How to Design and Build Your Auto Workshop (Motorbooks Workshop) |
 enlarge | Author: David Jacobs
Publisher: Motorbooks
Category: Book
List Price: $21.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 101806
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 8.1 x 0.4
ISBN: 0760305536
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.287
EAN: 9780760305539
ASIN: 0760305536
Publication Date: July 18, 1998
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Design and build the workshop of your dreams! Convert your existing garage into a comfortable workspace that meets all your needs and expectations. This book offers ideas for building your ideal shop as well as describing basic construction techniques and concerns. Jacobs supplies hands-on advice accompanied by more than 200 photos and plans all designed to help you construct the ultimate workshop.
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A mediocre compilation of shop design tips. April 9, 1999
84 out of 86 found this review helpful
While David H Jacobs' book provides a start for the design and building your workshop, it falls short of completing the task he set out to accomplish. The book starts with a beautiful example of a dream shop on the cover, but no further mention is made of this shop leading to a disappointment of the content between the covers. Many pictures are included showing examples of frayed wires, missing outlet covers, cluttered benches, and construction that wouldn't pass code in many areas. While there are a few good ideas to incorporate into a shop, I would not encourage the novice to design a new shop solely on the examples in this book. David tries to cover too much area in a small book. His time might have been better spent on automobile related tips and less on construction. There are plenty of books available that do a much better job showing good construction techniques. Show more innovative home shops and less high dollar, cluttered, and dirty commercial buildings.
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