Shop Savvy: Tips and Techniques for Woodworkers, Metalworkers and Auto Mechanics

by Roy Moungovan

Shop Savvy Hard cover book This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155654040X
• ISBN13: 9781556540400
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Popular Science Books
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Problem Solver

I couldn't agree more with the previous Reader's review. This is an excellent book. The information is very practical, and the author demonstrates problem solving solutions with what is commonly on hand rather than requiring new tools, equipment, etc. to be purchased. It's been the first book out of many that I've had a hard time putting down. The simplicity and usefulness of several of the jigs shown in the book has inspired me to take on some new projects. I also enjoy the range of topics covered- woodworking, metal working, and automotive.

Every home workshop person should have one of these books!

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.