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# The New Traditional Woodworker: From Tool Set to Skill Set to Mind Set (Popular Woodworking)

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Review: Excellent resource for hand tool woodworkers - For those of us who would rather not put up with the noise and mess of power tools (or expense), this is the best book I've found for someone interested in woodworking with hand tools. Although it is oriented towards furniture making, but the skills used in that are easily transfered to rougher carpentry. About the only complaint I have about this book is that it's not long enough. I would have liked to see more details and further information about hand woodworking techniques (but there are other books that cover those things well). Like other Jim Tolpin books, this one is full of excellent color photos and loaded with relevant information written in a easily readable, straightforward style. You get theory and practical advice on tool and material selection, and a number of practical projects to get started on building hand woodworking skills and knowledge. The only thing better would be to attend the school Mr. Tolpin teaches at, but for those of use with limited recourses or time, this is a good start. Highly recommended.
Review: Hand Tool Heaven, The New Traditional Woodworker - Imagine a woodshop filled with 10 or 11 people planing, sawing, & squaring lumber, routing dados & grooves and producing all kinds of layout tools based on the wood workers own physical size. One would think that it would be a noisy, dusty, & fairly dangerous environment. But no, one can converse with others without shouting...no need for respirator or dust mask. Hearing protection is not needed. Your digits stay attached to you extremities. This book discribes how that is possible. I just attended a week long class from Mr. Tolpin called "Hand Tool Heaven." The class is based on this book The New Traditional Woodworker. It was amazing. Techniques are presented showing how to tune, sharpen & use hand tools as they were operated in the preindustrial era. Skills are taught and then developed by the making of tools, jigs, fixtures and other projects. The book is well researched and presented. Directions are easy to follow. Develop a new mind set. Learn how to work wood, not machine it. I highly recommend this book. In fact I now have some machines for sale if any one is interested. Ryc Williamson Aloha, Oregon

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,021,844 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #305 in Carpentry #628 in Crafts & Hobbies Reference #675 in Woodworking Projects (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (214) |
| Dimensions  | 8.3 x 0.42 x 10.8 inches |
| Edition  | Popular Woodworking |
| ISBN-10  | 1440304289 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1440304286 |
| Item Weight  | 1.6 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Part of series  | Popular Woodworking |
| Print length  | 176 pages |
| Publication date  | May 4, 2011 |
| Publisher  | Popular Woodworking Books |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent resource for hand tool woodworkers
*by R***Y on July 17, 2011*

For those of us who would rather not put up with the noise and mess of power tools (or expense), this is the best book I've found for someone interested in woodworking with hand tools. Although it is oriented towards furniture making, but the skills used in that are easily transfered to rougher carpentry. About the only complaint I have about this book is that it's not long enough. I would have liked to see more details and further information about hand woodworking techniques (but there are other books that cover those things well). Like other Jim Tolpin books, this one is full of excellent color photos and loaded with relevant information written in a easily readable, straightforward style. You get theory and practical advice on tool and material selection, and a number of practical projects to get started on building hand woodworking skills and knowledge. The only thing better would be to attend the school Mr. Tolpin teaches at, but for those of use with limited recourses or time, this is a good start. Highly recommended.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hand Tool Heaven, The New Traditional Woodworker
*by R***C on August 13, 2012*

Imagine a woodshop filled with 10 or 11 people planing, sawing, & squaring lumber, routing dados & grooves and producing all kinds of layout tools based on the wood workers own physical size. One would think that it would be a noisy, dusty, & fairly dangerous environment. But no, one can converse with others without shouting...no need for respirator or dust mask. Hearing protection is not needed. Your digits stay attached to you extremities. This book discribes how that is possible. I just attended a week long class from Mr. Tolpin called "Hand Tool Heaven." The class is based on this book The New Traditional Woodworker. It was amazing. Techniques are presented showing how to tune, sharpen & use hand tools as they were operated in the preindustrial era. Skills are taught and then developed by the making of tools, jigs, fixtures and other projects. The book is well researched and presented. Directions are easy to follow. Develop a new mind set. Learn how to work wood, not machine it. I highly recommend this book. In fact I now have some machines for sale if any one is interested. Ryc Williamson Aloha, Oregon

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great projects and ideas, but should offer alternative to some tools the reader may not have
*by A***S on August 18, 2020*

Really good book with lots of useful shop projects. Pictures are good quality and add to the text. Instructions are well detailed. The only problem I had was that the author assumes the reader has a lot of tools already and most of the time he doesn’t offer alternatives; this can make it hard for a beginner to figure out how to achieve a task without having the same set of tools the author has.

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