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Oldtool
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Terrific source of woodworking materials
After my last project post of a piece of traditional American Furniture, which I originally got from a Popular Woodworking book, 1 of 4 written by Glen Huey, concerning making Traditional American furniture, I should share this source of information.
Glen Huey's books provide everything you need to make a similar piece, photos with description of "how to" and a complete bill of material.
If you are interested, you can find these and many other sources of help & inspiration at: https://welib.org/search?page=1&q=Glen+Huey
I apologize in advance guys, I don't know how to inset a usable link.
Good Woodworking All.
Glen Huey's books provide everything you need to make a similar piece, photos with description of "how to" and a complete bill of material.
If you are interested, you can find these and many other sources of help & inspiration at: https://welib.org/search?page=1&q=Glen+Huey
I apologize in advance guys, I don't know how to inset a usable link.
Good Woodworking All.
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thanks OT !
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
Oldtool, here’s a link: Glen Huey books at welib.org .
In case you ever want to try it yourself…. In the reply text entry box:
In case you ever want to try it yourself…. In the reply text entry box:
- Type the name of the link (“Glen Huey books at welib.org” for the link I added above). This text will be underlined and clickable in the submitted post/reply.
- Select that link name. (Highlight it.)
- Click the link icon. It’s in the row of icons above the entry field. looks like two chain links and is to the right of the Bold/Italics/Strikethrough icons. A smaller text entry field will display.
- Enter the URL of the target site (“https://welib.org/search?page=1&q=Glen+Huey” in this case). It’s easier if you copy/paste the URL instead of typing it.
- Click the Link button beside the URL you just added.
- Continue with the rest of your post/reply.
If that procedure is unclear, let me know, and I’ll add some screenshots.
Ron
I had never heard of WeLib, and I just poked around a bit. There are a ton of books there, but I think it’s a site that’s too good to be true. It appears to have copyrighted books, not just public domain ones, so it seems on the sketchy side to me. Just wanted to throw that out…
Thanks for the instructions Ron, much appreciated.
RE: WeLib, I guess others can decide on use, but I've had no adverse effects so far.
RE: WeLib, I guess others can decide on use, but I've had no adverse effects so far.
RE: WeLib, I guess others can decide on use, but I've had no adverse effects so far.
Question for everyone who thinks it’s okay to download copyrighted material:
If the website hosted copies of Dutchy’s models, which he sells reasonably, would you take the free copies? Would you steal them from him—because, that is what it is: Stealing!
Downloading pirated intellectual property wherein the author loses income is theft.
Outright stealing.
Why then would you steal from Glen Huey?
The adverse effects from piracy include loss of honest income and the net effects of said loss.
Gary G,
You may be correct, I have no way of knowing. I am not tech savvy when it comes to the web or the devices used to access information. That is why I said others can choose to use or not. Hopefully others will know more about this site.
As for me, I just stumbled across this site about a week ago, and I didn't use it for the project I mentioned. I've purchased all 4 of Glen Huey's books, bought them back before 2008. I only listed it here for possible use by others. As for the project I recently posted, originally from 2013, it isn't in any of the 3 Huey books on that site.
If what you say is true, then I'll not go to that site for project material, there are plenty of others, like; Project Gute berg, Internet Archive, Google Books, Standard Ebooks, Wikisource, and public libraries - which I have a card in the Carnegie Library.
If you have legal or legitimate sources, please provide.
Thanks.
You may be correct, I have no way of knowing. I am not tech savvy when it comes to the web or the devices used to access information. That is why I said others can choose to use or not. Hopefully others will know more about this site.
As for me, I just stumbled across this site about a week ago, and I didn't use it for the project I mentioned. I've purchased all 4 of Glen Huey's books, bought them back before 2008. I only listed it here for possible use by others. As for the project I recently posted, originally from 2013, it isn't in any of the 3 Huey books on that site.
If what you say is true, then I'll not go to that site for project material, there are plenty of others, like; Project Gute berg, Internet Archive, Google Books, Standard Ebooks, Wikisource, and public libraries - which I have a card in the Carnegie Library.
If you have legal or legitimate sources, please provide.
Thanks.
no harm OT, good information to know.
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
I’ve had good luck finding interesting ebooks using Hoopla. If you’re unfamiliar with it, it’s tied to your public library and lets you check out ebooks (and movies, but haven’t used it for that). It’s a good way to read a book to see if it’s worth buying. Unfortunately, I’ve read that many libraries are moving away from it because of its pricing model.
Overdrive/Libby is a similar service, but the selection is very limited, and popular books typically have long waiting lists.
Overdrive/Libby is a similar service, but the selection is very limited, and popular books typically have long waiting lists.
Hi OT.
I’m not saying you’re stealing; I’m saying the website has some copyrighted material and/or Intellectual Property (IP) which belongs to the creator/author/artist NOT to the public.
To the best of my knowledge, neither Huey nor Lang released their books to the public domain.
Unfortunately, because of piracy as well as different countries having different laws protecting IP, it’s each individual’s responsibility to make certain whatever they take (read, download, whatever) is legitimate and legal.
Otherwise, the individual is a thief just as if they went into a retail store and stole a book or a DVD.
If someone downloads a book and there’s a Copyright statement in the book, usually at the very beginning, then it’s not public and should be deleted immediately. Otherwise, again, it’s theft.
It’s really quite black and white.
I’m not saying you’re stealing; I’m saying the website has some copyrighted material and/or Intellectual Property (IP) which belongs to the creator/author/artist NOT to the public.
To the best of my knowledge, neither Huey nor Lang released their books to the public domain.
Unfortunately, because of piracy as well as different countries having different laws protecting IP, it’s each individual’s responsibility to make certain whatever they take (read, download, whatever) is legitimate and legal.
Otherwise, the individual is a thief just as if they went into a retail store and stole a book or a DVD.
If someone downloads a book and there’s a Copyright statement in the book, usually at the very beginning, then it’s not public and should be deleted immediately. Otherwise, again, it’s theft.
It’s really quite black and white.
OK Gary, understood. Thanks
