Every Tool's A Hammer
Life Is What You Make It
1st Edition
Published on 7. May 2019
304 pages
978-1-4711-8512-0 (ISBN)
Description
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'An imperative how-to for creativity…I adore this book' Nick Offerman
Adam Savage - star of Discovery Channel's Mythbusters and one of the most beloved figures in science and tech - shares his golden rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through and successfully making your idea a reality.
Every Tool's a Hammer is Adam Savage's chronicle of his life as a maker. Through stories from forty-plus years of making and moulding, building and breaking, this book is a toolbox of problem solving, complete with a shop's worth of notes on the tools, techniques and materials he uses most often.
This book will save you a few mistakes (and maybe fingers), as well as help turn your curiosities into creations. You will find everything you need to inspire you to build, make, invent, explore and - most of all - enjoy the thrills of being a creator.
'An imperative how-to for creativity…I adore this book' Nick Offerman
Adam Savage - star of Discovery Channel's Mythbusters and one of the most beloved figures in science and tech - shares his golden rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through and successfully making your idea a reality.
Every Tool's a Hammer is Adam Savage's chronicle of his life as a maker. Through stories from forty-plus years of making and moulding, building and breaking, this book is a toolbox of problem solving, complete with a shop's worth of notes on the tools, techniques and materials he uses most often.
This book will save you a few mistakes (and maybe fingers), as well as help turn your curiosities into creations. You will find everything you need to inspire you to build, make, invent, explore and - most of all - enjoy the thrills of being a creator.
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Adam Savage was the co-host of the hit show MythBusters on the Discovery Channel from its inception through its end, spanning fourteen years and nearly 270 hours of television. Currently, he produces and stars on Tested.com's YouTube channel and is filming two new Discovery Channel shows: MythBusters Junior and Being Savage. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, twin boys and their two amazing dogs. Every Tool's a Hammer is his first book.
Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Dig Through the Bottom of the Rabbit Hole
- Chapter 2. Lists
- Chapter 3. Checkboxes
- Chapter 4. Use More Cooling Fluid
- Chapter 5. Deadlines
- Chapter 6. Drawing
- Chapter 7. Increase Your Loose Tolerance
- Chapter 8. Screw & Glue
- Chapter 9. Share
- Chapter 10. See Everything, Reach Everything
- Chapter 11. Cardboard
- Chapter 12. Hammers, Blades, and Scissors
- Sweep Up Every Day
- Sketches
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Index
- Copyright
