Great tools by Hubbard.
594111
Have used Hubbard jointers for 25 years. These tools are built to last. Aside from barrel changes, no other maintenance is required.
1058468
Do More Better isn't a book you read, it's a book you work through. It is a tool, or better, a toolbox of tools that you will use to take your life apart, examine all the pieces, and then put it back together again with greater functionality. Charlie's does a great job of guiding you through the process.  The past two weeks of my life, which were busier than normal, flowed more smoothly than they have in a long time.

The strength of DMB is the step-by-step instructions Challies provides for bringing order out of chaos.  I am indebted to him for teaching me how to set up tools I was already using, in some instances, such as Evernote, for 3-4 years, to get far more out of them. My task manager and Calendar are actually working the way they were designed to.

The weakness I see in DMB is that the early chapters, which focus more on the philosophy behind his system are uncharacteristically not well done. In an effort to keep them brief, in my opinion, Challies seems to write to an audience that is already knowledgeable of the material and on board. As a result, it may not be as helpful as it might have been to someone being introduced to these concepts for the first time.  To me, they were flat. They didn't stimulate thought. They were unconvincing, uninteresting, and they made me want to do the very thing Challies ask the reader not to do: skip them.

Despite the weakness of the early chapters, the nuts and bolts chapters are golden, and well worth the price of the book and the time invested to work through it.
3945265
Excellent tools set.  Has all kinds of mini heads that open all kinds of electronics.  good quality.  Would purchase again
3470793
The evolving Bassist is a great source of technique essentials.  I was put onto it by my tutor and it has been a huge help.
2710601
This was a great follow up and resource after taking a seminar on the Ignatian rules to discernment. I have enjoyed this book as well as
Timothy Gallagher's  book on The Discernment of Spirits. Both have served me well in their content and awareness in one's spiritual life.
4038226
Missouri's Wild Mushrooms
 The book is an excellent resource for species found in Missouri and SURROUNDING STATES.  Price is a bargain at $14.00 (plus sales tax and shipping; 2010 price) from the publisher; Missouri Department of Conservation, and is available at many  Missouri Conservation Areas and state parks.  The book is easy to use with its beautiful colored pictures.  No cumbersome keys are used to identify over 100 mushrooms.  Maxine Stone uses a star system to quickly determine mushroom edibility without having to read long detailed paragraphs.  The book's identification system is enhanced with the use of bold fonts,two color inks and outline system.  The outline list includes months the species are found, habitat, cap, stalk, and spores details.  Poisonous look-alikes are listed to help us out of trouble.  The book includes a chapter on recipes with great sounding vegetarian dishes such as "Oysters Rockefeller" and  "Chicken  with Rosemary and Garlic" using Pleurotus and Laetiporus mushrooms.  This book is an excellent addition to everyone's library.

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4507709
The three volume work is well done and was written by one who knows his subject. He approaches each topic with an organized process and was easy to follow,even for a beginner, which I am. I have just finished the first two volumes with one to go. I like the way he works in his cautions about turning ,with humor and not preaching. I know I'll re read sections a second and third time as the need arises. The work is complete and much more than I expected. Happy I made the purchase.
1904980
I enjoy Tolpin's books. Like his toolbox text, this reads well and has helpful photos and diagrams.  It covers purchase, setup & maintenance, and common operations.  Even if your saw manufacturer had included a decent  manual, this book would be better.  Like Lonnie Bird's new Bandsaw Book,  this book represents a new generation of workshop guides--a worthy  successor to de Cristoforo's "The Table Saw Book".  The language  and style is more appealing to a younger audience, and the use of modern  materials, such as mini-trac, is helpful.  Tolpin doesn't assume that the  reader will make all of their own fixtures from scratch.  He not only  provides complete instructions for making fixtures, such as cross-cutting  sleds and high-accuracy miter gauges, but he also gives equal time to  commercial equivalents. Providing helpful guidance on both commercial and  home-built accessories is a great approach--he does it in the setup section  also.  This enjoyable book won't spend much time on your shelf--it'll be  scuffed up & dusty in your workshop where it belongs.
1765322
I happen to love working with crystals. This book gave me more ideas to play with. I look forward to creating some serious bling!
4401641
I found Mr Taylor's book to be very user friendly and up to date. His guide includes the latest equipment for lighting and temps and substrates. In a hobby that's changing and growing by leaps and bounds this is the last word on Uromastyx care.
4842247
This is a fantastic set of tools for jewelry making. I was able to create an infinity loop necklace chain, some jump rings, and closures using 18-gauge beading wire. The project was my first try at jewelry making and these tools were essential. The end result looks fantastic and I've worn the necklace many times already!
257942
I first got this from the library and then after studying it realized I needed to own a copy of my own.

