Engineering Practice and skills
Especially for Beginners:
Model Engineering - a Foundation Course
Wright • £ 16.95 • (A)
Written by an experienced engineer, this primer textbook covers all the basic techniques of model engineering and includes: drawings, setting up a workshop, buying materials, marking out, sawing, filing, bending & forming metals, drilling & boring, a review of the properties and characteristics of engineering materials and describes the hardening of carbon steel for cutting tools, plus much more. 416 pages. Around 500 illustrations and line drawings. Paperback. Nexus
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Metalworking Tools and Techniques
Bray • £20.00 • (A)
Good book from respected writer on model engineering matters, Stan Bray, here writing on the tools and techniques of metalworking, for model or other applications. Ten chapters and two Appendices cover just about everything you need to know to start working metal, whether by hand or in the lathe, or on the milling machine; great for beginners. 176 pages with many drawings and photos, most in colour. Hardback. The Crowood Press
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Machine Shop Essentials Questions & Answers
Marlow • £ 28.25 • (A)
An exceptionally good recent book on the basics of engineering practice, covering hand tools, the lathe, the milling machine, and the vertical drill. The quality is evident the moment you open the book, there being vast numbers of drawings of set-ups, rather than photographs and, as the text is based on ‘Questions and Answers’, it is very much to the point; it is also strong where practices have changed, notably on fastenings. Whilst American, a whole host of manufacturers have been consulted in its preparation, including Colchester and Myford, and variations in practice between countries are covered. The spread of this book is well illustrated by the Chapters: Measurement Tools, Layout & Job Planning, Basic Hand Tools, Filing & Sawing, Grinding, Reaming, Broaching & Lapping, Drills & Drilling Operations, Threads & Threading, Turning Operations, Milling Operations, Fastening Methods, Machine Shop Steel Metallurgy, Safety & Good Shop Practices, Other Shop Know-how and Sharpening Steel Lathe Tools. Wish this book had been around when I started model engineering! OK - it isn’t cheap, but the quality of the information is priceless, especially if you have just shelled out large sums of money for machinery. For the newcomer to model engineering this book will be invaluable - even if you have been in the workshop man and boy you will find parts of it useful. Highly recommended - as if you couldn’t guess that. 518 pages. 497 drawings, plus tables. Paperback. Metal Arts Press
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Machine Shop Methods
1950 • Milne • £ 15.65 • (C)
Dave Gingery, whose books you will find throughout this, and the foundry sections, reckoned this was the best beginner’s machine work book he had seen, and it certainly is good. The majority of the chapters are concerned with using the lathe, but others cover the drilling machine, the shaper, the milling machine and the grinder. And there are other chapters on holding the workpiece, useful tools and fixtures - full drawings for a large number of items, gears and gear cutting, cutting speed and finish, accuracy and materials. The illustrations (all drawings) are very clear and the text is concise and to the point - Lorus J. Milne really knew his onions. 376 very heavily illustrated pages. Paperback. Lindsay Publications
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Elements of Machine Work
1919 • Smith • £ 15.65 • (D)
See main reviews under “Workshop Techniques and Practices” - these are books every beginner should consider.....
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The Modern Machinist
1895 • Usher • £ 9.25 • (D)
Lindsay originally reprinted this extremely useful book back in 1990 and it has been unavailable for some time - and how can an 1895 book be “extremely useful” you ask? The simple answer is that this is a book about machining steam engine parts and the erection of said steam engines, in this case stationary ones and, to an extent (American) traction engines. So you have loads of set-ups for machining cylinders, bedplates, bearings and the like, in both the lathe, the mill and drill press which, taken with the asides, are worth the price of this book on their own, but the chapters on fitting and erecting are also full of useful information, ideas and practices, most of which you can use. OK, this book is about full size engines, but parts for models need exactly the same machining techniques. So treat yourself and buy a copy of this 322 page paperback illustrated with well over 200 engravings.
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Soldering, Brazing & Welding - a Manual of Techniques
Pritchard • £14.99 • (D)
Very good book on all ways of joining bits of metal together. Covered are all ways of soldering and brazing, albeit slightly briefly and then, in much greater detail, Oxy-Acetylene, MMA, MIG and TIG welding. Most of the instructions refer to welding steel, but welding other materials and distortion control are covered in separate chapters, as is quality in welding. Recommended for those taking up welding, or as a reference book if you have some experience. 160 pages full of drawings, diagrams and photographs. Larger format paperback. The Crowood Press
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Farm and Workshop Welding
Pearce • £19.95 • (B)
This really is exceptionally good although, as is implicit in its title, this book tends towards welding larger objects than the average model engineer will face. But the underlying principles are the same whatever the size of item and, as well as chapters on MMA welding, MIG/MAG welding, Gas Welding and Cutting, TIG Welding and Plasma Cutting, you get taught the special techniques for welding cast iron, pipe welding and hardfacing. Also covered are Soldering, Welding Plastics, Taps and dies, Drill sharpening and Basic Blacksmithing. The instruction is clear, and down to earth, and is greatly helped by numerous good illustrations, many in colour. 160 pages. Hardbound. Old Pond Publishing
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Getting the Most out of your Band Saw and Scroll Saw
1937 • £ 5.35 • (H)
From The Delta Manufacturing Co. this is book shows you how to get the best from your Band or scroll saw, plus some fixtures and projects for you to make. Really for woodworkers, but band saws are in most model engineers’ workshops. 48 heavily illustrated and well produced pages. Softcover. Lindsay
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The Beginner’s Guide to Fitting
1935 • Law • £ 8.95 • (G)
Very useful small format reprint (155 pages ) on Fitting; this is a book which is of real help to the beginner of today. Softbound. TEE Publishing.
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Many of the titles which follow will also be useful for beginners; if in doubt give us a ring and we will be happy to advise on suitability.
