period
Furniture" and "Period Furniture Designs" are good too.


There are a great many historical or project-based books. Look for
authors like Becksvoort or Bavarro & Mossman.


More books at
http://codesmiths.com/shed/books/woodworking.htm


Websites to look at are Jeff Gorman's on planing, Pat Warner's on
routers and Patrick's Blood and Gore for plane history.