[TheForge] books in the shop environment

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Good ideas Terry;
We are just terrible about books and regard them as 
consumables..librarians everywhere sneer.
terry l. ridder wrote:
> hello;
> 
> i have been attempting to find a solution to the problem of keeping
> books that are used in the shop relatively clean and readable. i have
> several books which have fallen victim to the spilled oil and stray
> grease blob. several years i adopted the approach of copying the
> necessary pages and placing the copies in clear heavy duty page
> protectors. the page protector i have been using have the three hole
> punch edge which allows for them to be placed in a three-ring binder.
> 
> this has worked rather well. the original books are still looking very
> good and the page copies have lasted past their original use and have
> been kept in binders for future use.
> 
> some pages have proven to be such a good reference that i have laminated
> those in heavy laminate. they are now rigid  and have either a hole
> punched in them and a rubber band inserted into the hole to make a loop
> so that it may be hung nearly anywhere or they have a length of the
> ceramic magnet material that allows them to be hung around the shop.
> 
> i am always on the look out for a better way of doing things so i figure
> it is time to ask theforge members what they do to protect the books
> that are used in the shop.
> 
>