practical machinery homestead

books:

Black & Decker's Handy Tips For Handy Men

Black & Decker, 1952

Here is Black & Decker's "new booklet written especially homeowners. "It contains a weath of ideas for the home mechanic. Some oft hem aplly specifically to Black & Decker Utility Electric Tools and their almust unlimited variety of uses. Others are the ingenuity of people much like you..." Includes sections on Drilling; Screw Driving; Sanding-Polishing; Grinding-Sharpening-Honing; Filing; Sawing; Home Workshop Projects; Miscellaneous Home ...

The Homestead Builder, Second Edition: Practical Hints for Handy-men

1 review
C. P. Dwyer

The Lyons Press, 2007

simple building
This is one of many books I bought to learn more about self-sufficient living. The book has a few good points, but the language is hard to understand. The author describes in words how to build log cabins. He doesn't draw diagrams or give diminsions. He makes a few good points about things like where to place fireplaces and bedrooms in order to keep a home as warm as possible. If your ...

Farm Machinery: Practical Hints for Handy-men
J. Brownlee Davidson, Leon Wilson Chase

The Lyons Press, 1999

A turn-of-the-century classic.

Farm Blacksmithing: Practical Hints for Handy-Men

1 review
J. M. Drew

The Lyons Press, 2000

Not much to this
Not alot of information about how to do anything or how they lived. Lots of better books out there