Building Wooden Machines: Gears and Gadgets for the Adventurous Woodworker
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Rating | : | 4.12 (913 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1440322228 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2016-04-18 |
Language | : | English |
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wooden machines
Interesting, but not for me. I was pretty excited by the description of this book prior to ordering. I was hoping for a book that's a notch above plans for a wind-driven man-sawing-wood or kid's pull toy. This book is at the other end of the spectrum. The projects are beautiful, complex, works of art. Most require a l. Absolutely Amazing! I rarely review books on Amazon since generally my opinions are well expressed by others, and I'm somewhat lazy. However, "Building Wooden Machines" is an incredible book that I feel has not been adequately described by other reviewers - for anyone interested in automata, kinetic art, mech. Pretty cool, wish it was slightly better. Not really any other books in the same genre but I wish there was more craftsmanship in some of the project directions. You could always take the general plans and improve on them I guess but I was expecting a little more. With that said, I haven't seen any better books available on the su