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Title: I can&#65533;t trust this book.
Review: Robert Lento's "Handbook of Practical Woodworking Techniques" is a prime example of what not to do when producing a book.No illustrator is credited, so I assume the author drew the illustrations, which are clumsy and amatuerish. A number of the illustrations continue out into the margin-to the point where one was nearly printed off the page. In my copy several of the pages have been printed with either too much or too little ink. The whole production shows many signs of being thrown together-"slap-dash" is one word which comes to mind.Okay, so this is all cosmetic, but if the author and publisher cared so little about these things, how much care was taken (or rather, wasn't taken) over the text? I can't prove there are any major mistakes (after all, the book's audience is beginning woodworkers, of which I'm one). Woodworking can be a dangerous activity, and I need to feel I can trust the author. I don't feel that about this book.
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