Moxon Woodworking Book

Modern woodworkers have discovered the usefulness of a vise that brings work up to a more convenient height particularly when working the ends of boards as in dovetailing.

Moxon woodworking book. I ve always been surprised how hard it is to find joseph moxon s mechanick exercises in the public domain. Silver makers of campaign furniture i stumbled on hathitrust again. Or the doctrine of handy works was written printed and published as a serial by joseph moxon between 1683 1685 and the published as a book in 1703. In it he showed many of the tools used by the contemporary joiner from the workbench down to the dividers.

A mathematician writer printer publisher and maker of maps globes and scientific instruments joseph moxon was also the first tradesman to be awarded membership in the royal society of london. Now that i ve built it and put it to the test i was up until 1 a m. Joseph moxon s most popular book is the art of joinery. While doing some research on s w.

Book the art of joinery shortly thereafter. So we decided to reprint moxon s writings on joinery offering a plain spoken explanation of moxon s original text with added commentary and more than 40 photos that explain early woodworking practices. Joseph moxon has 22 books on goodreads with 205 ratings. In 2010 woodworking author christopher schwarz built a reproduction of joseph moxon s double screw vise described in his 17th c.

I ve always been surprised how hard it is to find joseph moxon s mechanick this entry was posted in downloads the art of joinery. Joseph moxon s double screw vise described in his 17th c. Moxon s chapters on woodworking offer important clues about the tools and how to use them. The result is a 93 page book that is smythe sewn.

And check out this. Joseph moxon wrote the first english language book on woodworking titled the mechanick exercises in1678. This week i think i finally understand the so called double screw vise shown in joseph moxon s mechanick exercises the first english book on woodworking. Like this guy joseph moxon s mechanick exercises the oldest known book on woodworking published in english.

The art of joinery book. In one part of his book he discusses the double screw vise. If you don t have. A few years ago i stumbled on a link from that hathitrust and totally forgot about it.

N 1678 a printer and globe maker named joesph moxon began publis.