Deacon, I'm just catching up with this thread. I'm not quite sure why you express a particular preference for Japanese hand tools. I can understand - and totally get - your desire to avoid the noise and dirt associated with power tools. As someone with a 40 year woodworking habit, I have a strong preference for planes, chisels, and hand saws, but have to admit I'm too impatient to go 100% hand tool. I am however fanatical about dust and take a decibel reader with me when I buy anything from a vacuum cleaner on up that has a motor attached to it.
There is currently a great renaissance in traditional American hand tools. If you are interested in hand tool work I would strongly recommend looking at western tools. There are lots of good tools for sale. I recommend Veritas, sold through Lee Valley, and Lie Nielsen, but there are plenty of other top notch hand tool mfg. out there. For info. look for web sites from Rob Cosman, The WoodWhisperer, Traditional Woodworker, Wood & Shop, Fine Woodworking ... Lumberjocks is a free web site where people share experience & get advice. Youtube has a cornucopia of hand tool advice. A word of warning. Woodworking, even with hand tools, can outstrip the cost of a bicycle habit. The only out is pointing to all the nice things you have built when your wife starts to grumble about expenses. Michael... closing in on a wall of cabinets including 20 drawers with hand cut dovetails. On Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 3:01:57 PM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > Tom, > > A good companion to "The Soul of a Tree" looks like "The Complete > Illustrated Guide to Joinery." One of the reviews said: "Wanna get to the > bones of the sketches in "the soul of a tree" ???" > > > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1561584010/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 > > On Friday, April 28, 2017 at 7:54:52 AM UTC-6, Tom M wrote: >> >> The Soul of a Tree might be worth a read: >> https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Tree-Master-Woodworkers-Reflections/dp/1568363958 >> --Tom Milani >> Alexandria, VA >> >> On Friday, April 28, 2017 at 9:21:08 AM UTC-4, Mike Packard wrote: >>> >>> I love this list; I am now interested in both Japanese Woodworking and >>> floor living. >>> >>> Any good blogs / photo sets about floor living out there? >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 1:12:19 PM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: >>>> >>>> Does anyone know good books or online resources or someone willing to >>>> share the craft via video conference? If so, could you please email me off >>>> group (lamontglen [at} mac dot com)? >>>> >>>> Since we floor live it’s hard to find furniture. Since I’ve been able >>>> to work in my own bike shop, we’ve wondered if this is the next step of >>>> brain therapy. >>>> >>>> Thanks! We now return you to your Riv Bunch programing... >>>> >>>> With abandon, >>>> Patrick >>>> >>>> www.CredoFamily.org >>>> www.MindYourHeadCoop.org >>>> >>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
