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50 Things to Make with a Broken Hockey Stick Paperback – January 1, 2002

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From the days when proto-humans lashed animal jawbones to sticks and whacked wildebeest-poop slapshots in Olduvai Arena to today's super-high-tech computer-assisted extravaganzas, one by-product of the hockey game has gone unnoticed and untapped. Until now . . . In 50 Things to Make with a Broken Hockey Stick, Peter Manchester transforms the agony of a fractured stick into the thrill of creation. Instructions and explicit cartoons show woodworkers of all abilities how to fashion items for outdoors, items for indoors, and items without any purpose at all. No basement artiste will ever throw away a broken hockey stick again. The finished projects will delight friends and win the respect of detractors, even those in the maker's own household. Using broken hockey sticks as tomato stakes is elementary compared with crafting a Walking Stick or a Piňata Stick. But Manchester goes far beyond making a stick out of a stick; his inventions encompass the full potential of this free and almost infinite resource. Even in this age of miracle materials, ordinary recreational hockey sticks are a tough, flexible composite of resin and wood, and the broken pieces are just too good to throw away. Truly practical designs include a modern Travois, a springy, long-range Catapult, and a Toilet Paper Holder for the well-appointed fishing camp. Science fair projects leap from the pages of 50 Things to Make with a Broken Hockey a Wind Vane, a combination Sun Dial and Snow Depth Gauge, and a Geodesic Dome that requires plenty of duct tape. Accessories for the home include a Curtain Rod for the bedroom of a hockey-crazed kid and a Lamp that really works. Fathers and children can bond as they manufacture gifts and sporting a Pot Rack, a Wind Sail, an Ice Croquet Set, and a Bathroom Occupancy Designator. The bookâ€s pièce de résistance is the Mock Moose, a trophy made from a skate and at least four stick blades.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Goose Lane Editions; 1st edition (January 1, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 96 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0864923589
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0864923585
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.49 x 0.28 x 7.74 inches

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Peter Manchester was born in the East Coast of the US, Lived for many years afterwards in New Mexico and then suddenly found himself in Eastern Canada. Some suspect this was due to matrimonial promises that were made. Others suggest that it was the gypsy in him. In any case he ended up in the Maritimes and rediscovered broken hockey sticks. He did play some in his youth, but was forever shamed by showing up on the ice in figure skates! Well being an iconoclast is in his nature.

As an illustrator and artist and occasional author, Peter Manchester found fertile pickings with busted hockey sticks. He penned his original text for Goose Lane Editions, and for a brief shining moment, it was a Canadian best seller. Not to be left gathering dust, another volume was written a few seasons later which culminated in 100 dubious constructions made from hockey fodder. Well, there was some things his fodder never told him, and that was to stop with the puns already.

Lately he is working on a series of paintings, like book covers, only in large format. They can be viewed at: http://blog.petermanchester.ca/

These are yet again, more creations from a brain that never sleeps, depicting things that might have been.

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Cassius Clay Rae

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I bought this book because I have a collection of unused and broken hockey sticks that I wanted to turn into a useful tool or cool decoration. I've seen a few ideas from the different ice rinks I've visited, but I wanted more options... and I couldn't think of something original.

This book is aim for those who love being crafty and resourceful. I would recommend it for those who seem to accumulate more sticks than they can use, or simply want to add a hockey theme to a room. The projects range in difficulty and the number of sticks required.

I also see this as a good silent auction item (at hockey tournaments) or a gift for a hockey player.

Pros and Cons:
+ The author puts himself in the book: This is not a book full of blueprints and detailed engineering, he explains each craft like a teacher would to a student... and he even adds humor to it.
+ Pictures are hand drawings: It adds to the handy-man, crafty feel. And it makes the book more "personal" (for lack of a better word) instead of being perfect and precise.
- If there was anything I'd improve to this book, it'd be the number of "things". Don't get me wrong, 50 is a lot of projects to explain and write about; but I ALMOST felt I was done with the book when I skimmed through it for ideas. BUT in combining those 50 ideas with what I have seen, I was able to brainstorm more projects. I know there can be an expansion, but encouraging creativity is what the book is meant to do, and it did just that.

I highly recommend this book. If you're like me, crafty and love to play hockey, you'll want this book in your collection. I don't regret my purchase one bit. I look forward to constructing some of the projects listed in this book.

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