Book of Tools
If you are looking for a gift for a home handyman husband or father, then the Complete Book of Tools, written by Albert Jackson and David Day, published last year by Michael Joseph. Ltd. and on sale in New Zealand earlier this year at $16.95 is sure to please him, not just at Christmas, but whenever he has a job. The book’s 352 pages describe more than 600 different hand and power tools. The historical origins of each type of tool are given — “Snips or shears for cutting metal were used by the Romans and were very similar to the modern stock shears or universal snips” — and the present uses demonstrated.
every tool described has a drawing labelling its parts and a specifical ion detailing sizes, materials, alternative names and accessories.
One of the most important contributions the book makes to the home handyman’s knowlege and timesaving is the illustration of the proper way to handle the tools and the correct way to sharpen them. If the safety precautions given in the book are followed, then the Accident Compensation Commission should also be grateful to the authors.
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Press, 4 December 1979, Page 4 (Supplement)
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