Shop Savvy: Tips, Techniques and Jigs for Woodworkers and Metalworkers

by Roy Moungovan

Book Overview

This is a manual giving shortcuts, tips and tricks of the trade for all metalwork and woodwork projects. Advice is given on the workshop and methods of the trade and there is a special section on the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806958006
• ISBN13: 9780806958002
• Release Date: December 1899
• Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.0" x 10.7"

Customer Reviews

An amazing book, truly one-of-a-kind

I've owned this book for about 20 years, and hardly a week goes by without my dipping into it yet again for a refresher. It's just a great example of resourcefulness and ingenuity - nicely written, too. There's a lot of info lurking in the text, so you do have to read every word. The advice given is timeless, so don't be concerned that it was written a while ago. Ninety-nine percent of it is totally relevant to today's workshop. I don't think it is a current title, and it really should be: Sterling Publishing, please note

Great resource

This book is a good lesson on being resourceful. He shares the sort of knowledge that is learned by doing.

Shop Savvy

I was indeed fortunate to obtain a copy of Shop Savvy about twelve years ago and it has been one of my favorite books for years. I keep it at the head of our bed and have spent countless hours reading all the really neat shop tips Roy has compiled. Though it was written in the 80s, the information in this book is timeless and completely useful in today's world. This book is a must for the home workshop and will remain extremely valueable and useful for many years to come. I have enjoyed the book so much I even called the author to tell him how much I have enjoyed his book over the years. He is in his 80s now and will not be blessing us with a follow on. I have managed to make some of the tools he recommends and have been able to purchase some of the tools pictured. I have also applied many of his tips in everyday activities over the years and have never found anything he recommended to fail to work following the descriptions.The photographs are very good and the written descriptions are outstanding. Without this book to explain the usefulness of the tools/techniques he explains I would have passed them by without ever realizing what I was missing.If there was ever a book that was the ideal gift for the woodworker, metalworker, home repair specialist, or future engineer/technician this is it. I would recommend this book for all ages and skill levels. If I were a shop teacher at a school I would have this book available to all the students as a reference work.I think so much of this book I refuse to loan it to anyone as I feel it will not return to my possession. I feel that anyone that likes to work with his hands and purchases this book will never regret the expense. I count it as an investment that has paid off handsomely with the knowledge he imparts.

Every home workshop person should have this book!!!

This book is just plain neat! I acquired the book about a year and a half ago and I have used many of the techniques detailed in the book since that time. On more than one occasion, I have just sat reading about many of Mr. Moungovan's projects and admiring his accumulated knowledge and skill.For a woodworker to get a view into the world of the metal worker, and vice versa, IS EXTREMELY USEFUL AND PRACTICAL -- especially in this day of one-size-fits-all Home Depot's and the like. What do I mean by that? Most of us had to spend many years in the company of serious practitioners to have the kind of skills and techniques - at-the-ready - like those detailed in Mr. Moungovan's book. I am a woodworker who has a bench metal lathe, but not until I acquired this book did I realize the full utility of this piece of equipment! I use an oxyacetylene torch now. The book conveys a definite confidence about home workshop problem solving. I'm still primarily a woodworker, but now I have so many more approaches, materials, and techniques available to me. This book is unique. It will get you over the hump and help you maintain a real and genuinely useful home workshop.Seriously, here we have a guy -- Roy Moungovan -- who has been there and done it! Hats off to Mr. Moungovan and I really respect what he has accomplished here.