How To Do It!: A Hands-On Introduction to the Essential Woodworking, Electrical and Mechanical Skills Every Handyman, Craftsman and Inventor Needs

How To Do It!: A Hands-On Introduction to the Essential Woodworking, Electrical and Mechanical Skills Every Handyman, Craftsman and Inventor NeedsThis lavishly illustrated collection gives clear instructions for "how to do" everything from properly using and maintaining tools, to designing, drafting and accomplishing projects on every scale (up to and including building, roofing, wiring and burglar proofing a house!), to becoming an inventor, and following the step by step process required to carry a new idea all the way from first imaginings to working prototype to patent protected product

This lavishly illustrated collection gives clear instructions for "how-to-do" everything from properly using and maintaining tools, to designing, drafting and accomplishing projects on every scale (up to and including building, roofing, wiring and burglar-proofing a house!), to becoming an inventor, and following the step by step process required to carry a new idea all the way from first imaginings to working prototype to patent-protected product ready for the marketplace. Combining three vintage WWI era "How To" guides - Carpentry for Boys, Electricity for Boys, and Practical Mechanics for Boys - How To Do It! brings practical, hands-on woodworking, electrical and mechanical skills, not just to boys, but to adult would-be handymen (and women!) everywhere. With more than 400 pages of approachable instruction, and over 500 original illustrations, J. S. Zerbe's How To Do It! is the ultimate "How-To" manual for beginning "do-it-yourselfers" of any age.