Early Trades & Traditional Skills

From coopering to wheelwrighting and sawmilling, these books document historical trades and crafts that are a treasured part of our past. Learn how to make a coopered wooden bucket or delve into manufacturing and the trades just prior to the industrial revolution in Europe in the Diderot Pictorial Encyclopedia. If the Victorian era piques your interest, don't miss Tales from the Blue Ox a collection of stories, tools, techniques and recipes from that time period.

The Art of Mechanical Drawing	The Art of Splitting Stone	Chains and Chainmaking
The Cooper and His Trade	A Diderot Pictorial Encyclopedia of Trades and Industry in Two Volumes	Early Logging Tools
The Fascinating World of Early Tools and Trades	Fifty Years a Planemaker and User	Glory Days of Logging
How to Cast Small Metal and Rubber Parts	How to Make a Coopered Wooden Bucket	How to Make a Coopered Wooden Bucket - DVD

Books A - K / Books L - Z