Wood work magazines and resources

[GhostFist]

Been into the Google ebooks lately. There's some great little reads for free regarding woodwork and carpentry from the mid to late 1800's. check em out!!!

Elementary principles of carpentry: a treatise on the pressure and equilibrium of timber framing; the resistance of timber; and the construction of floors, roofs, centres, bridges, &c. with practical rules and examples. To which is added an essay on the nature and properties of timber, including the methods of seasoning, and the causes and prevention of decay, with descriptions of the kinds of wood used in building. Also numerous tables of the scantlings of timber for different purposes, the specific gravities of materials, &c (Google eBook)....originally written in 1837

The rudiments of drawing cabinet and upholstery furniture: comprising instructions for designing and delineating the different articles of those branches geometrically and perspectively ... (Google eBook)...... written 1837

Exercises in wood-working: with a short treatise on wood; written for manual training classes in schools and colleges (Google eBook) written 1889

a bunch more if you care to search

cheers

 

[dwillis]

My two standards are Fine Woodworking and Fine Homebuilding, both in paper.  Although I'm "digitally engaged" I prefer paper because I can pull an issue off the shelf and leave it open on the workbench, which is a dangerous environment for a computer.  Or maybe I'm just old school, after all there was no AutoCad when I was in architecture school... [cool]