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codyjscott's review
5.0
I didn’t really expect a book about building a workbench in a cost effective and practical way would make me laugh, tear up, and want to be a better person, but this one sure did. It also got me excited about tools and building stuff. It also probably saved me from buying a crappy workbench so I could build a workbench. This guy knows how I think.
alpaca254's review
adventurous
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
4.0
noahlang's review
5.0
At 14, I carved a wooden dowel into a lightsaber on a built-in garage workbench. A few years later, I turned a 2x4 into a scabbard for a sword using a Black&Decker Workmate. Apart from these brief and superficial experiments, I am not a woodworker. Before this book, I was not particularly interested in woodworking.
Now, I yearn for the simplicity and self-sufficiency of a life lived according to Shwarz's succinct advice: "Buy good tools, build a simple workbench and build everything in your home."
This book gave me an understanding of and an appreciation for woodworking that I didn't know I needed.
Now, I yearn for the simplicity and self-sufficiency of a life lived according to Shwarz's succinct advice: "Buy good tools, build a simple workbench and build everything in your home."
This book gave me an understanding of and an appreciation for woodworking that I didn't know I needed.
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