I bought this book because I wanted to learn something new about bandsaws. Mind you, I have been using bandsaws for years, but this book told me absolutely NOTHING new. A good book on bandsaws would include other uses for the saws than just cutting wood and such. For instance, in my years of using bandsaws I have found that bandsaws are good for cutting large pieces of meat, even frozen (except sometimes it breaks the bandsaw and once I hurt myself quite badly). No mention of that in the book! Bandsaw blades make excellent plates at "MANLY" dinner parties (again, one injury once) but NO mention of the book. Plus the book fails to mention any novel bandsaw techniques, even for wood. No mention of the "zen fruit" technique a lot of builders are using now, and scarcely a nod to the "all thumbs" method pioneered by sweedish bandsaw enthusiasts.