Black & Decker Small Space Workshops: How to Create & Use a Downsized Workshop BONUS: 12 Complete Benchtop Projects

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I have a relatively small wood shop in my basement and I was eager to find a book containing ideas on specifically what I could do to accomplish things given this smaller space. With a title like "Small Space Workshops" I thought, if this Black and Decker book doesn't cover it, nothing will. Instead I received a book that would have been better titled, "So, you are new to woodworking?"The book has 150 pages of content. The content starts on page 5. Pages 5-85 contain only 5 pages of overhead plan ideas for spaces. The other 76 pages are essentially, "Introduction to woodworking 101" and have nothing specifically to do with small workshop spaces. Sure, throughout a handful of the paragraphs there are one or two things thrown in regarding small spaces, but the overall content covered, such as safety, ventilation, electrical, to name a few, is applicable to all sizes of workshops.So leaving out the index, acknowledgements, and conversion charts in the back, the remaining 70 pages, pages 86 - 155, are comprised of 12 project plans for things you might want to build in your workshop. Only 6 of these plans have anything at all to do with small workshop spaces (and I'm being generous counting the workbench plan). So 32 pages of these 70 pages will be of specific interest to readers looking for small workshop-specific solutions, the others are applicable to any workshop.In all, 37 out of 151 pages of a book entitled, "Small Space Workshops" actually has anything specifically to do with small space workshops. That's just short of 25%! I can't underline it enough...this book is *grossly* mis-titled. Don't get me wrong...it's well-done and well-illustrated and seriously would serve much, much better as a "Woodworking 101" book, but it's blatantly obvious that Black and Decker phoned it in and padded and fluffed this book to the hilt.To beat a dead horse, imagine buying a book titled, "Cooking Without Sugar", where 25% of the book was actually modified recipes using sugar substitutes and the rest of the book was teaching you how to measure ingredients, what certain utensils are for, how to use the oven, etc... as well as recipes that one would never expect to contain sugar such as green bean casserole and lasagna. That's this book.I will seriously do my research when considering another B&D book in the future and I hope that others, unlike myself, will read these reviews before considering purchasing this particular book.

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Great resource for woodworkers just starting out and experienced with limited space to pursue their hobby. Book goes over fundamentals of shop setup, safety, needed tools and finishes with few interesting projects with step by step instructions. Book has great photos and just enough amount of text. I think you will learn enough from it to be worthy inclusion to any woodworking library.

not very much information on small workshops at all

This book is basically useless unless you have NEVER held a tool. Disappointing.