Mastering Tools for Home Improvement

<h1 class=ql-align-justify>This book is an exploration and celebration of tools. It's not a complete reckoning</h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify></h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify>but it spans most commonly encountered tools and many of their lesser known</h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify></h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify>variants. It's an attempt to unravel the complex tapestry of how tools relate to one</h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify></h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify>another their use and the esoteric language that enshrouds them. Simply put this</h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify></h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify>book will teach you what a hammer is tell you which one to buy and explain how it</h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify></h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify>came into being.</h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify></h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify>Tools are an important part of the human story. Our evolution is chronicled by the</h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify></h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify>tools we've made. Stone Age. Bronze Age. The Industrial Revolution. Sure in part it's</h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify></h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify>because those tools are the remnants that survive us waiting millennia to be</h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify></h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify>unearthed along some riverbank but it's also because our ability to shape the world</h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify></h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify>around us is largely what's defined our species. We've been doing it for millions of</h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify></h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify>years and in lockstep our evolution of purpose-built tools has grown in size ... while</h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify></h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify>also becoming ever less approachable.</h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify></h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify>That's the difficulty of these storied objects. They are an intimidatingly deep well</h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify></h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify>of specifications and jargon that's daunting to unpack.</h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify></h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify>Think of this book as a low-resolution map. While it might not have detailed</h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify></h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify>information on every tool it provides context connecting the dots for the newly</h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify></h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify>interested while filling in some gaps for the more seasoned. By cataloging a wide</h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify></h1><h1 class=ql-align-justify>variety of tools I hope to plant the seeds for future discoverability and help you ask</h1><h2 class=ql-align-justify></h2><h2 class=ql-align-justify>the right questions.</h2>