"Volume 2 of the Collins Complete Woodworker's Manual: Expert Advice for Crafting Quality Woodwork"

Amazon Customer: Good book

United Kingdom on Nov 30, 2023

Ron Thow: Very comprehensive guide to timber, joints, joiners, fasteners and hinge type - has really helped when I need to go and buy materials. Good source of ideas for different ways to design a project, including how to fasten it together at the design stage.
Well produced, good quality paper and cover materials used. Clear illustrations and plenty of project ideas to develop into plans,in the illustrations (although it is not a book of plans).

Australia on Nov 19, 2023

Rizwan Khan: excellent book :: must have

India on Jul 09, 2023

PriitR: Excellent purchase, well illustrated.

Germany on Jan 17, 2023

pete: I bought this on the back of a recommendation from Matt Estlea.
I am glad I did.
What a super detailed reference book to have in the workshop. It's actually too nice to be in the workshop, so it will stay in the normal house bookcase.

Germany on Oct 30, 2022

Kevin Carter: I got this book because youtuber, Matt Estlea recommended it. In my opinion, all woodworkers, beginners and experts should have this. I would consider this to be a Bible for woodworkers. I think even the expert woodworker would find this useful. This book covers wood types, furniture design, shop tools, and joinery. There is only one spelling error that I found to be quite funny in this book. In the section on clamps, the word clamps is spelled as cramps. Don’t let that spelling error dissuade you from buying this book. This book is worth every single cent.

United States on Feb 07, 2021

J.O.M.: I've been reading about this book for a while, as a begginer woodworker I have found it really helpfull, it has become my main source of information as I start any project. It has excellent quality, and walks you through every step of any woodworking project you decide to start working on. I have been reading it for about a week and I've already learn lots of techniques that helped me to accomplish great cuts and joinery. As an architect, I must say, the chapter on design process is really throroug and complete. I could not be happier. One of the best tools to have in your workshop.
(Sorry about my English, I haven't been writing for some time now)

United States on Sep 19, 2019

Woodchips: This is an exceptionally useful book for anyone who creates with wood. The attention to detail is superb. I truly enjoy reading through this book. I understand now why some call it "the Woodworker's Bible". I can easily recommend this book to anyone wishing to learn about woodworking.

United States on Jan 28, 2019

Joe Hill: I got this based on Matt Estlea and his recommendation. It is a FANTASTIC resource for anyone getting into woodworking and truthfully one of the only two (or three) woodworking books you'll ever need. As a coder, I bought a TON of books when I got started, but truthfully used very few of them as I learned that craft. The same goes for woodworking. You can buy a TON of books, but will use only a few. This book, "Workbenches: From Design & Theory to Construction & Use", and [honorable mention] Nick Offerman's "Paddle Your Own Canoe" should be must haves for any woodworkers library.

United States on Oct 02, 2018

Garry Holmberg: The book was delivered yesterday. I have already turned every page, not read, but turned.

As I turned each page I looked at the pictures and read some of the content. The book has excellent photos and diagrams. The first part of the book describes what you need to know about wood. I have seen this material in other basic woodworking books, but this book also has several pages showing what lumber (boards) of different species look like. I found this quite helpful because the picture of each board is quite large and you get a good sense of the coloring and grain pattern for each.

BUT, throughout the entire book including the table of contents, the word "clamp" is spelled as "cramp" in all forms, ed, ing, ... It does not take away from the awesome content, but it caused me to do a double take each time I read a sentence and ran into the word "cramp" when they meant "clamp". I really don't see how this got past the proofreading stage. It is so blatant and it is throughout the book.

Note: I checked Google before posting to see if Cramp was a British form of the work clamp and did not find anything. So I wrote this review. Later I was telling my wife about my review...

United States on Jul 22, 2018