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Joseph Moxon’s "Mechanick Exercises", 1677
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The book covers several different fields (metalworking, woodworking, brick-laying, sundial-construction, and print-making). Chapters relevant to woodworking are:
Joinery, §1 [archive.org]
Joinery, part 2, §15 [archive.org]
Joinery part 3, §28 [archive.org]
House-Carpentry, §1 [archive.org]
House-Carpentry, part 2, §15 [archive.org]
House-Carpentry, part 3, §18 [archive.org]
Turning, §I [archive.org]
Turning, part 2, §III [archive.org]
Turning, part 3, §VIII [archive.org]
Turning, part 4, §XV [archive.org]
Turning, part 5, §XXIII [archive.org]