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Raymond McInnis is an amateur woodworker and scholar of woodworking history who maintains the web site woodworkinghistory.com. At his site, you’ll find “A Decade-by-Decade Narrative of Amateur Woodworking in America From 1900 to 2000” as well as a glossary of woodworking terms, vintage woodworking manuals and more. Raymond has been following the discussion of “favorite woodworking books” on our blog, and writes:
“[I] think that while the authors discussed have merit, the list is too contemporary , too much simply “re-inventing the wheel” , to the neglect the pioneers, many of whom are listed [on my site]. Perhaps my opinion is a bit strong, but after my work assembling the material for the names listed below, I have acquired a genuine respect and humility for what these woodworkers of earlier eras accomplished.”
Click here to read his list as well as excerpts from each title and biographical information on the authors.
– Megan Fitzpatrick, managing editor
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