Mr. Gingery is a legend. He made a living solving $500 problems with $50 solutions. You can only do that with skill and thought. He created this set of books that allow someone to build your own metalworking shop using only hand tools. Each book covers a specific machine tool – it has detailed […]
Category: Equipment and Book Reviews
Things we use or read to make DGW homestead work better.
To Ride Shoot Straight And Speak The Truth
To Ride Shoot Straight And Speak The Truth was one of the first gun books I put into my library. Jeff Cooper is a gun cultural icon. This book shows why. It is full of Cooper’s wisdom and gun knowledge. His ideas on tactical residential architecture are priceless, and I have incorporated many of his […]
Total Resistance
No matter is you are a history buff, a prepper, or a patriot, this is a book worth having in your library. Total Resistance is very interesting, as well as unique book. It is a government document designed to be given out to the general populace and it describes in detail the best way to conduct […]
Techniques Of Medieval Armor Reproduction
I play around with hot metal, I am just piddling, and while workable, none of my creations would past the inspection of a real blacksmith. However, I do enjoy it, and would like have enough time to practice more. When I saw Techniques Of Medieval Armor Reproduction on Paladin Press’s scruffy list, I figured that at […]
Stressfire, Volume 1
Lets face it, practicing basic fundamentals is not sexy, it is necessary, but not every shooter will spend money on a school that teaches repetition of basic shooting skills. Because of this, many firearm instructors will create new techniques so they can fill up classes. In my other site I have repeatedly said that I […]