FILMS
No. 3 Oxy - Acetylene Welding, Brazing & Cutting DVD • 45 mins • £ 29.95
DVDs are very good teaching aids and these three will certainly help anyone wanting to start welding, in No’s 1 & 2 using the easily available type of low power welding set. No.1 deals with making inert gas surrounded welds and No.2 covers conventional stick welding. No. 3 covers welding, brazing and cutting using oxy-acetylene and is perhaps the most useful to the model engineer. All are really excellent in content and quality. All three come with a useful Wallchart of reminders.
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Engineering Films from "New Life Video Productions" :-
Great films by master model engineer and writer Rudy Kouhoupt, author of many articles in "Live Steam" and "The Home Shop Machinist" magazines. We offer these as non regionalised DVDs.
Fundamentals of Machine Lathe Operation
NEW version • 95 mins • DVD £ 29.95
New, revised and extended version of THE video for the beginner to the lathe - there really is no better way to start learning how to run a lathe. However, it is basic, so if you have some experience in lathe operation, don’t buy this video, buy the one following.
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Advanced Aspects of Machine Lathe Operation
120 mins • DVD £ 29.95
In this video Rudy continues the tuition process, demonstrating rather more advanced details than contained in the video above specifically how to achieve a very high degree of accuracy while boring, turning, facing, threading, milling or grinding on your lathe.
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How to Cut Screw Threads
43 mins • DVD £ 29.95
Here Rudy demonstrates the parts of the thread, thread forms, calculations for cutting, necessary tools and the proper techniques for cutting external and, to a limited extent, internal threads on your lathe. Printed charts and tables included for handy reference.
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Grinding Lathe Tools
125 mins • DVD £ 29.95
Here Rudy looks at all aspects of grinding lathe tools to perfection. Really very good, and also includes plans for building a simple, but effective, grinding table. In the main covers tools used in European type (IE horizontal) tool holders.
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How to Cut Spur Gears
43 mins • DVD £ 24.95
In this tape Rudy shows you clearly and simply how to cut your own spur gears using the lathe and a small vertical milling attachment, plus a really beautifully simple method of dividing. He gives all the terminology and techniques clearly and concisely. Printed charts and tables included for ready reference.
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Fundamentals of Milling Machine Operation (previously titled Rudy Kouhoupt on Milling)
120 mins • DVD £ 29.95
Covers virtually all aspects of using a vertical, bench type, milling machine in detail - great if you have just bought a mill! Includes drawings and instructions for making a fly-cutter.
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Operating a Horizontal Milling Machine
150 mins • DVD £ 29.95
Using an old Atlas horizontal milling machine he had acquired and reconditioned, Rudy shows the many cuts this remarkable machine can make. Plus he provides an outline and plans for two tools you can use with your own horizontal milling machine.
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Operating a Shaper
120 mins • DVD £ 29.95
Here Rudy shows you the various functions of his own shaper and teaches you how to operate one of these most useful machines yourself.
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and some NEW FILMS:
Advanced Aspects of Milling Machine Operation
120 mins • DVD £ 29.95
Shows you the methods by which your mill can be highly accurate in every function. He also describes techniques that will expand the usefulness of your mill and dramatically improve your skill levels.
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Drilling, Reaming, Tapping and Milling on the Drill Press
105 mins • DVD £ 29.95
We ignore the functionality of the drilling machine to our peril when it comes to machining operations. Here Rudy demonstrates the many operations that make it so important and versatile.
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Using Layout Tools
100 mins • DVD £ 29.95
Covered here are the use of all the layout tools you are likely to encounter, with the function of each demonstrated. Plus Rudy gives you a detailed look at mechanical drawings and how to interpret them.
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Pinstriping Made Simple
69 mins • DVD £ 29.95
Excellent film showing how to line models neatly, and give your models that extra touch of class. Includes a full set of plans for building a trammel for drawing large arcs and fine lines.
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"It' (the film) is fantastic, this guy is a genius in his field, I wish I had instructors like him when I was a student at the technical school in my youth"
Mr. P.V. France
Figure It Out - Common Sense and a Calculator
140 mins • DVD £ 29.95
Covers Proportions - Scaling UP and Down, Properties of Triangles, Angular functions of Right Triangles, Getting rid of chart dependency and Rotary Tables and Dividing Heads. Our Star describes and illustrates his real world approach to problem solving, and demonstrates some of the practical aspects of figuring things out whilst working in his workshop and at the drawing board.
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These films are good instructional aids - not only do you have your tutor there, on your TV, you can interrupt, go back over points and generally take the whole thing in at your speed, as and when you like. Rudy was American, and so are the techniques shown, but in the few instances where practice differs, it is covered in the tape. Rudy is no professional "on screen" performer, just an ordinary model engineer, but his presentation is all the more acceptable for that. These films really were shot in Rudy's workshop, which produced some problems, and a few "warts" are visible, despite attempts to eradicate them. Don't buy these tapes if you are experienced and know all about the operations involved - the 'Fundamentals" lathe tapes in particular are aimed at the raw beginner. Please don't expect them to teach you everything on the subject; they should be treated as reasonably detailed introductions for beginners to the subjects covered.
(Harris note: Whilst we have large numbers of satisfied purchasers of these tapes, we have to say the picture quality is not as good as we would like, although we have done everything we can to improve it in the conversion from NTSC to PAL. The underlying reason is that New Life Video Productions are "Semi-professional", and are using high quality amateur equipment in the workshop environment, rather than professional equipment in the studio. Knowing sales of these tapes here and America, it would be impossible to make them professionally to top standards in a studio environment, and expect to do anything other than lose a large fortune. The analogy must be with a poorly printed book which contains useful information - it is the latter that matters. If you are concerned about quality or content, please ring us to see if the videos will give you the information you want.)
Model engineers with a steam loco bias will be interested in some of the videos in the "Miniature Railways" section.
