Must Read Books

[WH308]

So having already panic brought a 2 tonne welding table, some steel and arranged to view a 1950’s pillar drill. I have sufficient stuff to be getting on with if I’m quarantined and feel well enough to function.

If however the worst should happen and I’m confined to bed, reading will save my sanity.

This got me to thinking about an SD must read list.

The two sporting books that should grace any book shelves are, in my opinion.

John Buchan’s, John Macnab

Charles St. John’s, The Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands of Scotland.

The first is a bread and butter sportsman’s read, the second is an interesting history of sporting Scotland in the mid 1800’s.

What should I add to the pile?

 

[pop1]

With a gun to the hill by Stephen Pilkington

 

[Pedro]

I think that you should throw in some variation to your sporting books. Perhaps a thriller or two if that's your thing. Something by Harlan Coben, Linwood Barclay or Robert Goddard would fit the bill. Maybe look to get some historical books too, something about WW1 or 2 or maybe even some historical novels. There's a few to choose from about The Roman Empire or perhaps The Peninsular War. Simon Scarrow's Wellington and Napoleon trilogy is excellent reading and informative.

One thing worth having is a Kindle, even if you don't normally use one. If you can't get out, you can download books off the internet without even having to wash your hands!

 

[Ade8mm]

"The Gun and Its Development" by William Wellington Greener

 

[Klenchblaize]

You'll either love or hate it but I have to recommend The Story of My Heart ("A Soul Life") by Richard Jefferies:

The Story of My Heart - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Put another way "pantheism" rocks as does a deerstalker's "rapturous union with Nature"!

K

 

[Hereford]

The Wood by John Lewis-Stempel - no shooting but tangible nature rises from the pages

 

[Klenchblaize]

The Wood by John Lewis-Stempel - no shooting but tangible nature rises from the pages

+1

K

 

[enfieldspares]

The Buchan series on Richard Hannay and his adventures from Thirty Nine Steps through Greenmantle and Mr Standfast to the last of the series. Far better than the silly Kennethn Moore film or the Powell or another later version with synchronised machine guns in June 1914!

 

[Rory]

"The Old Man and the Boy" by Robert Ruark.

 

[CarlW]

'La Peste' by Albert Camus.

PS what drill did you buy? Any pics?

 

[WH308]

'La Peste' by Albert Camus.

PS what drill did you buy? Any pics?

Welding table or Drill?

Welding table was a 6x4 ish milling machine bed in a frame, perfect for my needs, the drill is a big old Denbigh K1 series 2. Nice big old cast drill with a No2 morse taper.

 

[CarlW]

Welding table or Drill?

Welding table was a 6x4 ish milling machine bed in a frame, perfect for my needs, the drill is a big old Denbigh K1 series 2. Nice big old cast drill with a No2 morse taper.

The K1 is a very nice drill.

I have an Elliott. You can't beat old machinery.

 

[WH308]

The K1 is a very nice drill.

I have an Elliott. You can't beat old machinery.

I was looking for something like a Fobco 7/8, but this has turned up locally. It’s in need of a fair amount of cleaning up as it’s been in a damp outbuilding, but not too worried as I want to change the motor from 3 phase to single phase. Might chuck a bigger motor on it, so it’s more like a Fobco 10/8. I’m sure the belt will give before the motor!

 

[CarlW]

I was looking for something like a Fobco 7/8, but this has turned up locally. It’s in need of a fair amount of cleaning up as it’s been in a damp outbuilding, but not too worried as I want to change the motor from 3 phase to single phase. Might chuck a bigger motor on it, so it’s more like a Fobco 10/8. I’m sure the belt will give before the motor!

Another option is to keep the three-phase motor and wire it via a VFD. You'd then have infinitely variable speed control without sacrificing torque.

Anyway, sorry to derail. Back to books:

'A hunter's wanderings...' by FC Selous is an obvious one for me.

 

[User00035]

The Wild Places by Robert McFarlane
The Border trilogy by Cormac McCarthy

 

[Spix]

'Always Faithful' by William Putney

 

[Bavarianbrit]

Topical, On the beach by Nevil Shute?

 

[Sharpie]

Brendon Chase

 

[VSS]

All the rest of the Buchan books.
Also, when you're feeling unwell, there's nothing quite like revisiting some childhood favourites to pick up your spirits. So I would want a full set of the Swallows & Amazons books, together with Treasure Island, Robinson Crusoe, Kidnapped, The Coral Island, etc etc.

 

[jcampbellsmith]

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JCS