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Make: Tips and Tales from the Workshop: A Handy Reference for Makers (Make: Technology on Your Time) Paperback – July 3, 2018

by Gareth Branwyn (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 105 ratings
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The hard-earned tips and tricks gained by experience are the hidden currency of makers -- passed along in workshops and makerspaces by example and by retelling -- shared wisdom that will help you work smarter, easier, and more efficiently. Who doesn't remember with gratitude the insider secrets they learned from from a parent, shop teacher, or artisan? The best ones are never forgotten!

This benchtop reference collects hundreds of ingenious and indispensable shop tips and pearls of wisdom collected by the editors of Make: and some of the most talented and prolific makers who've contributed to the magazine and Maker Faire over the past decade.

Inside you'll find tips for measuring and cutting, gluing and fastening, clamping and joining, drilling, shop organizing, maintenance and repair, and more. The topics covered run the gamut from traditional shopcraft to electronics and soldering. You'll also encounter fascinating tales from experienced makers whose personal stories illuminate their favorite tools and best discoveries. Illustrated in full color with photos, drawings, and comic strips, Tips and Tales from the Workshop will entertain and enlighten while inspiring you.

Get ready to smack your head and ask yourself, "Why didn't I think of that?"

Praise for Tips and Tales from the Workshop:

"Gareth Branwyn is the Tip Master. He scours the workshops of the world for practical, time-saving, life-altering tips to help you make stuff better, faster, and cheaper. This book rounds up the best ones he knows." --KEVIN KELLY, creator of Cool Tools and Wired Senior Maverick

"Gareth has essentially created a magic book for makers." --DONALD BELL, Maker Project Labs

"Tips and Tales from the Workshop is sure to inspire anyone to get making with newfound ease and satisfaction. This book embodies the spirit of great mentors, across every medium, and imparts a wizard-like cleverness to its readers. I thought I was clever, and this book has already prevented at least a dozen new mistakes in my studio. It's "ah-ha" moment overload!" --BECKY STERN, DIY guru and Instructables content creator

"It must be hard to write a book like this with such uncommon clarity and in so entertaining a fashion as Gareth Branwyn has done here. Gareth clearly has a deep understanding of making and those who make because he is a maker himself. Tips and Tales from the Workshop is jam packed with invaluable information; it is both a fun read and a reliable shop reference for any do-it-yourselfer." --ANDY BIRKEY, YouTube maker
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Customers find the book provides useful tips and tricks on making. They find it a worthwhile read worth the price and time investment. The illustrations are described as beautiful and organized well. The book is peppered with lovely anecdotes about life in the workshop, making it a loving collection of craftsmanship lore and history.

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18 customers mention "Tips"15 positive3 negative

Customers find the book provides useful tips and tricks for making. They appreciate that the author organizes practical advice into easy-to-use categories. The book provides helpful tips on improving glue performance and getting more out of common tools. Readers say it's organized well, allowing them to quickly zero in on specific help.

"...It's organized well, so you can quickly zero in on specific help...." Read more

"...The author compiles practical advice into easy to use categories that you can use as a reference...." Read more

"...There are many common sense tips in this book. It is worth reading and pursuing now and then." Read more

"I am not a big maker, but I found this book not only informative, but actually entertaining...." Read more

9 customers mention "Value for money"9 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's value for money. They find it worthwhile and enjoyable, mentioning it justifies the price and time investment.

"...; advice that will make your shop projects faster, better, and more enjoyable. But that's not the only thing that's going on here by a long shot...." Read more

"...-inducing shortcuts, there is maybe enough here to justify the price and time investment...." Read more

"...But the other 40% was worth the price of admission. If you're a kid just starting out in the trades, or in life, get this book...." Read more

"A breezy fun read from a committed artisan and box buster. You come away with tips that make those sudden “emergency”..." Read more

8 customers mention "Illustrations"6 positive2 negative

Customers find the book's illustrations easy to understand and well-organized. They mention it contains useful tips covering everything from organizing and project planning to classrooms and art studios. The diagrams and descriptions make the book easier to follow.

"...It's organized well, so you can quickly zero in on specific help...." Read more

"...It is very accessible, easy to understand, beautifully illustrated, and makes a great gift for anyone, too...." Read more

"...It has beautiful illustrations. I recommend picking up a copy if you're the type who likes getting their hands dirty." Read more

"This elegantly written book is filled with useful tips that cover all aspects of making and tinkering...." Read more

3 customers mention "Lore"3 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the anecdotes about life in the workshop. They find the book a loving collection of craftsmanship lore and history, told in a way that makes them memorable.

"...The tips are short, but they're told in a way that makes them memorable, like little stories...." Read more

"...compendium of tips from across the maker spectrum, and peppered with lovely anecdotes about life in the workshop. It has beautiful illustrations...." Read more

