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What's a plumb bob look like? Where can I find a chop saw? How can I tell the difference between a tire wrench and a box wrench?
If you've ever asked these kinds of questions, you need Field Guide to Tools, an illustrated guide to the world of hardware stores and home improvement centers. From glass cutters and marking gauges to grout saws and caulk guns, you'll learn how to identify and use more than 100 different tools. Author John Kelsey (a columnist for This Old House magazine) provides step-by-step directions for using each tool, along with interesting historical anecdotes and creative alternative uses. Best of all, the book includes color photographs of every tool for easy identification.Field Guide to Tools!
About the Author
John Kelsey writes the "Talking Shop" column for This Old House magazine and was formerly the editor of Fine Woodworking magazine. He is the publisher and editor-in-chief at Cambium Press, which specializes in woodworking and furniture making.
What's a plumb bob look like? Where can I find a chop saw? How can I tell the difference between a tire wrench and a box wrench?
If you've ever asked these kinds of questions, you need Field Guide to Tools, an illustrated guide to the world of hardware stores and home improvement centers. From glass cutters and marking gauges to grout saws and caulk guns, you'll learn how to identify and use more than 100 different tools. Author John Kelsey (a columnist for This Old House magazine) provides step-by-step directions for using each tool, along with interesting historical anecdotes and creative alternative uses. Best of all, the book includes color photographs of every tool for easy identification.
About the Author
John Kelsey writes the "Talking Shop" column for This Old House magazine and was formerly the editor of Fine Woodworking magazine. He is the publisher and editor-in-chief at Cambium Press, which specializes in woodworking and furniture making.
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faucet puller, marching stance, wallpaper trough, adjustable locking pliers, drywall knives, electrical pliers, future hole, groove joint pliers, wallpaper brush, soldering tip, booster cables, guide fence, plumbing suppliers, tool specialists, leaf rake, portable circular, stable stance, tubing cutter, bit brace, home centers, hearing protectors, social emergencies, hex wrenches, saw frame, hedge shears Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Field Guide, Tool-Kit One, Primary Cutting, Safety Note, General Two, Primary Making, Tools Habitat, Shop Safety, Tool-Kit Every, Secondary Cutting, Tools Variations, Primary Joining, Primary Moving, Primary Removing, Primary Sawing, Primary Spreading, Tool-Kit Once New!
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A little safety consciousness goes a long way. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
faucet puller, marching stance, wallpaper trough, adjustable locking pliers, drywall knives, electrical pliers, future hole, groove joint pliers, wallpaper brush, soldering tip, booster cables, guide fence, plumbing suppliers, tool specialists, leaf rake, portable circular, stable stance, tubing cutter, bit brace, home centers, hearing protectors, social emergencies, hex wrenches, saw frame, hedge shears Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Field Guide, Tool-Kit One, Primary Cutting, Safety Note, General Two, Primary Making, Tools Habitat, Shop Safety, Tool-Kit Every, Secondary Cutting, Tools Variations, Primary Joining, Primary Moving, Primary Removing, Primary Sawing, Primary Spreading, Tool-Kit Once New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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