MAGAZINES
“The Home Shop Machinist” - very well produced, this bi-monthly magazine was the first specifically on workshop techniques. Virtually every skill needed in the workshop is covered from time to time and the building of workshop tools is a major feature of the magazine. The style is very down to earth as the articles are written by practical (model) engineers with practical, rather than theoretical, objectives in mind. A tremendous magazine which will appeal to all model engineers, or “do it yourself” enthusiasts working in metal, who wish to broaden their range of skills.
SAMPLE COPY • £ 6.65
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“Machinist’s Workshop” (previously “Projects in Metal”) is the companion magazine to the very popular bi-monthly - “The Home Shop Machinist” and appears on alternate months. The major differences are that “Machinist’s Workshop” tends to carry complete articles with fewer part works. SAMPLE COPY • £ 6.35
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“Digital Machinist”
- model engineering tends to be one of the last refuges of the old skills, but many model engineers are enthusiastically embracing the modern era in the form of CAD design, and CNC for machinery. It is the latter which is the main subject of this quarterly magazine from the publishers of the two magazines above. It isn’t my field, but I have to say this looks good!
SAMPLE COPY • £ 6.35
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Titles specifically on Lathe Work:
Myford Series 7 Manual
Bradley • £ 7.95 • (E)
A welcome return of this book, which has been out of print for some time. This is the ‘classic’ book on the ‘classic’ model engineer’s lathe - the ‘7’ series from Myford. It covers the features of the various models, installation, and how to use the machine including, for example, milling, gear cutting, taper turning and repetition work, as well as everything to do with turning itself. Covers the ML7, ML7-R and Super 7 models. And, of course, a lot of the information here can be applied to any lathe. 232 pages, full of b&w photos, diagrams, formulae and charts. Paperback. Special Interest Model Books
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How to Run a Lathe
1942 • South Bend • £ 6.75 • (G)
For years Lindsay and ourselves sold 1000s of copies of the 1966 edition of this great book - then “South Bend” put the price through the roof.... Now Tom Lindsay has reprinted the 1942 edition, and it costs less! There are differences between the two editions, but the main text is identical - most of the changes are in the photos, with different hairstyles, and sometimes lathes. As a book to keep by your lathe for everyday use, this has no equal - buy a copy. 128 page illustrated paperback. Lindsay Publications
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The Amateur’s Lathe
Sparey • £ 8.95 • (E)
An excellent introduction to lathes and all aspects of lathework. Also has a useful chapter for the beginner on choosing a lathe. Well worth having and, like How to Run a Lathe above, an essential reference book. 224 page paperback with numerous photos and drawings. Special Interest Model Books
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The Compact Lathe
Bray • £ 8.95 • (G)
Second revised edition of Stan Bray’s classic book on using compact lathes such as the Unimat III, Peatol, Shearline & Cowells, now covering the very latest in compact lathe technology. Compact lathes are inexpensive, self-contained, generally adaptable to a broad range of machining techniques and thus ideal for a beginner, or those who have limited working space who want to do ‘real’ machining, even if the result will be relatively small. This is a great introduction to these versatile machines. 187 pages. 145 B & W photos. 23 line drawings and tables. Paperback. Special Interest Model Books.
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The Taig Lathe
Jeffree • £ 15.00 • (E)
The Taig lathe, better known in the U-K as the “Peatol Lathe”, is a very popular small lathe of sound construction and rugged design. This excellent book looks at the lathe and its accessories, how to set up and use them, but also goes much further, describing additional tools and pieces of equipment which will add to the machine’s versatility. Highly recommended to any owner of a Taig/Peatol lathe or, indeed, any similar size machine. 180 pages, very well illustrated with drawings and photographs. Paperback. DivisionMaster Press
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The Watchmaker’s and Model Engineer’s Lathe - a Users Manual (Fifth edition - updated)
de Carle • £ 17.50 • (D)
See main entry in the “Horology” section.
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Using the Small Lathe and its special applications to clockmaking and repairing
Wilding • £25.00 • (F)
See main entry in the “Horology” section.
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Improvements & Accessories for your Lathe
Radford • £ 13.95 • (E)
Brings together all the articles written by the author which appeared in Model Engineer between 1967 & 1971. Twenty chapters in all, covering everything from a milling attachment to a spherical turning attachment, and a toolpost grinder to an elevating head - seemingly all intended for a Myford Super 7, but modifiable to fit other lathes. Full drawings and photos in a book with a lot of good stuff. 190 pages. 79 illustrations and 69 drawings. Paperback. TEE Publishing
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Lathe Operations
1937 • Barritt • £ 11.95 • (C)
The best lathe book I have seen that gives instructions for specific machining operations. Produced originally by the American Technical Society and intended for students, you get specific sections on the lathe, lathe tools and screw threads, plus 50 “job tickets” demonstrating a particular machining operation with both text and sketches of settings etc. You may not need to do the specific jobs shown, but they really illustrate a lot of skills you will probably need to use at some time. 164 page larger format paperback. Lindsay Publications.
