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Peter H. –
This is not a book for the faint-hearted or mathmatically challenged individual. It’s layout is very weird to say the least. One half of the page is its original content, the other half has the author’s clarifications and thoughts. A very hard read to say the least. BUT, if you are serious about gaining a LOT of knowledge regarding circular woodworking, especially repetative capability, this is a must have book to get you started. It will guide you to places in your woodworking like no other and offers much for the designing mind.
If you are extremely lucky to have a master circular woodworker at your disposal, you may not want to add all the thoughts of this book to your collection. This type of work is very demanding, let the master teach you as this book may confuse its reader. BUT, very few of us have this luxury so I recommend it highly. Read a little, let it soak in, practice what is shown. Let the book set for a while then start a new chapter.
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Amazon Customer –
Really good book for either the beginner or time served carpenter/joiner. Extremely helpful and I remember doing a couple of the jobs at college.
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GDTS –
Put in reference books.
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Larry –
the information from 1886 is quite amazing. Really reccomend this book to anyone whos interested in circular woodwork, it teaches you geometry as well as practical work that folllows up.
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J. Hicks –
George Collins takes both Geometric and Algebraic methods to you. And illustrates as well. Is your child a natural with straight edge and compass? Does he/ or she love to work with hands? Did he make all A’s in Algebra class? Wrap this with a bow and give it to your child with it’s other Christmas Gifts. This is a lost art today and could keep your 13 year old child away from Mischief, if he is the hard working and intelligent kind. Some children would love to work with something real rather than just passing classes all the time.
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Darren Gladue –
awesome book
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Shishi-Odoshi –
If you like you need to take your woodwork projects to another level or your simply intrigued by curved carpentry, then this book does that.
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Dwayne Stromberg –
this book is great if you love working with wood, the best buy. you can not go wrong with circular work in Carpentry & Joinery.. Dwayne Stromberg.
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jason west –
It’s ok !!!!
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WoodProfessor –
It’s sometimes difficult for contemporary woodworkers to remember that sophisticated and complex carpentry and joinery were routinely practiced centuries before the invention of the measuring tape, the calculator, the computer, power tools and CAD. Over the years, much original traditional woodworking knowledge, practices and techniques have disappeared from the trade and not been passed down through mentors and apprenticeships to modern carpenters and woodworkers. George Collings, a master carpenter writing in late nineteenth century England, authored his amazing Practical Treatise on Circular Work of Single and Double Curvature in 1886. “The finest examples of circular work in carpentry are found in Georgian and Victorian period architecture. Classical forms were revived during these periods, and the craftsman had to translate into wood the forms that had previously been executed in stone. Techniques of circular layout were developed in England, and passed along from master to apprentice over the decades.”(From the Foreword.) A taste for simpler forms with less adornment developed towards the end of the 19th century, followed by the modernist movement of the 1920’s. By the Depression era and WWII there was no longer any call for a craftsman with the skills to execute the labor-intensive work in circular joinery that the more elaborate forms required, and the skills and techniques – especially the layout methods – virtually disappeared. Recently, however, an increasing popularity of Victorian reproduction, turrets and rotundas has rekindled an interest in circular work. Collings’ work was resurrected and reprinted, with annotations and illustrations to make it more accessible to today’s carpenters and woodworkers, by Karl Shumaker in 1992. This is a really fun book (if you like that sort of thing), with an impressive store of knowledge, techniques and inspiration. It occasionally makes my head hurt when I read it, but it’s well worth the effort. As Mr. Shumaker so elegantly understates in his foreword, “While some of the geometry requires concentration, the attentive reader will be amply rewarded.” If you enjoy this, try Collings’ “A Practical Treatise on Handrailing”.
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Rosie Mann –
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joanne –
Useful book for level 3 joinery.easy to follow.nice to keep for the future
Peter H. –
This is not a book for the faint-hearted or mathmatically challenged individual. It’s layout is very weird to say the least. One half of the page is its original content, the other half has the author’s clarifications and thoughts. A very hard read to say the least. BUT, if you are serious about gaining a LOT of knowledge regarding circular woodworking, especially repetative capability, this is a must have book to get you started. It will guide you to places in your woodworking like no other and offers much for the designing mind.
If you are extremely lucky to have a master circular woodworker at your disposal, you may not want to add all the thoughts of this book to your collection. This type of work is very demanding, let the master teach you as this book may confuse its reader. BUT, very few of us have this luxury so I recommend it highly. Read a little, let it soak in, practice what is shown. Let the book set for a while then start a new chapter.
Amazon Customer –
Really good book for either the beginner or time served carpenter/joiner. Extremely helpful and I remember doing a couple of the jobs at college.
GDTS –
Put in reference books.
Larry –
the information from 1886 is quite amazing. Really reccomend this book to anyone whos interested in circular woodwork, it teaches you geometry as well as practical work that folllows up.
J. Hicks –
George Collins takes both Geometric and Algebraic methods to you. And illustrates as well. Is your child a natural with straight edge and compass? Does he/ or she love to work with hands? Did he make all A’s in Algebra class? Wrap this with a bow and give it to your child with it’s other Christmas Gifts. This is a lost art today and could keep your 13 year old child away from Mischief, if he is the hard working and intelligent kind. Some children would love to work with something real rather than just passing classes all the time.
Darren Gladue –
awesome book
Shishi-Odoshi –
If you like you need to take your woodwork projects to another level or your simply intrigued by curved carpentry, then this book does that.
Dwayne Stromberg –
this book is great if you love working with wood, the best buy. you can not go wrong with circular work in Carpentry & Joinery.. Dwayne Stromberg.
jason west –
It’s ok !!!!
WoodProfessor –
It’s sometimes difficult for contemporary woodworkers to remember that sophisticated and complex carpentry and joinery were routinely practiced centuries before the invention of the measuring tape, the calculator, the computer, power tools and CAD. Over the years, much original traditional woodworking knowledge, practices and techniques have disappeared from the trade and not been passed down through mentors and apprenticeships to modern carpenters and woodworkers.
George Collings, a master carpenter writing in late nineteenth century England, authored his amazing Practical Treatise on Circular Work of Single and Double Curvature in 1886. “The finest examples of circular work in carpentry are found in Georgian and Victorian period architecture. Classical forms were revived during these periods, and the craftsman had to translate into wood the forms that had previously been executed in stone. Techniques of circular layout were developed in England, and passed along from master to apprentice over the decades.”(From the Foreword.) A taste for simpler forms with less adornment developed towards the end of the 19th century, followed by the modernist movement of the 1920’s. By the Depression era and WWII there was no longer any call for a craftsman with the skills to execute the labor-intensive work in circular joinery that the more elaborate forms required, and the skills and techniques – especially the layout methods – virtually disappeared. Recently, however, an increasing popularity of Victorian reproduction, turrets and rotundas has rekindled an interest in circular work. Collings’ work was resurrected and reprinted, with annotations and illustrations to make it more accessible to today’s carpenters and woodworkers, by Karl Shumaker in 1992.
This is a really fun book (if you like that sort of thing), with an impressive store of knowledge, techniques and inspiration. It occasionally makes my head hurt when I read it, but it’s well worth the effort. As Mr. Shumaker so elegantly understates in his foreword, “While some of the geometry requires concentration, the attentive reader will be amply rewarded.”
If you enjoy this, try Collings’ “A Practical Treatise on Handrailing”.
Rosie Mann –
ok
joanne –
Useful book for level 3 joinery.easy to follow.nice to keep for the future
Susanne –
very interesting book