Three Interesting Catalogs

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Three catalogs you might request:

Get Organized: Space-saving innovations to unclutter your life. 800-803-9400. www.getorginc.com.

Improvements: Hundreds of Quick & Clever Problem-solvers. 800-642-2112. www.improvementscatalog.com.

McFeely's Square Drive Screws. 800-443-7937. Someone in an old issue of Countryside said the greatest boom to homesteading has been the cordless drill and dry-wall screws. The place specializes mostly in square drive screws. The square holes allow far more torque than the regular phillips heads. Most manufactured homes today are built with square drive screws.

Anyone want to add to this list?

-- Ken S. in WC TN (scharabo@aol.com), September 20, 2000

Answers

For unusual books that are full of useful information for the self sufficient minded try

Lindsay Publication, Inc., POB 538, Bradley, IL 60915, 815-935-535, www.lindsaybks.com

His catalog says on the front: Unusual technical books, past and present, of exceptionally high quality revealing skills and secret processes almost forgotten.

He also has a lot of metalworking books of old processes.

I have ordered books from him and they are absolutely great. So much useful information I can not name it all, but for just a preview:

Building a Gas fired crucible furnace

Modern toolmaking methods

how to build a forge

The Complete Modern Blacksmith

how to build a solar cell that really works

windmotors

producer gas for motor vehicles

making wood folk instruments

I bought the Boy Mechanic series, which is just plain fun to read.

-- R. (thor610@yahoo.com), September 20, 2000.


Has anyone actually purchased from Lindsay Publication and actually built anything? The books look interesting, but it looks like they just republished very old books.

-- n8emr (gws@redbird.net), September 27, 2000.

Goodness, YES. I've got gobs of books from Lindsay. They make no secret of republishing old books-cheaper than you'll typically find them in a used bookstore. The fact that they're copies of old books suits me just fine. Although sometimes the materials, especially chemicals, can be difficult or impossible to find, the books are full of good solid information.

The lathe books are great. The Dave Gingery series that goes step by step into building your own metal working equipment is worth every penny. I think they give pretty accurate descriptions of the books that they sell. If you use some common sense, and order books that relate to your interests, you should be happy with them. Gerbil

-- Gerbil (ima_gerbil@hotmail.com), September 27, 2000.


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