I am a pretty big fan of this book. The author starts out by telling you the ins and outs of the various tools you need to have around the shop; why one tool might be better than another; what sizes of what kinds of chisels to buy and when to buy things as a set; which tools you should spend the money for and which you shouldn't bother with. (Hint: a router features heavily in the last couple projects, but a table saw doesn't make it into any.) In each class of tool she tells you which size and style she finds herself reaching for most often, which when distilled can make a kind of skeleton shopping list for those newbies (such as myself) with a naked workshop.

Once she's introduced you clearly to the tools and basic methods involved in using them successfully, she plunges into projects. First is the simple handmade box, next an Adirondack chair, then later comes a table, a bookshelf, and a drawered cabinet. Each project introduces a simple set of new skills and builds on the skills learned in the preceding projects; it's very like a textbook in that way. In fact the author did teach woodworking classes for many years and it shows.

I bought it because these projects are actually useful; my daughter needs a toybox, which could be an upscaled version of the handmade box once I've made them. We don't have any pool chairs, so the Adirondack chairs will be perfect. The plans for the coffee table, she claims, are easy to upscale if you'd rather have a dining table. Guess what - we have no dining table at the moment. And the bookcases... well, it's my dream to turn my family room into a Craftsman-style library some day.

The book isn't perfect - I think whoever edited it was not a woodworker. I've already found a few disappointing mistakes. In the first instruction ever given, she instructs you to cut the wrong size board (the 3.5' board, when it should have been the 5.5' board), as previously noted in some reviews. In one of the skill-builders (which are strangely inserted randomly throughout the project, instead of being placed handily right before you're going to need them to complete the next step) she instructs you on how to polish your chisels by asking you to buy 8 ascending grits of wet-dry sandpaper and gluing them, one sheet to a side, onto two sheets of glass (you do the math.) Second, because she's been a woodworker for so long she tends to call for fairly specialized tools.... or maybe my local Lowe's is just particularly crappy. (I couldn't find a Japanese backsaw, or panel clamps, or a honing guide for sharpening my chisels.)

Regardless, it is way better than the book that I bought along with it, Woodworking for Dummies, which already assumes that you own all the high-end power tools (such as a planer, etc). I think the errors are easy to work around if you don't trust her blindly, and the step-by-step instruction throughout various skill levels is invaluable. This book is well worth the money spent and I'm glad I stumbled across it.
2224925
This is a BIG book. But not hard to read. The subject is broken up into smaller areas of interest and there are plenty of pictures as well as testimonials from law enforcement professionals, medical professionals as  well as many others. I didn't just "read" the book though. I  looked to see if there was evidence to back up the claims made in it. While  I have not travelled the world looking at each of the social betterment  programs that use Scientology methods and technology, I have been able to  verify their accuracy in my own area.  One of the most striking things  about the book "What is Scientology" is the short essay by L. Ron  Hubbard called "Personal Integrity" where he states "Nothing  in Dianetics and Scientology is true for you unless you have observed it.  And it is true according to your observation. That is all." Excellent  book.
4211930
It has great ideas to incorporate technic legos into your builds,

Has reasonings for using the techniques he writes about.

Photos are easy to follow.
375055
This is a GREAT tool.  I consider this to be a fantastic resource, and I use it on a daily basis!
407015
Scott's books are always straight forward and full of great advise.
Here he included all the set ups using speedlites which is what I Need.
1580233
This set is great fun to work with. A helpful tool if you want to get closer to a subject with a lens that's not inherently a macro lens. It also works very well with a macro lens (I've used it quite a bit with Canon 100mm Macro). The results are best with a tripod, but I've used it successfully handheld too. The items nest together very well--the threads are clean and accurate. It works easily with my lenses and camera (though it's function is different from normal lenses). Though the instructions are skimpy and unclear, it's easy to figure out from the diagrams and knowing what its function is.