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Original Articles from Amateur Work Illustrated
Hasluck, Lukin & Durrance • £ 6.20 • (G)
The bulk of this fascinating book reprints two series of sequential articles from the 1880s, the first by Paul Hasluck, the second by James Lukin, on lathes, their constituent parts, and how the amateur could build his own machine. The third article is on building lathe chucks - not the three or four-jaw variety, but still with some useable information. However the real value of this modestly priced book lies in Lukin's article, which would combine well with either the Gingery or the Mason books to help you build your very own lathe. 109 very well illustrated pages. Paperback. Lindsay Publications
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Using the Small Lathe
Mason • £ 9.95 • (G)
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Reprints of two good books by one of the past master writers of the model engineering world. The first covers building a versatile small lathe suitable for most model engineering tasks, and is fully illustrated with drawings, diagrams and photographs. The second book contains guidance and data for the modeller and engineer. Chapters include: A First Lathe, Chucking, Driving and Turning, Parting Problems and Holding the Job and is well illustrated with drawings and photographs. Both are paperback and 82 and 112 pages respectively. TEE Publishing
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Lathe Work for Beginners
1922 • Yates • £6.00 • (E)
Another lathe book? Well yes, but each of the books we list has it uses or points of interest, and this is no exception. Written by Raymond Francis Yates, this is another book intended to encourage American model engineers to reach the standards of British ones in the 1920s, and references to British practice and designs will be found in this book. Whilst not a bad book for the 21st century beginner to lathe work, what really interests me are the designs for some tools to be fitted to a lathe, notably two power saws, plus the designs for a metal lathe, a wood one, and a six inch rapid-fire naval gun designed to fire a .22 bullet. I would be tempted to ignore THAT, but the other items make it worthwhile considering this book as an addition to all those other lathe books you have. 240 pages. 167 drawings and photos. Paperback. Lindsay Publications
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A Man and His Lathe
1951 • Sparey • £ 5.95 • (G)
Based round the Myford ML7 lathe, chapters in this book are Suggested Improvements for Your ML7 Lathe, Home-Made Accessories, Useful Myford Accessories, Aids to better Results and Notes on Maintenance. 84 page softbound book illustrated with drawings, photos and tables. TEE Publishing
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Ornamental Turning
1886 • Evans • £ 16.50 • (D)
John Henry Evans, author of this book, was a contemporary of the Holtzapffels, and like them a maker of high quality lathes, but was also an accomplished turner and, for 33 years, author of many articles in the English Mechanic. Here he presents a concise, but complete coverage of ornamental turning, including information not available elsewhere - a chapter on Dawson’s geometric slide rest, the designs of many types of apparatus and a brief chapter on electroplating. 282 pages, 192 line drawings and 17 plates. High quality paperback. Astragal Press
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Turning Lathes - A Guide to Turning, Screw Cutting, Metal Spinning & Ornamental Turning
1894 • Lukin • PLUS The 1896 page Britannia Lathe Company Catalogue £ 17.50 • (B)
The first part of this reprint was published by the Britannia Lathe Co and is essentially a guide for the amateur of the time on how to use his purchase. As his most likely activity would be ornamental turning, this book covers this subject in considerable detail and is considered to clarify much which Holtzapffel left unclear. Lukin’s part of this reprint runs to 238 pages, and then there are 192 pages of Britannia products, including oil engines. High quality paperback, heaving with illustrations and drawings. Paperback. Astragal Press
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Lathe and Shaping Machine Tools
1949 • “Duplex” • £ 5.95 • (G)
Useful book on making tools for the lathe and shaper, considerations in their use with various materials and using them. 74 illustrated pages. Softbound. TEE.
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Machine Tool Adjustment
1919-1921 • £ 4.85 • (H)
This book contains assorted articles, two British, which appeared in Machinery Magazine just after WWI. The first is on the new Drummond lathes (not the round bed variety) and goes through the unique design features of these, together with the logic behind them. Following is a fascinating article, again British, on restoring lathes which had been worn out on war work, to factory accuracy. On its own, this article is worth the (modest) price of this booklet. Following this is a two part, very well illustrated, article on lathe bearings - the plain variety, not ball or roller and to finish there is a short article on the testing of lathe lead screws at the Pratt & Whitney factory. Well produced 47 page softcover. Lindsay Publications
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Lathe Notes Vol.1
£ 4.85 • (H)
Another book extracted from issues of Machinery Magazine published around 80 years ago. This one consists more of smaller articles, so the spread of subjects is greater - designing change gears, checking lathes for accuracy, a radius turning attachment and fixtures for elliptical turning and boring, gibs and gibbing, unusual metal spinning chucks etc. It is all good solid information and well worth the cost! Profusely illustrated 48 page softcover. Lindsay Publications.
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Lathe Notes Volume Three {1926-1924}
£ 4.85 • (H)
More info extracted from Machinery Magazine, this book has 14 pages on lathe design, but the rest is full of hints and tips on using the lathe. Sections include: Turning tapers with a taper attachment, Ball turning attachment for the lathe. Dividing attachment, Milling attachment, Chasing lead screws, Worm grinding in the lathe, Broaching rectangular slots in the lathe, and a fair few more. 48 pages, well illustrated with photos and clear, but undimensioned drawings. Softcover.
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Lathe Notes Vol. 5
1912-1926 • Machinery Magazine • £ 5.40 • (G)
Yet more extracts from Machinery Magazine on aspects of lathes, in this case articles covering Forces Acting on the Saddle in a Lathe, Cutting Coarse Threads on a Standard Lathe, Cutting Worm Gears with an Improvised Hob, Hobbing in the Lathe, 2 articles on the Design of Lathe Tailstocks and another 2 on Inspecting Lathes, Design of Back Gears and A Short Bed Precision Lathe. All in 64 pages and 48 drawings and illustrations. Softcover. Lindsay Publications.
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Building Machine Tools and Accessories:
Workshop Techniques
Thomas • £ 26.95 • (C)
Combines George Thomas’s Building the Universal Pillar Tool, first published in 1982 and Dividing and Graduating, first published the following year, but both have been revised and edited by William Bennett to reflect the time since first publication. Both the pillar tool and the versatile dividing head are useful pieces of equipment, but you get much more, in the form of a whole host of accessories for both, as well as a lot of hints, tips and instructions for getting the best from them. The section on dividing is brilliant, but what else would one expect from such a writer? 300 pages. Full drawings. 196 photographs. Paperback. TEE Publishing
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The “Quorn” Universal Tool & Cutter Grinder
Chaddock • £ 12.95 • (F)
Reprinted, this is the late Prof. Dennis Chaddock’s excellent book on not only how to build a very useful tool and cutter grinder, but just as importantly how to use it to maximum effect. 128 pages, well illustrated with photographs and full drawings for this machine. Paperback. TEE Publishing
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How to Make an 8-inch Bench Lathe in the School Shop
South Bend Lathe • £ 5.40 • (G)
When they published this back in 1920, South Bend Lathe Co. was just 14 years old, but already a major force in machine tool manufacture. This booklet was aimed at schools to which South Bend hoped they had already supplied one of their lathes, and could supply castings, if the school couldn’t make its own patterns and pour the metal (have times changed?). What you get is detail drawings for making a very neat 8” wood turning bench lathe which looks robust enough to be adapted to metal turning if you are clever; however I rather doubt if South Bend still supply the castings! 64 landscape format pages. Paperback. Lindsay Publications.
