Acknowledgments

In no way, shape, or form did this book get created by just me. Piles of people pitched in, lent gear, and volunteered time, and they must be acknowledged. I live in fear that I have overlooked someone and I apologize in advance for the oversight.

I did something that apparently most DIY book writers do not—test the book with builders. In a very real sense, I am not the best person to write this book because I don’t have the perspective of a novice. Testing with novices solved a big chunk of that problem. My testers revealed huge gaps in exposition, ferreted out ambiguity, and made clear which figures were necessary. This book works because of them—it was not working before they showed up.

My novice testers were Joseph Legros, ...

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