Northmount Posted April 17, 2014 Report Posted April 17, 2014 I never even thought of that, but now that you brought it up......I can see where eBooks would be a very good alternative for those buyers who are not near a source for them. Save a bit on the cost and zero bucks for postage. Then there is the fact that if a fellow had it it on his laptop/notebook he could study it easily in his free time.Having never bought any of the electronic stuff from TLF, perhaps someone who has, could give us a review of how good they are and tell us about their ease of use, the resolution and sharpness of pages printed from them, and so forth. I have a few. How to Carve Leather by Stohlman is 53 pages, 33 MB, pages are 12 x 18" as are the originals. At 200% magnification! the lines are sharp. At 400%, the lines are getting some fuzzies. The scan is in colour. So the quality is very good. And you can print any part of it at what ever scale fits your purposes. Looks like 600 dpi if I've done my math right. Tom Quote
Members keplerts Posted April 27, 2014 Members Report Posted April 27, 2014 I have bought a few of the Al Stohlman ebooks. I think they are very good. I can read them about anywhere. I like that I can print out just the page/pages I want and take to the shop. Most are in the large format of the oringinal books and are scaled down when printed. If you want full size, like for the holster making book with patterns, you can take the PDF to Staples and have them printed. Although it is probably cheaper to just by the book if you intend to have the printed there. But, yes, the quality is good. Tom Quote
Members WyomingSlick Posted April 27, 2014 Members Report Posted April 27, 2014 Figure Carving Finesse Book & Pattern Pack by Al Stolman Retail Cost at store.........about 45 bucks for both Give away price on eBay...... $5.95 + s&h...about 12 bucks Quote (John 8:32) And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (KJV) And the truth is that religion is nothing more than the lame attempt by largely ignorant people to bring sense and order to a world that was beyond their comprehension. Once you see religion for the delusional and superstitious artifact it is............... you will be free !
Members Colt W Knight Posted July 31, 2014 Members Report Posted July 31, 2014 Awesome elephants. This is my attempt at an elephant Quote
Members rlpullman Posted August 1, 2014 Members Report Posted August 1, 2014 I have purchased several ebooks from Tandy. I love them. They are all pdf files. You can cut and paste them to other graphic editing software. I like to cut and paste into Autocad drafting software, then I can trace them to create blocks to be used in various projects. I can scale them to any size I want. Once I save it to a drawing, I can reuse it anywhere I want. A great way to save time, not having to redraw something Quote
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