On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 09:25:55 -0700, the inscrutable "SteveB"
spake:

While checking out at my local Ace Hardware, I noticed a little book that is
black and a little bigger than 3" x 5". It is called "POCKET REF" and is by
Thomas J. Glover. It was $12.98.

I bought one of those a decade ago for computer repair work. Great and
handy! Later I found the Pocket Pal from International Paper which
covered graphics and printing information.


In it, there are zillions of facts, information, knots, formulas, weights,
welding, symbols, taps and dies, squares cubes and roots, rope, metallurgy,
conversion charts, constants, and everything from A to Z. Well, from
abrasives to wounds, abdominal.

More recently, I got the first edition Handyman In-Your-Pocket, also
from Glover, from www.LeeValley.com . 768 pages going from anchors to
belts/pulleys/gears to carpentry to glue to nails to ropes to plumbing
to sheetmetal and to welding, with many things in between. Again, very
handy.


Absolutely tons of information for those of us whose minds are already so
full we can't keep up with our own cell phone numbers. Or car keys.

Yes, they're really great and can save you a whole lot of time every
time you use them. Buy 'em all. They're well worth it!


If you see one, pause and take a look. There is another that deals with
welding and metal, and I would like to find it, but I forget its name right
now. A pocket size book. If you know the name, please post it.

Was it the HIYP?

Oh, Charlie Self (one of the Wreck old timers) just released his
woodworking version of these reference books, complete with spiral
binding for flat use. It's yet another good $10 investment.
http://tinyurl.com/bzuw9

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