Hi Gary
I'm one that has a DVD player in my shop just for that
Many have a TV in the shop now days with the DVD player right next to it ,I use a small one in the shop and in the car/truck
the BOSS drives and I get to view DVD's , LOL LOL keeps my mind off her driving... LOL hahahahaha.
Not trying to be a smart ass but
"tables and charts and diagrams" it's called Pause on the DVD ,it will hold what ever I want to take a hard look at and if I use the TV it's big and I don't need to use my glasses
The new age of the computer chip is making it easy for the home shop now days.
Like most woodworkers I have tons of books in a box under the bench full of dust and it takes a bit of time to dig them out...now I just pop in the DVD fast forward to what I need and have a look see.
All that without any finger prints or glue on the pages
plus if I need a hard copy I can capture it and print it out quick and easy..
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Originally Posted by garycurtis The few DVD's I have on various machines and technique do have an advantage over the printed media. And books aren't cheap to produce. Their advantage is that they can be taken into the shop to be used as reference.
And some data, such as tables and charts and diagrams, are best presented on paper. As long as there is a continual demand for higher quality materials from users, things will improve. The problem is that the decades-old imprint of Popular Mechanics (both in regard to design styles and intellectual level) set the tone.
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