The Study — Books
Books I write
Short, practical books on building and repairing things when the supply chain is gone. Each book opens a door into the Vault — the research that backs it.
2026
AvailableThe Remote Alternator
Salvage Power Series · Book 1
Strip a junkyard car alternator to a bare generator and move its rectifier and regulator to the batteries — for water, wind, or engine power when nothing can be bought.
2026
AvailableThe Improvised Tachometer
Salvage Power Series · Book 2
Six ways to measure a spinning shaft's RPM with string, chalk, a tuning fork, or the machine's own hum — then size the pulleys to get the speed you need.
2026
ForthcomingThe Battery House
Salvage Power Series · Book 3
Test, revive, and wire salvaged lead-acid batteries with meters you build yourself — the test lamp, the hydrometer, junkyard triage, and a bank wired to last.
2026
ForthcomingThe Site Survey
Salvage Power Series · Book 4
Two numbers decide every water-power site: head and flow. Measure both — and the wind — with a bucket, a float, a weir, a hose, and a stick, before you build anything.