Customers say
Customers find the book has good content and useful information for woodworking with hand tools. They say it’s a good reference and great boost for enthusiastic woodworkers. However, some customers find the font too small and the formatting poor, making it difficult to read on Kindle devices.
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To enjoy woodworking, all you need is a few essential tools, a little bit of space, and the desire to make something with your own two hands. The Minimalist Woodworker is about making woodworking clean and simple—from the tools and the workspace to the easy-to-follow instructions. Woodworking is thriving in the hands-on, DIY, maker world we currently live in. Yet, for it’s increasing popularity, there are many crafters who don’t engage in woodworking because they falsely believe you need a large workshop and a full-blown collection of tools and equipment. The Minimalist Woodworker disproves this myth. It eliminates the fears and excuses as it demystifies the craft. Written by Vic Tesolin, aka the Minimalist Woodworker, a woodworker and woodworking instructor, The Minimalist Woodworker is a stress-free approach for the hobbyist that emphasizes the destination is actually the journey.
Beginning with an understanding of the minimalist mindset, The Minimalist Woodworker quickly details how to make a small space productive and outlines the most efficient tools for a woodworker. Each piece of equipment is explained and instructions on how to use are provided. Techniques for keeping them sharp and maintained are also explained. Once space and tools are covered, seven projects are presented: a saw bench and matching saw horse, a Nicholson-style workbench, a shooting board/bench hook, a shop mallet, and a small hanging cabinet. Each project not only develops woodworking skills, but also outfits the minimalist woodworker’s small shop. With step-by-step instruction, photos and illustrations, and an easy-going voice, The Minimalist Woodworker offers a stress-free point of entry into the life-long craft of woodworking.
ASIN : B08SWPTSJZ
Publisher : Blue Hills Press; 2nd edition (October 10, 2020)
Publication date : October 10, 2020
Language : English
File size : 19.3 MB
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Print length : 77 pages
by Kindle Customer
DO NOT buy this for Kindle, it is unreadable.
The book will not display properly on an e-reader. Don’t waste your money like I did, buy a hard copy instead.
by Kenneth Deboy
Nice book, but could use a little more info.
I’m recently retired and getting into woodworking. I bought this book based on several online recommendations. It is a good book if you want to learn woodworking with hand tools. Reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is that it could use a little more information on some things, especially since it seems directed at people who are just getting started in woodworking. For example, on the workbench project, Step 1 says to “square-up the leg laminations” with no explanation of how to do that. I read through earlier chapters to see if maybe I’d missed it, but there is no explanation of how to use hand tools (plane, etc.) to square-up a piece of lumber. Nevertheless, I still recommend this book. It does have a lot of good information and the projects presented will be very useful in anyone’s wood shop.
by Aaron T.
Kindle version is in landscape; completely useless on a reader
I supposed it should have been predicted with a picture-heavy book, but the book is in landscape mode, two to a “page”.Completely illegible on a kindle reader, and because I opened it I can’t refund it.
by David H. Deitrick
Don’t purchase the Kindle version of this book until the formatting is changed
I will not comment on the content of this book because I can’t read it on either a kindle or an iPad. The book is formatted in landscape displaying 2 pages at a time causing the text to be too small to read even with an iPad in landscape mode. You also have to click on each paragraph to enlarge the text, as if it were a graphic novel, which it is not. Re-sizing the text is not available on either the kindle or iPad.This poor formatting will not lead to the purchase of a physical book because storing physical books is difficult for me.I have asked the publisher to make the following changes before it would be appropriate to purchase this title as an e-book:1. Display only one page is seen at a time (Portrait mode)2. text can be enlarged for those of us in the second half of our lives3. It can at least be read on a tablet, if not a kindle e-reader.4. You don’t have to click on each paragraph to try to read the text5. Stop punishing your paying customers who prefer digital content.I sincerely hope the publisher makes these changes because I think the content of this book would be of use to me.
by Gabriel C.
Minimalist, simple, straightforward
Minimalist, simple, straightforward… this book is well written, nice pics and a great boost for enthusiastic woodworkers.
by Michael S Stanton
DO Not Buy For Your Kindle!
The format is all wrong for the Kindle Reader. You have to double tap to enlarge the text. For $14.99 it’s a ripoff. The book is short and has basic information you can pick up on the web or YouTube. I’d give a hard copy of this book a 4 star if it sold for around $10. The Kindle version is really bad and I feel ripped off.I’ll upgrade my rating if the format gets fixed and I can update my version for free. Until then, avoid this book, at least in the Kindle format.
by A sad attempt at anonymity
Ebook format is broken
While the content is good enough, reading this on the kindle is painful as it would not allow me to zoom in, and it was only remotely readable in landscape mode.
by Gary Rost
Its a good reference
I found the book to have a many good tips and how to’s for hand tools. Half the book is how to build basic woodshop table, bench and starter jigs for a beginners shop.
by Dr. MC Black
The book appeared to assume a higher level of skill and ability than typical purchasers would have
by C. Defossez
The content of this book is very good : the author give his personal (huge) skill in a visual maneer but the Kindle transcription is horrible : that’s a PDF in lanscape format , which you must expend as an image too big for the Kindle screen (and the photos on a Kindle are … bad).To be seen on a PC screen or scraped !
by Brian Lewis
The book is in font 4 or less such a struggle to read, even in Kindle it doesnât allow a tool to increase the font.