In a previous post I mentioned “fine details” A lot of books give good descriptions about how to woodwork, but they tend to skip over a lot of fine details. Like, don’t try and fit dovetails so they fit together like a puzzle piece. They should be tight so they fit together as a solid piece. The slopes of the joint should help pull the joint together to make it tighter.

Or, you can use #5 plane to dimension wood, but a scrub plane, a #7 and a #4 or #4 1/2 is better. (A LOT better.)Or, just because you cut a piece of wood square doesn’t mean it is going to stay that way. Mosture and heat casue wood to twist and change in very interesting ways. It’s like woking with a living breathing material. Oh wait, it is.”Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking” has a lot of these kinds of fine details, which is why it is such a popular book. Are there any other books with “fine details”? Or better yet, that focus on “fine details”?Or maybe I need to shut up and get back to working wood.