In my endeavors to learn about woodworking, I’ve come across a ton of free books. I’d like to personally thank Christopher Schwarz for the work he does and shares with the world for free. His books are entertaining as well as informative. For the first time ever (as far as I can tell) on one page, here is a list of the books he wrote and shares for free:
”The Anarchist’s Tool Chest“
”The Anarchist’s Design Book“
”The Anarchist’s Workbench“
”The Art of Joinery“
”Roman Workbenches“
“Ingenious mechaniks“
“The Stick Chair Book”
I highly recommend checking out Lost Art Press. It’s a publishing company he and a few others started. The books are high quality and reasonably priced.
More woodworking books I found interesting:
I-Can-Do-That
German kodex – Interesting pics of old tools. They really haven’t changed much over the years.
https://machinethinking.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/258834_Loffelholtz-Kodex_Abbildungen_und_Beschreibungen_v.pdf
How-to/Project ideas:
Popular woodworking has a ton
Mini-workbench https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG5V5LszdJQ
Moravian workbench:
Demo
Free CAD and PDF
YouTubers:
Paul Sellers makes everything look easy
Rex Krueger has great stuff for newbies
Black Bear Forge has a youtube channel just for woodworking and other misc. stuff
This guy is great too
Aaand one more
Iron Grove Forge 