Books and Magazine Reviews
First “A Little Saw” Reviews
Reader Review There have been a few book reviews of “[amazon text=A Little Saw&asin=1976814901]” today. The first on Amazon from “Tigger” commented that the book “did not cover any power cuting tools” (sic). I had origionally planned to include power
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This Book Isn’t Safe
My daughter bought me a copy of Colin Furze’s book for Christmas. If you’ve never heard of Colin Furze then you should visit his YouTube channel or website colinfurze.com but in summary Colin is mad inventor who has been “turning
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HackSpace Magazine – Hack Make Build Create
This week saw the launch of a new magazine for makers, tinkerers and garden shed engineers. “HackSpace Magazine” aims to be more than just electronics and incorporates woodwork and metalwork too. The first edition will be on sale later this
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Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop
[amazon asin=1101984651&image=http://www.workshopshed.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/GoodCleanFun.jpg&template=image] It’s not everyday you get a woodworking book with a song on the back cover. But this is not your ordinary woodworking book and the Offerman Woodshop is not your ordinary woodshop. The Offerman Woodshop is made up
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What’s on my bookshelf
I’ve quite a pile of books on my shelf at the moment, I thought I’d share some of them. The is a book that was sitting on my wish list for a long time. The reason is that it was
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The Man who made things out of trees
Before reading this, if you’d have asked me to list all the trees I knew, I probably would have overlooked the ash tree. But the ash tree is the 3rd most common in the UK, is part of many woodlands
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Tags: Ash, Trees
Better Know Your Hammer
[amazon text=Better Know Your Hammer&asin=1257832069] is a guide to metal working hammers based on the blog posts of Wendy Edsall-Kerwin. [amazon template=image&asin=1257832069] I purchased an EBook edition of Better Know Your Hammer a few weeks ago. Like Wendy, I also
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Tags: hammer
Chasing and Repoussé
Earlier in the year, I mentioned that I had a new book and was experimenting with a new technique called repoussé. This had allowed me to create a primitive medal for the PSTOIC annual get together. Since then I’ve read
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Materials: Brass, Copper, Mild Steel, Silver
Tags: repoussé
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
