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Every Tool’s a Hammer audiobook

  • By: Adam Savage
  • Narrator: Adam Savage
  • Category: Experiments & Projects, Science
  • Length: 15 hours 31 minutes
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
  • Publish date: January 01, 2019
  • Language: English
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Every Tool’s a Hammer Audiobook Summary

In this New York Times bestselling “imperative how-to for creativity” (Nick Offerman), Adam Savage–star of Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters–shares his golden rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through and successfully making your idea a reality.

Every Tools a Hammer is a chronicle of my life as a maker. It’s an exploration of making, but it’s also a permission slip of sorts from me to you. Permission to grab hold of the things you’re interested in, that fascinate you, and to dive deeper into them to see where they lead you.

Through stories from forty-plus years of making and molding, building and breaking, along with the lessons I learned along the way, this book is meant to be a toolbox of problem solving, complete with a shop’s worth of notes on the tools, techniques, and materials that I use most often. Things like: In Every Tool There Is a Hammer–don’t wait until everything is perfect to begin a project, and if you don’t have the exact right tool for a task, just use whatever’s handy; Increase Your Loose Tolerance–making is messy and filled with screwups, but that’s okay, as creativity is a path with twists and turns and not a straight line to be found; Use More Cooling Fluid–it prolongs the life of blades and bits, and it prevents tool failure, but beyond that it’s a reminder to slow down and reduce the friction in your work and relationships; Screw Before You Glue–mechanical fasteners allow you to change and modify a project while glue is forever but sometimes you just need the right glue, so I dig into which ones will do the job with the least harm and best effects.

This toolbox also includes lessons from many other incredible makers and creators, including: Jamie Hyneman, Nick Offerman, Pixar director Andrew Stanton, Oscar-winner Guillermo del Toro, artist Tom Sachs, and chef Traci Des Jardins. And if everything goes well, we will hopefully save you a few mistakes (and maybe fingers) as well as help you turn your curiosities into creations.

I hope this book serves as “creative rocket fuel” (Ed Helms) to build, make, invent, explore, and–most of all–enjoy the thrills of being a creator.

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Every Tool’s a Hammer Audiobook Narrator

Adam Savage is the narrator of Every Tool’s a Hammer audiobook that was written by Adam Savage

Adam Savage is a maker, designer, television host, producer, husband, and father. He was the cohost of all 278 hours of MythBusters on the Discovery Channel for fourteen years and host of its 2019 spinoff MythBusters, Jr., as well as several other TV shows. He also makes stuff and tells his sto­ries on his website Tested.com. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, twin boys, and two amazing dogs. Every Tool’s a Hammer is his first book.

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Every Tool’s a Hammer Full Details

Narrator Adam Savage
Length 15 hours 31 minutes
Author Adam Savage
Category
Publisher Simon & Schuster Audio
Release date April 26, 2024
ISBN 9781508286493

Subjects

The publisher of the Every Tool’s a Hammer is Simon & Schuster Audio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Experiments & Projects, Science

Additional info

The publisher of the Every Tool’s a Hammer is Simon & Schuster Audio. The imprint is Simon & Schuster Audio. It is supplied by Simon & Schuster Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781508286493.

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This book is only available in the United States.

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