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These days its all too easy to become reliant on the technology to help us out when when presented with a problem or challenge and, it has to be admitted, that the likes of YouTube and discussion groups such as this forum are a major boon - even though sometimes the advice we find can be bad or even malign. While replying to an enquiry from a new member earlier today though I made reference to a couple of reference books contained in my personal library of 'go-to' tomes that have provided me with help and advice since long before the advent of the internet. I won't bore you with a complete bibliography from the shelves of my study but there are many titles concerned with the maintenance, repair, restoration and renovation of a wide range of objects.
These 'How To' books have been a godsend to me during my many adventures with hammer, saw or spanner in hand and, in that earlier discussion, I listed both the 'Art of War' credited to Sun Tzu and the 'Readers Digest Repair Manual - The Complete Guide to Home Maintenance'.
Which reference books have you relied upon, and perhaps like myself for decades, to guide your spanner wrangling?
These 'How To' books have been a godsend to me during my many adventures with hammer, saw or spanner in hand and, in that earlier discussion, I listed both the 'Art of War' credited to Sun Tzu and the 'Readers Digest Repair Manual - The Complete Guide to Home Maintenance'.
Which reference books have you relied upon, and perhaps like myself for decades, to guide your spanner wrangling?