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I recommend this book for everybody that wants to, has or is acqainted to woodworking. Good value for small money. Gives guidance on identifyiing wood; buying, using and maintaining hand- and powertools and all this on a high quality glossy paper.
I wouldn't call this book a manual of woodworking, I'd call it a manual synopsis of 20 year old tools. Save your money by using google to find woodworking blogs. All this book does is tell you about the various tools used in woodworking in the 1980's, and it does so with a pretentious tone. My favorite part of the book is the section about this new tool called the cordless drill; the author seems to think these heavy and cumbersome tools are just a flash in the pan trend.
This book is like a good piece of furniture: not only useful, but also there's some art to it: it is well done with tons of photos of work and tools and nice diagrams. I recommend it. This is one of the best on woodwork.
I had to buy this book for a woodworking shop but was interested enough after flipping through it that I actually read some of it. It has lots of very nice color photographs and uses diagrams and drawings to explain woodworking knowhow in an easy-to-understand fashion.
This book is a bit breif in its details, but has a ton of general information that is great. I recomend having it on the self to refer to on any new project.
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