Product Description:

• Practical projects as useful today as when first published 75 years ago.
  

Customer Ratings:

• Horrible. Not sure what edition I received, but my book didn t have pictures. There were sentences of gibberish on every page. The book lacked close to 150 pages the table of contents said it should have. I returned this book for a refund, and am incredibly dissapointed.
• No pictures!. I m sure the original is a great book - but this version has no pictures, so when the text refers you to look at the drawing, you have nothing to reference. I m looking for a copy with original illustrations.
• Extremely Vague. I bought this book and had to return it. The table of contents makes it seem rather informative. However, the meat of the book is less than impressive. The font is huge. In other words, they don t accomplish much with the space used. The descriptions of how to make and use the devices are excessively vague and esoteric. Many words and carpentry terms are used that left me desiring a step-by-step diagram. No diagram available. There are only a few pictures and they are pastoral and sentimental rather than informative and instructional. I have no doubt that most of the devices I wouldn t be able to make correctly given the information in the book. Hence, I sent the book back. I would advise against buying this book for anyone who isn t already a carpenter or skilled farmer. Maybe my grandpa would have been able to use this book, but I could not.
• Wasted Time & Money. Don t waste your time or money. I ve accumulated many similar books. This is the worst.
  Entries are merely copies of inapplicable stories from 100 years ago. Useless.
• Handy Dandy Farm. I haven t looked it over much yet. They are gifts for my dad and my husband and they have not received them yet. That is as specific as I can be at this moment in time. They arrived right on time and look like new.

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