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Electromechanical Building Blocks for the Model Engineer
Addy • £12.95 • (C)
Here you have the theoretical and practical details of electronic circuits that can be used to control machinery used by the model engineer, plus information that will enable him to build his own control units using a modular, or ‘Building block’, approach. For those not heavily into electronics, there is a very good and useful chapter on basic electromagnetic theory. 187 pages, numerous and very clear circuit diagrams, plus some photos. Paperback. Special Interest Model Books.
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Build a Metal Disintegrator
Fleming • £ 9.80 • (G)
Detailed instructions for building a mechanical spark erosion machine, basically combining a vibrator (of the engraving variety) and basic welder technology. You will have to check the electrics, but I see no reason why this idea cannot be used in the U-K to build a useful machine for removing broken taps etc.
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Build an EDM
Langlois • £ 14.60 • (F)
Robert Langlois' series in Home Shop Machinist, on building an Electrical Discharge Machine for removing metal by spark erosion, sparked (ho! ho!) off a great deal of interest. Now it has been reprinted as a 56 page paperback; as with all American books, you have to watch out for the different voltages, although this shouldn’t be a problem. Full text, drawings and diagrams. Village Press
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The EDM How-To Book
Fleming • £ 12.50 • (F)
The EDM design in Robert Langlois’s book above is good, we have sold lots of copies and many examples of the design have been built, but I rather think this new design from Ben Fleming is better. Its strength lies in the care Ben takes explaining how to deal with the electronics and electrics, on the assumption that there are likely to be more engineers with minimal electronics experience, rather than the other way round, building this machine - which isn’t to say that the mechanical bits aren’t also top rate. EDMs are very useful machines, and not just from removing broken taps, and making one is an interesting process, which produces something you will end up wondering how you survived before you had it. This is another American book, so the voltages differ from most norms, but Ben assures me the adjustments for higher mains voltages are minor. 168 page
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Uncle Dave Gingery’s Shop Notebook 1
£ 6.70 • (G)
Most readers of this section will know the books of David Gingery, so will appreciate that the man was an unsung genius. What you get in this little book is “a collection of chicken scratch, translated, deciphered and illustrated by Vince Gingery” - and take my word for it, it’s all good stuff. Dipping into the table of contents at random, you get words of wisdom on the workbench and drawer construction, a rack for storing round rods, benchwork, drilling, reaming, grinding, lathework, faceplate work, chuck-mounted work, handles & arbors, a rocker arm, special holding fixtures, a miniature rotary table, etc., all from the man I rate as one of the great engineering writers of the 20th and 21st centuries. 58 pages of good sound advice and ideas, very well illustrated. Softcover. David J. Gingery Publishing.
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"Build Your Own Metal Working Shop from Scrap" series:
Written and published by Dave Gingery, this series of 7 titles describes how to build a complete set of machine tools at very little cost, using scrap metals. The series is in a fixed sequence, in that each machine helps build the next, but each book stands on its own, if you already have access to workshop equipment. As described, quite a lot of home foundry work is involved, but obviously you can get castings done at your local foundry, if you wish to skip the experience of pouring molten metal yourself! Worldwide sales of this series now exceed 100, 000, so 99, 999 other people like it..... All titles well illustrated.All Paperback.
Book 7 Designing & Building the Sheet Metal Brake • 52pps • £ 7.40 • (G)
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Build a Power Hacksaw with Vise
Gingery • £ 7.75 • (F)
Dave’s son Vincent takes up the family honours and presents a simple power hacksaw YOU can build, using basic materials - no castings in this machine. Usual Gingery clarity and simplicity! 69 page large format paperback with drawings and full building instructions. Published by the author.
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Designing and Building a Metal Cutting Bandsaw
Gingery • £9.95 • (E)
New revised edition of one of Vince Gingery’s first books, on building a hefty bandsaw that can be used both horizontally and vertically; it has a work capacity of 12” width with throat depth of 6” and uses a 3?4” blade. If you want a light duty machine to slice off the odd length of bar stock, then buy a cheap import. But if you want a tough, high quality machine to cut large pieces of steel quickly and accurately, this is a great project. 152 pages with full drawings and some b & w photos. Paperback. Published by the author.
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"Extremely pleased, the machine turned out brilliant first time; it is already earning its corn........." Mr. H.S. Worcs.
How to Build a Slip Roll Machine
Gingery • £ 8.80 • (G)
Here Vincent Gingery gives you the design and building instructions for a really neat set of bending rolls - “slip” as the top front roll can be removed to release the part being rolled. As designed it can be built without machining, and whilst you might wish to modify the design, it makes into a very useful piece of equipment as it is. 40 page large format softcover book, published by the author.
