Handyman In-Your-Pocket [Paperback]

Richard Allen Young (Author), Thomas J. Glover (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 2001

Finally, THE building and maintenance reference book you have been looking for...... information galore! An amazing new shirt pocket reference designed specifically for handymen, maintenance people, engineers, scientists, industrial workers, contractors, and builders. It contains 768 pages of facts, tables, and vital information AND it fits in your shirt pocket!

Product Details

• Paperback: 768 pages
• Publisher: Sequoia Pub; 1st edition (April 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885071299
• ISBN-13: 978-1885071293
• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 3.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,904 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #31 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > How-to & Home Improvements > Building & Construction
  • #45 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > How-to & Home Improvements > Home Design > Design & Construction

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Handyman in your pocket, March 15, 2008

By 

Craig R. Difley - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Handyman In-Your-Pocket (Paperback)

This book provides the many little used or remembered variables to get projects completed correctly. Going to provide irrigation for your green house 118 feet out in your back yard? This book lets you know the friction losses of various types of water pipe you might use so that you end up with a stream instead of a trickle.
Got 6/12 roof meeting a 10/12 and need to know how to use that combination square to get the right cut? This book has it. As Chuck Yeager says, don't wait for trouble; look it up and get it right the first time. A few bucks for this helpful little book can save you big in the long run.

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Handyman is great!, September 6, 2005

By 

B. Toth - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Handyman In-Your-Pocket (Paperback)

I can't believe just how much this book and the others in the Pocket Ref. series actually contain. As a full time engineering student, welder, and DIY'er, I don't think I'll ever need to know anything that isn't within the contents of this book. From frictional losses, to fasteners, to every type of conversion imaginable, it can be found in these pocket ref books. How I lived without them is a mystery to me.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another fine Young reference book, March 29, 2005

By 

G. Chaney "The MOX" (Central Indiana) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Handyman In-Your-Pocket (Paperback)

I own a number of the pocket references in this series. I originally purchased the Pocet Reference , 1st edition, several years ago and found it to be quite useful. After I bought, The Handyman in a Pocket, I find it to be the reference I go to first. It seems to have a database of information directed at the home improver, hobbyist and/or gadget person. I even keep a copy at work where it is a mini-information sorce for practical reference tables in my work as a development chemist.