Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop

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After two New York Times bestsellers, Nick Offerman returns with the subject for which he s known best his incredible real life woodshop.Nestled among the glitz and glitter of Tinseltown is a testament to American elbow grease and an honest to god hard day s work Offerman Woodshop Captained by hirsute woodworker, actor, comedian, and writer Nick Offerman, the shop produces not only fine handcrafted furniture, but also fun stuff kazoos, baseball bats, ukuleles, even mustache combs.Now Nick and his ragtag crew of champions want to share their experiences of working at the Woodshop, tell you all about their passion for the discipline of woodworking, and teach you how to make a handful of their most popular projects along the way This book will take readers behind the scenes of the woodshop, both inspiring and teaching them to make their own projects and besotting them with the infectious spirit behind the shop and its complement of dusty wood elves.In these pages you will find a variety of projects for every skill level, with personal, accessible instructions by the OWS woodworkers themselves and, what s , this tutelage will be augmented by mouth watering color photos Nick calls it wood porn You will also find writings by Nick, offering recipes for both comestibles and mirth, humorous essays, odes to his own woodworking heroes, insights into the ethos of woodworking in modern America, and other assorted tomfoolery.Whether you ve been working in your own shop for years, or if holding this stack of compressed wood pulp is as close as you ve ever come to milling lumber, or even if you just love Nick Offerman s brand of bucolic yet worldly wisdom, you ll find Good Clean Fun full of useful, illuminating, and entertaining information. New Read Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop by Nick Offerman For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Nominally about woodworking, but mostly about how in love Offerman is with his own voice, which I find very hard to enjoy If you already like him, though, you may fare better.Offerman s outlook on woodworking is remarkable for how absolutely perfectly it falls in lock step with current Internet popular opinion hand tools make you a better person but they re too hard for normal people, SawStop is great, dominoes are amazing and not just an expensive way to recreate Ikea furniture, Lie Nielsen a Nominally about woodworking, but mostly about how in love Offerman is with his own voice, which I find very hard to enjoy If you already like him, though, you may fare better.Offerman s outlook on woodworking is remarkable for how absolutely perfectly it falls in lock step with current Internet popular opinion hand tools make you a better person but they re too hard for normal people, SawStop is great, dominoes are amazing and not just an expensive way to recreate Ikea furniture, Lie Nielsen and Veritas make the best hand tools on the market today, slabs are beautiful, c not all wrong, but all very fashionable , but they re convincingly not the opinions of so...Since I m clueless about American TV, I didn t realize Offerman is a comedian As a woodworking book this is a bit of a bust, but there are some funny bits here and there and there were some decent interviews wi...Hard choice between two and three stars, but there were times where I really was not enjoying this book which is too bad because I really like Nick Offerman and liked his previous book Paddle Your Own Canoe.Most of the book seems like a pretty advertisement for the Offerman Woodshop kind of expected , and the people they work with outside of the shop not expected While I enjoyed some of the profiles on his woodworking heroes, there were too many other random shout outs For example, ther Hard choice between two and three stars, but there were times where I really was not enjoying this book which is too bad because I really like Nick Offerman and liked his previous book Paddle Your Own Canoe.Most of the book seems like a pretty advertisement for the Offerman Woodshop kind of expected , and the people they work with outside of the shop not expected While I enjoyed some of the profiles on his woodworking heroes, there were too many other random shout outs For example, there s a completely random two page glossy profile on the person who designed the Offerman logo and did some graphics for the book wedged between shop layout and wood selection that has nothing to do with anything else in the book This kind of thing continues throughout the book but is especially annoying in the earlier sections.The woodworking projects were sometimes interesting but not groundbreaking, but I realize it is written for a general audience and not experienced woodworkers The good ...i love this man, and i love his passion if you are a superfan, pick this up because it s a 5 star listen and you MUST listen, because it s narrated by our esteemed pal nick, and there are bonus tracks performed by Jeff and Spencer Tweedy of Wilco fame at the end of the disc A few songs are performed by nick offerman, and they are great.a word of warning, though if you are not an offerman superfan, you probably won t make it 1 3rd of the way through this book it truly is all about woodwork i love this man, and i love his passion if you are a superfan, pick this up because it s a 5 star listen and you MUST listen, because it s narrated by our esteemed pal nick, and there are bonus tracks performed by Jeff and Spencer Tweedy of Wilco fame at the end of the disc A few songs are performed by nick offerman, and they are great.a word of warning, though if you are not an offerman superfan, you probably won t make it 1 3rd of the way through this book it truly is all about woodworking, the offerman woodshop, and heroes in the art of woodworking you might hear a few Parks and Rec references to make you smile, but if woodworking isn t your jam then this book might not be for you.personally, i thought it was great an homage to those who make things with their hands, are not afraid to get dirty, and make the effort to work hard to get the results they want the lazy carpenter works the hardest is the greatest take...A much better book than Offerman s first attempt Part woodworking manual and part lifestyle book, the book is packed with funny stories, witty quips, and actually useful instructions on creating furniture from wood Offerman profiles the big characters that populate his working woodshop i...While this book isso for beginners in woodworking, I enjoyed this read It s always fun to go through Offerman s characteristic sentence style, and in some places, I actually had to stop reading to go to a dictionary and figure out what a word meant Ebullient to be full of cheer The book isn t exactly what I expected after having read Offerman s Paddle Your Own Canoe It s partly a how to book for a few different proje...Not just a woodsmith not a thing , but also a wordsmith, Nick Offerman offers another enjoyable entry in the growing library of books he s authored This offering is very niche as it focuses a great deal on woodworking, but it was still entertaining and in a very similar vein as Gumption Filled with profiles of people Offerman respects and others that work in his shop though these two are not mutually exclusive , instructions for several projects, a few food recipes, and even a beer pairing Not just a woodsmith not a thing , but also a wordsmith, Nick Offerman offers another enjoyable entry in the growing library of books he s authored This offering is very niche as it focuses a great deal on woodworking, but it was still ente...I enjoy spending time with Nick Offerman, so I was charmed by this book If you like his sense of humor and are open to his ideas on how creating things with your own hands is an important, affirming activity for everyone, you will enjoy this book For myself, I have an...A thoroughly enjoyable combination of witty commentary, woodworking, and introductory materials with a few projects thrown in for good measure.Great if you re interested in Nick Offerman s take on putting together a woodworking shop Not so much if you re just looking for jokes.

Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop
  • English
  • 19 May 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 352 pages
  • 1101984651
  • Nick Offerman
  • Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop