Have you ever walked into a hardware store, Home Depot, Walmart, or Loews, not knowing what kind of nail or wrench or hammer or piping or paint thinneror any thingamajig whatsoeveris best for the type of job that you have to do at home? Or have you wandered through the aisles of these stores wondering, whatever does that do? Here is the book for you.The Complete Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in Hardware Stores identifies the name and function of thousands of common and uncommon tools and supplies. Not only a visual dictionary of products, it is filled with advice on how to use the tools, safety issues to consider and buying tips. This revised edition features 100 new illustrations and many of the amazing new products that have come on the market since the original book was published over a decade ago. From the zoological tools (cats paw, crows foot, snake), to the oddly suggestive (stud finder, undressed stone, hickey) to the downright intriguing (plumb bob, spud wrench, and butt chisel), every tool you have ever been curious about can be found in this unique and wonderful book.The Complete Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in Hardware Stores makes a welcome gift book!
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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Seeking to "echo the friendly advice a good clerk would give you as you leave a store," the authors explain the basic hardware a homeowner or apartment dweller will require to make home repairs, its name and how to recognize itfrom sledgehammers to toggle bolts, hinges to thinnersin 77 chapters and an appendix. Their directory, which includes numerous line drawings, is organized, accessible and cheerfully reassuring, though not without flaws: the writing is occasionally less than clear; you may have to guess the size of some gadgets; and, perhaps inevitably, a few of the hardware store's dusty corners are left uncharted. Still, most of what you'll need to beg, borrow or buy for do-it-yourself home projects is forthrightly unveiled. Especially handy are the use and buying tips given for all equipment, advising whether to spring for a top-of-the-line item or one straight off the rollor out of the barrel. Philbin ( The Encyclopedia of Hardware ) is the author of many previous "how-to" titles; this is Ettlinger's first book.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
If you've ever pondered over whether to buy a cat's paw or a pry bar, wonder no more. Philbin has compiled more than 2000 items found in a hardware store and sorted them into 11 chapters. Chapters include those on general materials, paints, wood, plumbing, and safety equipment. The chapter dealing with common hand tools has sections on hammers, pliers, wrenches, and the like. The tools are described, and hints for using and buying them are given. Variations of a tool, such as center, drift, and pin punches, are defined. The table of contents and index make this book, filled with clear line drawings, an easy reference. A boon to do-it-yourselfers. Should be in demand.
- Patty Miller, New Hampshire Vocational-Technical Coll. Lib., Laconia
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Patty Miller, New Hampshire Vocational-Technical Coll. Lib., Laconia
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A real help to fixing things that go wrong in one's house,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Complete Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in Hardware Stores (Paperback)
This book is beautifully written and illustrated, but the neat format makes it an easy, really usable reference and that makes it outstanding. This book came out quite a few years ago, but now this updated paperback version is so much better! There are so many puzzling things in home and hardware stores, and knowing what you need and what to do with it -- and incidentally, what NOT to buy -- is a terrific help. It was good in its original version, and this is better. Good for the woman who needs to maintain her home by herself and is unfamiliar with many tools and methods. Excellent!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Eagerly awaited publication of this updated version .,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Complete Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in Hardware Stores (Paperback)
The first "Complete etc." was the best advice, guide, help of any of this genre for the do-it-yourselfer, so this updated version is long overdue and very welcome. The illustrations are fascinating; descriptions clear, but best of all is the genuine assistance the book offers for using the particular tool -- and why to buy it. Just so much better then comparable books of the same type!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent place to start when you don't know what to ask for,
By Robert Springall (Lewisburg, PA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Complete Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in Hardware Stores (Paperback)
If what we've lost in the move from small neighborhood hardware stores to "big box" home centers is help and advice, this book is a wonderful substitute. Describes in just enough detail all the gadgets, tools, and other "stuff" that one needs in completing home fix-up projects. No, it won't tell you how to build a deck. This book will, though, be thoroughly helpful in explaining everything that you'll use to do it.
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