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How to Make Cutting-Shears for Sheet Metal
Hitchings • £ 5.95 • (H)
In the Gingery idiom, but with fewer words, this British book shows how to make a natty set of shears, largely from scrap material including, ideally, a truck leaf spring, for the blade. The tools you will need are an electric welder, a drilling machine and an angle grinder. A simple and useful project. 20 pages booklet, well illustrated with drawings and diagrams. Softcover. ITDG Publishing
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How to Build the Mighty Miter for Cutting Angle, Square, Flat and Round Steel
Meador • £ 5.95 • (H)
This is a mighty neat idea. Very simply, and cheaply, built from angle iron using a drill, a circular saw, and a hacksaw, with it you will be able to do really accurate angle cuts through metal lengths. And they can be almost as long, or as short as you like, plus you can make compound cuts. The price may seem steep for a 30 page booklet, but check-up on the cost of a commercial machine that will do this - if you can find one! Full drawings and photographs. Millennial Marketing
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How to Build a Pipe Bending Machine
Gingery • £ 7.40 • (F)
Yet more good stuff from the Gingery clan, here describing how to make that most useful of things, a pipe bending machine. This one is fairly big, being built mainly from 1/2” x 2” steel strap, but will tackle most shapes, with the appropriate dies. As with most of these designs, it can be scaled down, or up if you want to bend BIG pipes - and have muscles to match! This is another great ideas book. 48 pages. Photos and drawings. Softcover. Published by the author.
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How to Design and Build Centrifugal Fans
Gingery • £ 8.80 • (G)
Centrifugal fans are not exactly tools, but such fans do have their place in the workshop as air extractors, blowers for furnaces (or raising steam etc). As usual Dave Gingery covers all angles, in simple language. 112 pages, well illustrated, formulae etc. Lindsay Publications.
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Atmospheric Forge & Heat Treat Oven
Goodman & Holmes • £11.35 • (G)
The first book from David J. Gingery Publishing not written by Dave or Vince Gingery, it only takes a quick glance at this to see why Vince was keen to publish it. Not only does this propane fired forge look good, it is ergonomically designed and extremely efficient - it will reach 2500 degrees in 2.5 mins from a cold start, and reduce a bottle to molten glass in 25 seconds. No fan or blower are needed, so there are no electrical connections. The oven has large openings at either end, so multiple jobs can be done at the same time, or one long piece can be worked on. And the opening means that this unit can also be used to melt aluminium and other metals, so it can be used for foundrywork. It is also straightforward to build - it is made from heavy gauge steel, so a metal cutting saw and a welder are needed, but they are the only major equipment you require. A great, and useful, project. 72 page paperback with 91 drawings and illustrations.
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Build a Universal Coil Winder
Gingery • £ 7.95 • (G)
See main description in “Electrical Subjects” section
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Projects Nine • ed. Knopf • £31.50 • (A)
Nine fantastic books taken from the first 17 years of Home Shop Machinist magazine, containing articles on workshop techniques and building useful tools, and the occasional 'Hobby Project'. The books are chronological and very highly recommended. Each volume covers two or three years from HSM. Each around 200 pages, loads of photos, drawings and tables, Hardbound. Village Press
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Metalworking - Book One
£ 31.50 • (A)
The best of Projects in Metal from 38 authors - what to make and how to make it. 250 large format hardbound pages. Wildwood Publications
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Metalworking - Book Two £ 31.50 • (A)
250 pages, and over 50 good articles from Projects in Metal years '90 - '91. Hardbound. Village Press.
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Metalworking - Book Three
£31.50 • (A)
Over 60 more good articles/projects from Projects in Metal years ‘92 - ‘93. 250 pages. Hardbound. Village Press
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Metalworking - Book Four
£31.50 • (A)
Another 60 or so articles and projects from the pages of Projects in Metal years 1994-5. Hardbound, Village Press
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Metalworking - Book Five
£31.50 • (A)
Another great series of articles culled from issues of Projects in Metal which appeared in 1996 & 1997. The problem for me with this series of books, and the Projects ones, is giving indications of contents - the problem for you is not buying all of them, once you have bought one (and I ain’t joking)! Here you have 12 articles on ‘Techniques’, 8 on ‘Lathe Accessories’, 7 on ‘Milling/Drilling Accessories’, 21 on ‘Shop Improvement Projects’ (meaning tools rather than the actual workshop) and 4 ‘Hobby Projects’ (including an Atkinson Cycle engine. All in an extremely well produced, large format hardbound book of 228 pages; good value - or what? Village Press
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Secrets of Building a Plastic Injection Molding Machine
Gingery • £12.90 • (G)
This best-seller from Vince Gingery, gives step-by-step details on how to build a small, inexpensive, tabletop injection molding machine, capable of molding up to half an ounce of plastic. This may not sound much, but is more than enough to produce many small items and, as you are using recycled plastic the raw material is free. It also shows how to design and make your own molds. Usual brilliant stuff from the Gingery family! 128 pages. Paperback. Published by the author.
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Build a Plastic Injection Molding Attachment for a Drill Press
Gingery • £ 8.95 • (H)
What Vince Gingery has designed here is, effectively, a Plastic Injection Molding Machine which takes the molds, melts the plastic and contains the piston to force the liquid into the mold, but which hasn’t any built in method of applying force to the piston - this comes from a drilling machine. This set up will mold 0.59 ozs of plastic, needs a drill with a minimum spindle travel of 3” and, as the unit itself is approximately 12” long, needs a drill where at least that distance can be created between the end of the chuck, and the drill’s table. 48 page booklet illustrated with full drawings and photos. Softcover. David J. Gingery Publishing
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Do It Yourself Vacuum Forming
Walsh • £ 8.85 • (E)
Here the author describes how you can set up to do simple vacuum forming for around £10.00, and how to build a two stage high vacuum system for £35-£45 that can form up to 1/4” thick plastics..... Chapters include the basics, heat sources, vacuum sources, forming equipment, plastics, molds, forming and finishing. Now you can make complicated shapes! 128 pages. Softcover. Published by the author.
