--- Kirk Hillman <hillman88@telus.net> wrote:
>
> AJR,
> So you actually have the Gingery series of books?
> What are your overall
> impressions of the quality/practicality of content?
I'm impressed by them - Dave G. has done a great service to
the mechanically-deprived.
Now, they do assume several things, the first and foremost
being that you have to have a clue - this stuff is not
trivial to play with and could hurt you very badly if you
screw up and don't take safety precautions.
Secondly, he assumes you want to build everything from
scratch - were I doing this I'd likely buy things like
machinist's vises and the like because they're easily
enough had.
Third, if you're going to buy them buy the set - the first
two or three books have all the tedious step-by-step
instructions that he simply alludes to in later books.
Now, this isn't going to build a lathe, mill or shaper you
can swing a Rover block on, but for a hobbyist who really
wants to learn from scratch they are an invaluable
resource.
ajr
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