Books and Magazine Reviews
Shed Manual
The Haynes manuals are renown for their quality guidance on car repairs. In recent years they have expanded their range to include a wider range of topics. Some of these are more coffee table books than instruction. However, “Shed Manual”
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Tags: Haynes, shed
The Crafty Kid’s Guide to DIY Electronics
Helen sent me a copy of her latest book to review. We’ve not had a chance to try out any of the projects yet but here’s my initial thoughts. So there’s a couple of reasons we’ve not yet got around
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This is (not) rocket science
“How a New Generation of Core Independent Peripherals Redefined Embedded Control” This is (not) Rocket Science is a book about the PIC Microcontroller series. Many modern microcontrollers have hardware blocks for communications, timing, analogue to digital conversion, capacitive sensing etc.
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Tags: Microchip, PIC
American Magazines for Makers
So that I’d have something to read on a long flight I dropped into a Barnes and Noble store to see what magazines were available. I picked these three. Nuts and Volts I’d heard of Nuts and Volts via the
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First “A Little Saw” Reviews
Reader Review There have been a few book reviews of “A Little Saw” 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 saws
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This Book Isn’t Safe
My daughter bought me a copy of Colin Furze’s book This book isn’t safe 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
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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
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 of a
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
