Post, or send me a PM if any links do not work. If you know of other free WW ebooks please post them in this thread.
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Links to free woodworking related ebooks I’ve found at Project Gutenberg:
After opening search pages (links below) in your browser: Scroll down the page to ”Download this ebook for free.” If you have a high speed connection you should be able to use: HTML – non compression – main site. The HTML version can be copied and saved as a HTML file, text file or PDF file, or you can just bookmark the page.
1) Seasoning of Wood by J. B. Wagner 1917
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26598
2) Handwork in Wood, by William Noyes 1910
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/20846
3) A Course In Wood Turning by Archie S. Milton and Otto K. Wohlers 1919
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15460
4) FRENCH POLISHING AND ENAMELLING 1910
French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/17935
5) MISSION FURNITURE – HOW TO MAKE IT – PART ONE
By H. H. WINDSOR – POPULAR MECHANICS HANDBOOKS – 1910
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23770
6) MISSION FURNITURE – HOW TO MAKE IT – PART TWO
By H. H. WINDSOR – POPULAR MECHANICS HANDBOOKS – 1910
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23991
7) MSSION FURNITURE HOW TO MAKE IT – PART THREE
BY H. H. WINDSOR – POPULAR MECHANICS HANDBOOKS – 1912
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23666
8) Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Peter C. Welsh
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27238
9) The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio -1914
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/20239
10) Woodwork Joints by William Fairham (date ?)
Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/21531
11) Illustrated History of Furniture by Frederick Litchfield
Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time (1893)
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/12254
My favorites: Woodwork Joints and Seasoning of Wood.
Larry
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Thanks, Larry.
Thank you for all the links.. I use the Gutenburg all the time but I was never smart enough to save all the links!
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