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Handyman In-Your-Pocket
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List Price: $12.95
Our Price: $7.71
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Manufacturer: Sequoia Pub
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 620.0021
EAN: 9781885071293
ISBN: 1885071299
Label: Sequoia Pub
Manufacturer: Sequoia Pub
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 768
Publication Date: 2001-04-15
Publisher: Sequoia Pub
Studio: Sequoia Pub
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Good book!
Comment: This book is a miniature goldmine of useful info for building. I like how it has a section on pulleys on gearing, which the regular pocketref does not. It also omits some of the less practical sections that the pocketref had.
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Summary: Confusing
Comment: Thought it a real handyman's book that give a rule of thumb in simple tasks. It consists of pages upon pages of screw sizes and other very useless info. Buy for reference in regards to what size of this comes in, but for assistance in actual installation it's a big O.
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Summary: Too Technical For What I needed
Comment: We own a professional handyman service in Scottsdale, AZ and thought this might be handy to keep in the trucks. However, the information in this book is so technical, it is of no real use on a day-to-day basis. If you need to know (and even know that you need to know) the distance across squares and hexagons OR Maximum Horizontal Roof Rafter Spans, then this is the book for you. Otherwise stick to the practical books you can get at Home Depot or Lowes.
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Summary: Handyman in your pocket
Comment: 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.
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Summary: Way Over My Head
Comment: The "handyman" must be an engineer and you need to be one too! I was really disappointed as I was hoping for a "how to" manual. The are literally hundreds and hundreds of tables of, for me, totally useless numbers and specs. I don't even have any friends who might find this level of technical detail useful that I could give the book to. This is NOT the resource for your everyday handyman/woman.
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Editorial Reviews:
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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!
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