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Secrets of Building a Plastic Vacuum Forming Machine
£ 13.40 • (G)
Another excellent book from Vince Gingery showing exactly how to build a quite sophisticated machine that will vacuum form plastics from either positive or negative molds. The basic machine uses stock materials and whilst the book is American, parts should be easily sourced in the U-K. Also includes sound general details on making molds, plastics and using the machine. 106 page well produced paperback, with full drawings, photos etc. Published by the author.
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Workshop Techniques and Practices:
Tricks & Secrets of Old-Time Machinists
[1916] • £ 5.95 • (G)
If you were on the shop floor of an engineers some ninety plus years ago, chances are your read American Machinist Magazine whenever you could get hold of a copy - it was THE magazine of choice. One of its most useful features were Hints and Tips provided by the readers, all experienced machinists, and this book is a selection of the bumper number that appeared in 1916 - around 150 of them, the vast majority illustrated. And they are GOOD! Don’t let their age put you off as only a few are dated, most being as useful now as when they were written. Many of these articles deal with machines and parts larger than the norm for model engineers, but it is easier to scale down than scale up, and it is the underlying idea that counts. More useful ideas in one book than we have seen for years - and at a bargain price! 96 well illustrated pages. Paperback. Lindsay Publications
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Model Engineer’s Workshop Manual
Thomas • £ 23.95 • (B)
This is the book George Thomas was working on at the time of his death, now edited for publication. Fantastic text with numerous ideas, observations and tools you can build. 303 pages, profusely illustrated with photographs and drawings. If you haven’t got a copy, buy one now! Paperback. TEE Publishing.
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The Shop Wisdom of Rudy Kouhoupt
ed. Rice • £ 31.50 • (A)
A bound volume of articles that Rudy has contributed to Live Steam and The Home Shop Machinist magazines since 1983. An excellent writer and designer, Rudy’s articles split about 65/35 machining techniques to model engine design. Although the ideas are universal, and very good, what makes this book unusual is that all the work is done on a small lathe; anyone who thinks you cannot do good work on such machines should read this book - highly recommended! 225 pages, drawings, photos and good articles. Hardbound. Wildwood Publications
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The Shop Wisdom of Rudy Kouhoupt Vol. Two
£ 31.50 • (A)
Another "magnum opus" from Rudy, again taken from articles he has written for Live Steam and The Home Shop Machinist. Includes how he restored an interesting derelict hand-powered shaper, plus an Engraving pantographs, an air-cooled hot air engine, a tool post grinder, and thirty other projects for your pleasure. 230 pages full of photos and drawings. Hardbound. Wildwood Publications
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The Shop Wisdom of Rudy Kouhoupt Vol. Three
£31.50 (A)
What can one say other than here are more good things from the senior writing genius of American model engineers, extracted from the pages of Live Steam and The Home Shop Machinist magazines. Workshop projects here include:- A Grinding Rest for Precise Tools, Make Your Own Lathe Collets, Reconditioning an Atlas Milling Machine, Build and Use an Adjustable Angle Plate and a Balanced Knurling Tool. Model projects include:- Build a Flywheel Pump, A Stirling-powered Tractor and a Little Job Cement Mixer. And that is just a selection. Great Stuff! 236 pages crammed with photos, drawings and wisdom. Hardback. Village Press
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The Shop Wisdom of Rudy Kouhoupt Vol. 4 - The Micro Machinist’s Legacy
Kouhoupt • £12.95 • (F)
The late Rudy Kouhoupt gave a huge amount to the model engineering hobby., both through articles in magazines, and the films he made with Joe Rice. Many of the articles found their way in to the 3 large volumes of The Shop Wisdom of Rudy Kouhoupt. Before Rudy’s death it had been planned to alter the format of this series to thinner, wire-bound and cheaper volumes and, sadly, this is both the first and last of these. What you have here are: A Compact, Double-action Indicator, An Atlas Mill Update (following on from Vol. 3), Build a Q.C. Toolholder, Raising the Lathe Axis, Build the Radial Five (a compressed-air radial engine), Make a Holiday Nutcracker and then The Micro Machinist’s Legacy - 5 pages of photos of Rudy and his models. Great stuff in a well produced 76 page wirebound book with card covers. Villa
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The Shop Wisdom of Phillip Duclos
£ 31.50 • (A)
Another book featuring a contributor to Live Steam and The Home Shop Machinist. Again this is a mix of projects and workshop tools, ideas etc. Few of Duclos’s designs are for steam engines as such, he prefers the unusual! Featured here are a petrol engine whose cylinder block wobbles frantically as it runs, a tiny water cooled engine made from scrap bin bits, a breath powered “steam” engine, an IC engine that fires once every 8 revs and his popular design “The Fire Eater”, a small, and very neat, vacuum engine. Workshop articles include metal spinning, a miniature keyway broach, how to make tiny piston rings and a 10” fly cutter. 205 pages loaded with photos and drawings. Village Press
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The Shop Wisdom of Frank McClean
£ 31.50 • (A)
Fourteen years of shop tips, techniques and accessories taken from Frank McCLean’s columns in Live Steam and The Home Shop Machinist since 1977. All of his designs are simple and practical - items you can make without a lot of fuss. 215 pages. Hardbound. Village Press.
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The Shop Wisdom of D.E. Johnson
£31.50 (A)
Some seriously good stuff here (as if there isn’t in the others in this series). More articles from The Home Shop Machinist, Projects in Metal and Live Steam, including a brilliant series on modifying a Taiwanese Mill-Drill into a very useful and sophisticated machine. Additionally there are 22 general machining articles, 3 model steam projects and, for the keen gardener, or any reader married to one, how to build an Edge Master Lawn Edging Machine! 228 page hardback. Village Press.
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Two Shop Masters Frank McLean & Philip Duclos
£ 31.50 • (A)
The last of a legacy of workshop hints, tips, ideas and things to build from two sadly departed masters of their crafts, culled from pages of Live Steam and The Home Shop Machinist magazines. Both their books above are good (and popular) and this combined volume of more of their works is equally stimulating. 304 pages, heaving with photos, drawings etc. Hardbound. Village Press.
