Humour in the Woodshop

Vol. 1 covers planes, chisels, saws, drills and measuring tools
Vol. 2 covers builder’s math and drawing and plans
Vol. 3 covers framing and roofing and layouts
Vol. 4 covers doors, windows, stairs, mill-work and painting

Over 1400 pages of illustrations and insightful how-to and interestingly enough how-not-to (not necessarily the best way to teach techniques).

particularly like this delightful illustration giving advice on: ‘How not to drive a nail, or method used by greenhorns and some amateurs’.

A – stroke 1, hits nail (by accident)
B – stroke 2, hits thumb
C – stroke 3, oblique blow causes hammer to slide off nail and hit board (first dent)
D – stroke 4, second oblique blow bends nail
E – stroke 5, side blow to straighten nail
F – appearance of nail and board after “driving.”

You can still find sets of this on online auction sites – just search for Audel’s Carpenter’s & Builder’s Guide.