Handy how-to eBooks and etc.

So I've collected over the years a pretty good assortment of tech. info on alot of various subjects and I posted a list of eBooks elswhere here on the forum which I'll later move here, but for the moment I'd like to add to that list with another bundle of info in the form of a document written by a group who in the mid 70's decided to try their hand at living as folks would back in the Stone Age in Europe. It's got some decent info on long term survival using simply native / local resources. Figured some who browse this section might want a look.

Enjoy,

http://www.gallica.co.uk/butser2/pdf/Living a Stone Age Life.pdf

Ya' might also want to look at the main page this is from,

http://www.gallica.co.uk

Browse around, theres also how-to plans for building old school thatching roofed round-houses and such, pretty interesting stuff imho.

 

And,,,

Keep in mind the fact that you will most definatly not need everything in these books, but you should be able to find something quite useful in each of them, so certainly something to skim thru during the encroaching Winter months ahead.

And of course as I find more I'll be adding them as well.

 

Wow! Thanks for all the info links. Thanks for takin the time to share this with us.
Blessings

 

No Prob, I sort of see things in the world as being on a long, slow downward spiral, sharing this info will hopefully help show some folks that everything doesn't have to come pre-packaged from Wall mart or some Chemical lab and therefore make reaching the bottom of the spiral a bit softer of a landing when the house of cards built by the leaders of commerce finally falls down around them.

I've also been gathering misc. links for Homeopathic and Ethnogenic medicinals which I'll add eventually. One more batch of info alot of folks could use would be to know the natural sources where most of their prescription meds come from so if there comes a time when the Pharmacies close down, you'll still be able to get your Digitalis from processing Foxglove (Not nessisarily a safe idea in general, but if theres no option, a chance beats a guaranteed heart attack no?)

Heres one link thats nearly done all the work for me already,

http://www.herbdatanz.com/index.htm

Mind boggling assortment of text's on medicinals from the last 400 or so years. With that in mind, make sure to do further research when you find treatments for a particular condition from the really old books as it was typical to use things such as Litharge (Lead Oxide) and stuff like that is a no-no as we know today.

 

So heres whats possibly the best of the list for those homesteadig and living communally out there.

Heres where to download it for free (Thou Gutenberg has no objection to donations)

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27257

Now get yer' hands dirty and get them lights on without relying on this dying system to provide the juice.

:cheers2:

 

Oooooooooooh,,, NOW I have a full color laser printer at my fingertips,,,

Time to brush up on my bookbinding skills I think.

 

Project Gutenberg is one of the best things going on the internet, I'm usually there daily browsing and reading. Great stuff there. I usually find myself in the Smithsonian collection.

Here is another great place to find books. http://www.archive.org/ somehow I think its part of project Gutenburg.


sacred texts is pretty good for books on religions and other information.

~ peace

 

"Thanks for the Add" Skooky.

 

This isn't E-books but thought I'd share it as well. A great source for books for little to no cost (the cost of mailing a book by media mail is a couple bucks at most, usually). It's a great way to save a few bucks.

www.paperbackswap.com


~peace

 

I feel much the same about www.lindsaybks.com Skooky, all the how-to you would need short of agricultural interests as far as really going off grid without leaving the comforts you want to include in your lifestyle. (OR building Barter town) :cheers2:

 

that is a great site. bookmarked and checking it out. I'm more of a thinker not a tinker tho. I have basic building skillsa,(build chicken coops, pens, decks, water catch systems, basic house repairs kind of skills) and gardening, making thing skills (more artistic and creative) but otherwise mechanically challenged. lol. for example I am currently looking for a bike and thinking just a plain no frills or extra gears kind of bike, the less parts the less that can break and need fixed.

Bartering is the way to go for real.

 

Heres another WAY cool database for archiving and after tshtf printing,,,

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/marcin_jakubowski.html

 

that is pretty incredible, especially the brick maker, and here I was proud of myself for carving a new axe handle over the weekend.

doh

 

Trust me on this Brother,,, Carving tool handles is a most excellent and well respected skill by those who use tools, never forget that.

I've got thoughts of Carbon Composite fiber dancing in my head alot these days,,, could get interesting I think. :cheers2:

 

Oh no forget about that shit, playing with uncured epoxy is baaad...

Right on about carving tool-handles, properly shaped handles rarely come from the factory, and they almost never fit your hand.
Without the aformentioned epoxy, fitting handles is a skill in itself. Handles for chisels and gouges with socket style ferrules are particularly difficult to fit without a lathe..

 

Don't I know it, that's the hardest part for me. Getting a correct handle fit. I've made handles for all my own wood carving tools. punches for leather work and awls, etc.. which, a friend of mine learned smithing and forging and does the iron work. I'm getting better at handle making. The bigger handles are definitely harder to shape. love me some old hand tools and making things.

 

Dude, trust me, far too late for worry over exposure to shit,,, lol
Industrial Maintenance, auto and home repair, electronics gigs (Designed some QC test stations for a transformer company once, you wanna talk fumes?) I've practically bathed in Hydraulic fluids and petrochemical byproducts while engaged in some of the nastier jobs on occasion. Certainly at least GOJO,, that and a big friggin scotch brite pad.

And then it's only a concern if you don't ventilate / respirate as in Car paint spray booth with body glove and air line,,, been in those shoes too, been the fuck around and so forth.

Darwin would have got me by now if I didn't have a handle on it for sure.

And dont think like I of all people am knocking craftsmans skills, I have simply been the unfortunate one to swing the 20 LB sledge with a Hickory handle that Sheared off cleanly when I hit my target squarely and with full force. I'm religious about fiberglass for the Must have tools like the 20 lb sledge, Spike maul and Solid, old school forged Pick axe. But I know Carbon C. is better and I think I figured out the process of making my own fibers.

 

Gotcha, If you ain't fucked up by now from all that then a little more MAY NOT hurt too much. On the other hand, I've seen acute toxic reactions happen quite suddenly(co-workers), like somewhere the body reaches the tipping point and says "no more"
Matter of fact a dude working mixing polyurethane resin at this company I worked for, one day he just starts shaking...he shakes to this day, it's very sad
I've been around my share of industrial toxics, welding fumes, nasty solvents and yes I too have practically bathed in burnt hydraulic fluid.. I've somehow avoided getting too fucked up from it, but I ain't pushing my luck, I avoid shit now if at all possible.

 

I carve hardwood cooking implements primarily because they have been hard to find. I have been more focused on discovering what my essential needs are rather than imagine how I would like to live.

Great gathering of resource. My wife used to write for an underground press called the helix. Her column was called survival and in it she acquainted the reader with all sorts of useful community information about resources and the like. Difference being she did not have advantage of the internet. Her information was gathered in person, over the phone, or by mail.

 

^^^This I like.... it's part of the path to true freedom. :2thumbsup: