A website on tools (http://toolemera.com/Books%26Booklets/booksplans.html) offers a page with antique booklets, one of which is titled, How to Make Woodwork Tools http://toolemera.com/bkpdf/haywardhowtobk.pdf.
This 52-page book, from around 1945, has strong illustrations outlining the various processes. True to form it has an initial illustration of the completed item and then multiple images showing the stages of the creation of the tools. The fact that this book is more than 60 years old proves that good design is timeless.
I love this book! The typesetting makes me smile, and I honestly love the old-book smell - I can almost get a wiff of those musty notes through the computer screen. Great find.
ReplyDeleteThis book is great. The pictures are effective and the information is timeless!
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