"Andy Dingley" wrote in message
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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.

Thanks for those book recommendations, they look pretty useful.