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  • Sean M. Ragan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Work Smart, Not Just Hard
    Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2018
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    "Tips" is an understated word to describe what's going on in this book. Yes, you can read it on that level, and if you're a person who keeps tools and uses them to build and/or fix stuff you'll find this book chock-a-block with forehead-slapping "why didn't I think of that" advice that will make your shop projects faster, better, and more enjoyable. But that's not the only thing that's going on here by a long shot. This book is nothing less than a capstone course in outside-the-box thinking, and even if you never directly use even one of the specific "tips" it contains, you'll come out the other side a much better creative problem solver than you went in, just by virtue of having absorbed so many great and original ideas.
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  • iurhwaehahff
    5.0 out of 5 stars It's like having a expert right there as you're working
    Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2019
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    I'm not the most handy person when it comes to fixing things- I get the help of a friend when I can. Well, this book is like having that friend right there. Plus, the book doesn't drink all your beer, or take the tools away because you're a klutz!
    It's organized well, so you can quickly zero in on specific help. But you can also browse through it and learn a lot by just opening it and starting to read. The tips are short, but they're told in a way that makes them memorable, like little stories.
    It's a great gift for the hobbyist that has everything, or for people like me. So many great ideas, brought together in a useful way.
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  • ROSS HERSHBERGER
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book full of useful tips and techniques
    Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2018
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    Whether you're a die hard DIY-er or an occasional tinkerer, this book will make it easier. The author compiles practical advice into easy to use categories that you can use as a reference. I have used his hints to concoct a home made substitute for a commercial product, drill more accurate holes, make glue work better, and get more utility out of common tools. I find myself referring to it for advice before starting anything hands-on. Usually there's a better or faster way than I thought of. There are many how-to books. This one is easy to use and gives practical solutions.
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  • James F.
    3.0 out of 5 stars Needs an editor: repeats, platitudes and questionable advice amongst few new, good tips
    Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2021
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    There is some very good advice in here, but there is relatively more bad advice, some repeated tips, and a ton of general platitudes that people with experience will have already run across many times. So, if this book is aimed at beginners, then those without experience will be sent down a conflicting path. Some advice advocates strict adherence to forethought and craftsmanship where other advocates not-quite-clever shortcuts that will lead to poor results, albeit somewhat quickly. A beginner won't have the experience to differentiate between the two.

    Bad advice? Using a Sharpie as Engineering Blue is an example. I've seen Sharpies stain metal enough to need to be sanded off. The advocacy is that Sharpies are easy to find where Blue isn't. That may be true but Blue is still pretty easy to find--I got my last bottle through Amazon. This "tip" is also repeated twice in a handful of pages. Using a caulking gun as a clamp is another. Finding two loose pieces of scrap lumber, squared enough to not slip apart and then finding a very specific clamping job that would center on the caulk gun piston but be small enough to clear the caulk gun body so the entire thing doesn't spring apart under tension sounds much more tedious than just using a clamp. "If it's stupid but it works, it's not stupid" is another example. If it's stupid but it works (for the moment), it's likely to eventually fail and is possibly dangerous. To me, this is said between tradespeople when they see a peer being lazy, but getting away with it.

    Platitudes? The well-worn if-it-moves/doesn't, duct-tape/WD-40 line is here--and I think repeats itself as well. I've never found anyone with skill and experience using duct-tape to fix or build anything, or spray-and-pray with WD-40 (which isn't a lubricant). I'm not saying either doesn't have its limited uses, but that's certainly not a "workshop tip," more like something people say over a beer to get a quick laugh.

    There is some very good advice in here. Cutting foam with an electric carving knife, using a PTFE mat as a protective surface are two that immediately come to mind.

    The too-long-didn't-read version is that if you already have some experience and take the time to measure correctly, work safely and not take error-inducing shortcuts, there is maybe enough here to justify the price and time investment. I think for most that find the content to be new or somehow hugely useful will eventually struggle since there is some real hack advice present--and I mean hack in the old shop-rat way of being sloppy.
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  • JohnnyG
    5.0 out of 5 stars Worthwhile for anybody under 50
    Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2018
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    There are a LOT of neat tricks in this book. As an old guy myself (well, 64), I've stood at the feet of many a clever soul over the years, and I've read a lot, too, so I already knew probably 60% of the material. But the other 40% was worth the price of admission. If you're a kid just starting out in the trades, or in life, get this book. Even if you think you've seen it all, I bet you don't beat 90% of this book.
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  • Isaac Hidden
    5.0 out of 5 stars A quality product, engaging graphics & built tough enough to live in your shop
    Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2018
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    A breezy fun read from a committed artisan and box buster. You come away with tips that make those sudden “emergency”
    issues in so many projects, preventable, or fixed with ingeniously clever approaches. My bro-in-law, who is a licensed builder, was
    reading my copy at the beach last week and said he was buying a copy for each of his team members and predicted the book would pay for itself from the tips and logic applied, teaching them how to scratch their brains and not just their heads.
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  • Michael D. Pechner
    5.0 out of 5 stars lots of useful hints
    Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2018
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    My dad was a electrician. I helped on side jobs now and then. He also was a decent carpenter and wall paper hanger. So there has been some osmosis. I have been mucking around in electronics, a little 3d printing for about 10 years. So I've been around various tool for the many decades of my life. There are many common sense tips in this book. It is worth reading and pursuing now and then.
    4 people found this helpful
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  • Frank Hiatt
    5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of fun and informative tips and tricks.
    Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2021
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    I am not a big maker, but I found this book not only informative, but actually entertaining.
    The level of what my father called "redneck engineering" is very nice to see spreading.
    Whether you are a maker or someone who just has to make do with what you have I highly recommend this book.
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  • P&N
    5.0 out of 5 stars tolle Ideen
    Reviewed in Germany on June 14, 2020
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  • John Grimshaw
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great tips on making things.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2018
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    Simple tips and tricks for the home / small workplace that can be scaled up.
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  • Dano
    5.0 out of 5 stars excellent book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 6, 2018
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    excellent book, could not put it down
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