Gary M. Katz  
 
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  Books, Magazines, Articles & Websites  
 

 
 
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 Get Your House Right (available on Amazon.com). An insightful and illuminating look at common architectural errors and their solutions.
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 The Wood Whisperer! (excellent and edgy woodworking video pod casts)
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 The Theory of Moldings. (Reprint availabe on Amazon.com) The best resource for understanding molding design and applications.
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 1914 Award Winning Letters: "How I built a reputation..."
  (pdf file created by Jeff Burks--right click and save file to disc.)
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 Historic Millwork
  A Guide to Restoring and Re-creating Doors, Windows, and Moldings of the Late Nineteenth through
Mid-Twentieth Centuries, by Brent Hull
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 Pat Warner Router Books
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 The Journal of Light Construction
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 Fine Homebuilding
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 Traditional Building Magazine
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 Tools of the Trade
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 Code Check Building Links
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 Joe Woods Website: Woodshop
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 Hull Historical (Reproduction Moldings)
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 Sines (A good explaination of Trig)
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 Women in Woodworking
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 History of Moldings (Traditional Building Mag)
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 The Blacker House (Greene & Greene)
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 Greene and Greene Homes in Pasadena
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 "The Elements of Style": Identifying Architectural Period Styles, ed. by Stephen Calloway
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 "Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture" Cyril Harris (excellent resource for terminolgy)
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 "A Field Guide to American Houses" (and...)
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 "America's Historic Neigborhoods" both by Viginnia McCalester (perfect companions for a carpenter's vacation!)
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 The Dictionary of Building Preservation (Bucher/ Wiley 96)
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 Victorian Homes of the Midwest: Excellent site on Victorian architecture with well-written essays and beautiful photographs.
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 Loretto Chapel Staircase
 
   
   
  Materials  
 

 
 
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 Fortifiber
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 Benjamin Obedyke
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 Hardwood Plywood and Veneer Association
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 Forest Plywood
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 Focal Point (Polyurethane Moldings & Ornamentation)
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 Phillips Plywood
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 Soss Invisible Hinges
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 Woodworker's Hardware: Cabinet Hardware
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 Pinske-Edge Tools for Solid Surface Fabrication
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 McMaster-Carr: You-Name-It Hardware Catalogue Sales
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 Johnson Hardware (sliding doors)
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 E.B. Bradley (specialty hardware and tools)
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 Sugastsune (Hardware)
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 Superior Moulding
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 Bommer Industries (hinges, spring hinges, double-acting hinges)
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 McFeely's Square Drive Screws
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 Schlegel Systems, Inc. (Window and Door Hardware)
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 Windsor One / Windsor Mill: Interior and Exterior Trim & Siding
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 Liberon Wood Finish Supply
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 The Door and Hardware Institue (specs, info. on Doors/Hardw.)
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 Wood Moulding and Milwork Producers Association
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 Architectural Elements (Mark White: Molded Polyurethane Milwork)
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 New England Classic (Molding and Wainscoting)
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 Trapeze Decking Screws
 
   
   
  Tools  
 

 
 
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 Festool
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 BOSCH Power Tools
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 Amazon / Tool Crib
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 Senco
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 Stabila
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 DeWalt Power Tools
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 Pemko Weatherstripping Products
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 Reid Tool
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 Delta Tools
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 Collins Tool Company
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 Calculated Industries (Construction Master Calculators)
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 Jim Chestnuts Clam Clamps
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 CopeMaster
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 Dust Bee Gone (great surgical-type particle masks, washable, re-usable)
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 Rousseau Power Tool Accessories
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 FAST CAP (2P-10 Glue, Glue Bottles, Third Hand, Edge-Banding & Tools, etc.)
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 Pat Warner Routing Accessories
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 Templaco Tools: Router Templates
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 Micro-Fence Precision Router Edge Guide
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 Virutex: Laminate Edge Trimmers
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 Hida Tools (Japanese Hand Saws)
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 Right-Tool Co. (Lion Trimmer & Picture Framing Tools)
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 Medford Tool & Supply
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 Saw Helper Miter Saw Stand
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 Porter Cable Tools
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 Milwaukee Tools
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 Amana Tools (Carbide Router Bits, etc.)
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 True Angle Tool (Plastic Angle Finder)
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 Ulmia Clamps
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 Sharpening Guide
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 Oneida Dust Collectors
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 Williams & Hussy: Molding Machine
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 Hoffman Dovetail Machine
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 Tajima (Chalk Lines, Tape Measures, Saws)
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 Trim Gauge
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 Kreg Tool Company (Kreg Jig)
 
   
     
     
   
     
  Stabila