How long does it take to read The Complete Metalsmith?
The Complete Metalsmith by Tim McCreight takes about 2 hours 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 56 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1981. 160 pages, about 44,000 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This is the book I tell my metals students to buy. I tell them it is The Answer Book, and even though I have several decades of experience and a huge metals and jewelry library, when I need a quick answer this is the first book I go to.
Subjects: Jewelry making, Metal-work, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Metals, dictionaries
