I too have been sniffing around the net ... and discovered 2 additional 
sites you may be interested in and have a short review.

On 2015-01-29 16:29, galoot@l... wrote:
> Quoting paul womack :
>
>> Long ago (2006) I posted a review of this book.
>>
>> http://swi
ngleydev.com/archive/get.php?message_id=160966
>>
>> Recently, whilst reading a newly acquired Woodworker annual
>> (1952) I found a review of the new 6th edition, which made
>> interesting reading on the status of editions 1-5.
>>
> review snipped, but note that Bugbear's 2006 review mentioned plans...
>
> I have not read all 516 pages yet, but the 1922 edition is available in
> a variety of electronic formats at
> https://ia802604.us.archive.org/31/items/moderncabinetwor00well/moder
ncabinetwor00well.pdf">https://ia802604.us.archive.org/31/items/moderncabinetwor
00well/moderncabinetwor00well.pdf

1 Better copy

This file is about 34MB (big but not enormous) and produces a readable 
image. However, some of the figures are a little fuzzy from compression.

There is another version of this file that is 8 times as big here:

http://catalog.hathitru
st.org/Record/100191770

At the end of the citation it has a button Full View which takes you to 
something like

http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t3126j18t;view=1up
;seq=7">http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t3126j18t;view=1up;
seq=7

which lets you read one page at a time.

On the left side is a button    Download whole book (PDF)

If you click on that it tells you it is going to make the PDF for you 
(takes 5 or ten minutes) then you get a copy on your computer. It is big 
- 250MB or so. Adobe has no problems with this size of file.

The smaller version is probably ok if you don't want really good 
versions of the figures.

2 Very long review

Finally, and perhaps first, there is an excellent review of the book and 
the author's works

http://www.woodwo
rkinghistory.com/manual_author2.htm

This review compares the various editions of the book, including the 
1955 edition. Also well worth reading.

3 Mini review

A final tidbit - the book can be a little contentious.

Almost the first thing the authors do is explain the importance of the 
cap iron in directing shavings up out of the mouth of the plane. They 
recommend a setting back 1/16" from the edge for wooden fore planes.

They also say that the size and design of planes has been "settled by 
long usage and proof".

They also say that "American planes are lighter, and flimsy in 
construction compared with those of English make, and are consequently 
cheaper, but they do not produce such a fine surface, nor last as long."

Very interesting book though.

No mention of broken totes and the causes of same so far.

Brent
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Brent Beach
Victoria, BC, Canada