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Imagine using your own two hands... To repair broken things, restore old favourites, improve your home, build new stuff from scratch or even just boring old maintenance... ...But you're afraid you don't have the skills. Fear not, because this is a different kind of DIY book. It gently introduces and explains the principles. It guides and motivates you far beyond 'do this, then do that'. You'll learn how to look at the physical world through 'practical eyes' like the professionals do. There's over 30 years of professional experience as a builder and teacher in this actionable guide to being good with your hands and living a more practical life. It'll show you how to easily build your own skills and avoid all the common pitfalls. You'll save money using your own head, hands, and heart to create something wonderful, fix something you treasure, maintain something you want to keep forever or build something just for fun. You'll love being handy because then you can do anything! Start being handy today.

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Kindle Customer Only book of its kind. January 21, 2020 Feel of the book: Like spending a weekend with your dad, as he passes on his philosophy and practical wisdom on fixing and maintaining the things you own. Another Perspective: The author is British, and his use of words like spanner, rubbish, sparky, etc are endearing. I love that there are things that are common knowledge to one country, but are discovered by others until we spend time seeing things from their perspective. Price: Definitely feel as though I got my money's worth Greatest Takeaway Being handy is not about your genes, or what your father did, or how clever you are. Anyone can get better at fixing, maintaining, or improving the physical things around them simply by starting with curiousity. There were some parts that I skipped over as they didn't apply to me, ie Bricklaying (I don't have a brick home), but I found 80% of the book applicable. Suggested improvements: Ian, I loved the quotes and aphorisms you found for this book. If you ever found more that related to this subject, please add them to the second edition. Thank you Ian for the many hours it must have taken to see this book from concept to print. My dad never taught me much about being handy, your book helps me to better serve my family and friends.

Kindle Customer Only book of its kind. January 21, 2020 Feel of the book: Like spending a weekend with your dad, as he passes on his philosophy and practical wisdom on fixing and maintaining the things you own. Another Perspective: The author is British, and his use of words like spanner, rubbish, sparky, etc are endearing. I love that there are things that are common knowledge to one country, but are discovered by others until we spend time seeing things from their perspective. Price: Definitely feel as though I got my money's worth Greatest Takeaway: Being handy is not about your genes, or what your father did, or how clever you are. Anyone can get better at fixing, maintaining, or improving the physical things around them simply by starting with curiousity. There were some parts that I skipped over as they didn't apply to me, ie Bricklaying (I don't have a brick home), but I found 80% of the book applicable. Suggested improvements: Ian, I loved the quotes and aphorisms you found for this book. If you ever found more that related to this subject, please add them to the second edition. Thank you Ian for the many hours it must have taken to see this book from concept to print. My dad never taught me much about being handy, your book helps me to better serve my family and friends.

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