This Old House Sourcebook: Where to Find and How to Use the Tools and Materials You Need to Maint by This Old House Magazine, This Cld House Magazine (Paperback / softback, 1997)
With huge, impersonal home centers supplanting friendly neighborhood hardware stores all over the country, it's harder and harder to get reliable information on tools and materials. But w, with this unique sourcebook, the crew at This Old House comes to the rescue. From bandsaws and electric drills to grouting a chimney and modifying a low-flow toilet, the nation's most trusted fixer-uppers provide a complete, item-by-item, job-by-job guide to all the tools and materials used on the show and in the magazine, complete with names, addresses, phone numbers, and ordering information. And to make the book even more useful, there are step-by-step color photographs and practical tips from all the guys -- Norm Abram, Steve Thomas, Tom Silva, Richard Trethewey, and the rest of the crew.