The Very Efficient Carpenter

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1. hpkuargSep 2022
   Larry Haun's book The Very Efficient Carpenter. Comes with companion videos that you can find on YouTube, as well.
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2. baremetalJun 2022
   also larry haun videos (yt) and his book, the very efficient carpenter.
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3. LeifCarrotsonMay 2023
   Youtube has a transcript for automatic closed captions, and Sabine's here actually has been hand-written and even has some headings so it's much better than most.

   I do feel a bit of surprise every time I read about the massive popularity of Youtube, or hear from a friend how they love the 2020s because they learned to do some bit of home improvement or car maintenance by watching a video. I wanted to learn how to frame an accessory building, so I went to the library and picked up "The Very Efficient Carpenter" by Larry Haun, when I needed to replace the water pump in my new car car I got a Haynes manual.

   On the other hand, engineering school seemed at times to be a test to filter out anyone who wasn't capable of ingesting massive amounts of text in a short amount of time, which did well to prepare me for my career, which mainly consists of gleaning data from enormous PDFs, so maybe my cohort is unique in this ability.

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