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24 Re: Help with old Radial Arm Saw
From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin)
Date: 21 May 90 23:39:15 GMT
In article <1990May21.153521.24698@bpa.BELL-ATL.COM>, rjb@bpa.BELL-ATL.COM (Ray Benash) writes:
....
> Radial Arm Saw Techniques
> by Roger W. Cliffe
> Published by Sterling Publishing C.
> Same addr. as above
>
> I found this to be the most thorough book I own/have read on the ras. It
> thoroughly covers safety, jigs, technique, and available accessories, and
> general ras info. I've made jigs from this book and have referenced it many
> times on safe operation methods.
Speaking of Roger Cliffe -- does he write anything that requires a
higher-than-4th grade reading level? I have two of his books, and
they're both comprehensive, full of useful information -- and totally
infuriating to read. When I encounter similar structures in books I
read to my 3-year-old daughter, I combine them into more complex forms --
she understands them quite well, and it's a lot easier for me to read.
Finding the same dumbed-down writing -- I doubt there's a semicolon
in either of the two -- that's been cranked through some readability
formula really annoys me in a book I'm reading for myself. Maybe
I should just read those books to my daughter -- New Yankee Workshop
is one of her favorite TV shows, second only to Sesame Street. (No,
I'm not joking...)
Flames aside, does anyone have any suggestions for other, similiarly
comprehensive references on general techniques?
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