Moxon Woodworking Book. In it he showed many of the tools used by the contemporary joiner, from the workbench down to the dividers. Build it yourself, save time & money.
Silver (makers of campaign furniture), I stumbled on HathiTrust again. Build it yourself, save time & money. I have been hearing about Joseph Moxon and his book Mechanick Exercises for several years now.
Modern woodworkers have discovered the usefulness of a vise that brings work up to a more convenient height, particularly when working the ends of boards, as in dovetailing.
Dovetailing with a Moxon vise is such a dream, it's now difficult to remember what we did before the current revival this wonderful fixture.
Joseph Moxon in his well-quoted work on the mechanic arts defined joinery as "an Art Manual, whereby several Pieces of Wood are so fitted and join'd together by Straight-line, Squares, Miters or any Bevel, that they shall seem one intire Piece." Like this guy, Joseph Moxon's Mechanick Exercises, the oldest known book on woodworking published in English. Silver (makers of campaign furniture), I stumbled on HathiTrust again. Build it yourself, save time & money.