Posted: 11/26/2008 12:31:08 PM EDT
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I decided to put this here as I want something other than "guides". I figure that I can go to the local outdoor store and get books on what native plants are safe to eat and stuff like that.
What I'm looking for is how to books or booklets on things like weaving which would include making yarn out of wool, weaving, and possibly making a spinning wheel. How to forge and re-forge metal, making a forge, making charcoal. How to make a water wheel and uses for the power generated by it. Making bricks, making pottery, curing leather. These are just a few examlpes of what i'm looking for and any sujestions on where to find info on them and any other topics would be greatly welcome. Thanks. |
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Lehman's has a lot of interesting titles.
If you see something you like, best to look for it elsewhere.....might find it cheaper. |
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Lehman's has a lot of interesting titles. If you see something you like, best to look for it elsewhere.....might find it cheaper. ETA what should go HERE is " I wish I would have known about that website sooner..would have been easier " I really need to stop getting up so early. 
Anyhow I got from amazon (and didnt get to read yet) the self-sufficient life and how to live it. - John Seymour
(the complete back to basics guide) Has everything from spinning wool to making cheese, and how to make bricks Water Storage - Art Ludwig Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers, and Ponds (for domestic supply, fire and emergency use) Includes how to make Ferrocement Water Tanks Canning & Preserving for Dummies
(the name really says it all) Preparedness Now! - Aton Edwards
An emergency Survival Guide for civilians and their familes Starting a new life in rural America - Ragnar Benson
(21 things you need to know before you make your move) Now I just need to find time to read these...along with this forum. And scrape up the $$$ to get a nice place in the country. Can't seem to find any books on doing this part the easy way. 
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John Seymour's book is good as is Back to Basics from Reader's digest.
Both of these are general homesteading type books. They are going to touch on a pile of subjects, but not really hit any of them TOO heavily. You'll want specific books for each of these subjects IMO. They will likely be a lot more in depth because there will be space to cover the topic THOROUGHLY in each one. I always check amazon AND ebay. Some of those amazon sellers think there is gold dust in some of those old books. I recently paid $70. for a book from the 70's- Survivors bibliography and updated retreater's list" or something like that, written by Don Stephens. I went off the recommendation of someone from this board who said that this guys ideas were better than Tappan's, etc. The book sucked big time, about 10 pages of actual information than a list of old books. Original purchase price on the book was like $5. I collect a lot of the "old school" survivalist materials from the 60's, 70's and 80's so I don't take it as a total loss, but I definitely wouldn't have paid more than $20. for it if I realized it was such as POS. 
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The "Foxfire" series, at least part of them, contain a lot of the info that you ask about. Not exactly specific howto but interesting stories and interviews with oldtimers who actually lived that way.
Also there is a series of 4 books called "How things Work" that goes into every thing from a water wheel to a nuclear reactor. Kinda dated, but still a good resource if you can find them. MIKE |
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Even if you never reload this is a great read!
The ABC's of Reloading |
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This is a good one on traditional metalworking:
Practical Blacksmithing and Metalworking |
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and needless to say.....
RTFM. Having these books on a shelf or in a box when SHTF will not be a fix, and waiting till you need the info is a pretty poor time to start to research an answer (where'd I put that box of books?). *If SHTF is slow/progressive, you will at least have your library together, it's all based on "what if"... at least familiarize yourself enough to know where to look when you need it. |
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and needless to say..... RTFM. Having these books on a shelf or in a box when SHTF will not be a fix, and waiting till you need the info is a pretty poor time to start to research an answer (where'd I put that box of books?). *If SHTF is slow/progressive, you will at least have your library together, it's all based on "what if"... at least familiarize yourself enough to know where to look when you need it. Amen to that... |