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bobholt's review
5.0
If you're going to set up a home workshop, do it the right way. This book covers the tools you need, the ones you don't, and how to keep them all organized.
kilojon's review
5.0
Passion for durable and well-made is informed by the history and techniques, allowing a great freedom in moving from consumer to creator. Exceptionally well-formulated to guide one in selecting tools to last a life-time--or longer, and to use them in a way that honors the creative impetus.
dancarey_404's review
5.0
I made myself finish the book I was reading before this because I didn't want to split my attention between them. That was a wise choice. I powered through all 475 pages in just 7 days. (Huzzah for my year-end vacation that made it possible.) For someone interested in woodworking using hand tools, this is indispensable content. But it is also incredibly well written, with sparkling humor distributed throughout. Strongly recommended.
keithclark1964's review
4.0
So far the introduction sounds intriguing. The book is written by the editor of popular woodworking and is intended to lay out a minimalist set of tools needed to make things.
A really good book about a minimal set of hand tools you need to build stuff.
A really good book about a minimal set of hand tools you need to build stuff.
duallain's review
5.0
I read this book quite some time ago, and there are still pieces of it bubbling up into my head here and there. It's a books about woodworking, and though Schwarz attempts to say it's about more than that I found that focusing on the woodworking part of it makes the most sense.
The core idea is: stop buying things just to buy things. Have an essential list and once it's fulfilled you ought to never buy woodworking tools again. Ohh, and all that stuff should fit into a well organized little place. It's an ideal to live up to, that when you generalize seems to fit many of the other movements like the Marie Kondo book 'The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up' the small house folks and many others.
Would recommend to anyone.
The core idea is: stop buying things just to buy things. Have an essential list and once it's fulfilled you ought to never buy woodworking tools again. Ohh, and all that stuff should fit into a well organized little place. It's an ideal to live up to, that when you generalize seems to fit many of the other movements like the Marie Kondo book 'The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up' the small house folks and many others.
Would recommend to anyone.
jameseckman's review
5.0
A speciality publication, Schwarz builds a traditional tool chest and equips it with a minimum of tools for fine furniture construction. This is an advanced project, there's a lot of dovetails to cut and you probably need a real workbench. For an even more minimalist approach see his [book:The Anarchist's Design Book|28682248].
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