Category Archives: Mechanick Exercises or the Doctrine of Handy-Works

Closing Out ‘The Art of Joinery’

With the publication of Joseph Moxon’s “Mechanick Exercises or the Doctrine of Handy-Works” we now have two books with significant overlap in their content.  “The Art of Joinery” contains Moxon’s chapters on joinery, plus modern commentary. “Mechanick Exercises” contains all of Moxon’s chapters on handcrafts (including the joinery chapters). But no modern commentary. To reduce…

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Now Shipping: Joseph Moxon’s ‘Mechanick Exercises’

After a long dry spell of new books, I am pleased to announce that we are now shipping our reprint of Joseph Moxon’s “Mechanick Exercises: Or the Doctrine of Handy-Works” – the first English language book on woodworking. If you are a hand-tool enthusiast, Moxon is basically where it all begins. His clear descriptions of…

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