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The Home Shop Readers’ Tip Book 2
ed. Foster • £ 6.50 • (F)
Each of these books contains over 100 hints, tips and good ideas culled from the Home Shop Machinist magazine. Length of each varies, and few have drawings, although many are illustrated by colour photographs. The tips are grouped under headings such as: Lathe Tips, Mills, Drill and Other Tool Tips, Shop Organization and Potpourri Tips. Each 52 magazine size pages and magazine presentation. Village Press
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Randolph’s Shop
Bulgin • £25.50 • (A)
This is a cracking good book, with great ideas and projects well explained, a lot of humour, and a lifetime’s experience in engineering. Six of the fifteen chapters of this book are expanded versions of articles which appeared in The Home Shop Machinist or Machinist’s Workshop, and cover such things as building a Variable Speed Vertical Bandsaw, Removing Broken Taps and Studs by Welding (this alone worth the cost of the book). Lifting Devices for the Small Shop, Repairing Worn or Damaged Shafts, Another Wife Pleaser(!) and Making Eggs. The author’s experience is in small commercial workshops, rather than model engineering, and some of the projects are big - the bandsaw is floor-standing, but they can generally be scaled, and anyway there are so many useable hints, tips and suggestions here it hardly matters, plus you will chuckle much more reading this book than you will with any other engineering book I have come across; this is a pleasure just to read, even if you never Build a Better Powder Measure, or Organize Your Tool Box. 226 very well produced pages. Hardbound. Bulgin Forge
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| The Machinist's Bedside Readers The Machinist’s Bedside Reader • Lautard • £ 21.15 • (C)
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The Machinist’s Third Bedside Reader • Lautard • £ 24.85 • (B)
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Guy Lautard is well known for his writings in model engineer magazines both in Britain and America, and for the originality of his thinking. All these titles combine a great many useful workshop ideas, hints and tips, with actual tools and useful items to build, plus historical stories and, in the “Second Reader”, a fictional story to teach the secrets of carbon pack colour case-hardening. Totally idiosyncratic, these are books to treasure.Put copies on your reference shelves - you will use them a lot! One & Two have 200 pages, Three has 259. All are paperback and very well illustrated with photos, drawings etc. Published by the author. Together all three make an invaluable reference and ideas library you will use time and time again. If you haven’t already bought them, you should!
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Guy Lautard's Comprehensive Index
£ 3.60 • (H)
Covers all three of "The Machinist's Bedside Readers" above, and also "Hey Tim, I gotta tell ya..." (now out of print), and includes some corrections to TMBRs 2 & 3. A "must" for owners of these great books! 12 pages, staplebound.
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Tables & Instructions for Ball & Radius Generation
£10.10 • (F)
Excellent book on a clever but simple way to turn balls and generate radii. Shows how and then a whole series of 70 tables mean that once the method is understood, the whole process can be accurately set up very quickly. 135 pages. Coil Bound for easy reference.
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A Treatise on Oiling Machine Tools
Lautard • £ 4.95 • (H)
An excellent booklet which contains details of how to convert a grease gun to oil your “Myford” (or any other lathe) efficiently, and without oiling yourself as well. Also includes instructions for adding centralised lubrication to a milling machine, how to grind in a lathe without harming it, how to make a sight-feed oil cup and miniature oil cups, plus it includes some notes on making a Sensitive Drive Tap Wrench. All in 24 A4 format pages. NOW you can THROW AWAY that Myford oil gun.... Treat Yourself! Lautard/Camden
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Advanced Machine Work
1925 • Smith • £ 25.70 • (A)
Originally “prepared for students in technical, manual training, and trade schools and for the apprentice and the machinist in the shop”. The beginner would probably find this book a bit heavy going, until he has done some machining and outgrown first books, but within the 800 pages is an incredible amount of information on machining operations of all sorts - this title comes nearer to “containing it all” that any other book we know! 800 pages, 1000s of illustrations, tables etc. Hardbound. Lindsay Pubs.
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Elements of Machine Work
1919 • Smith • £ 15.65 • (D)
This is the companion book to Advanced Machine Work. above It covers simpler material than Advanced Machine Work - contents include; materials used for machine construction, measuring, laying out. chipping, tool grinding, files, hand and machine filling, scrapers, scraping and standard surface plates, polishing, annealing, hardening & tempering, high-speed steel, case-hardening, pipes and pipe fittings, straightening and bending, peening and riveting, hand drilling, soldering, brazing, babbitting, aligning and levelling shafting, installing machines and more. If you have a copy of Advanced Machine Work (and if you don't, why not?) you know how this book is laid out: loads of illustrations and step-by-step instructions. Excellent book for beginners, but the more experienced should learn from it. So order a copy and have copies of both Smith's classic books. Great Material! 192 pages. Hardback. Lindsay Publications
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Model Engineering A Guide to Model Workshop Practice
1915 • Greenly • £ 15.25 • (C)
(See main entry in the General Books on Building Steam Models section)
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Metalworking - tools, materials & processes for the handyman
Hasluck • £ 24.70 • (A)
Every model engineer should have a copy of this! Hasluck was British, but this reprint is from a 1907 American edition. There are 760 pages and 2206 illustrations here covering, in the first section on general metalworking: foundrywork, Smiths’ Work (meaning decorative iron work - how to do it and all the tools involved, 274 illustrations here alone), Forging or blacksmithing, Sheet Metal Work (177 illustrations), Decorative embossing of Sheet Metal, Brass Work, Lathes and tools (237 illustrations) etc, etc. You get designs and building instructions for: a 4 1/2” lathe with a 4’6” bed, an eight day, 18” high skeleton clock, a 2’ x 4 1/2” horizontal steam engine, a 1 1/2” x 2 1/4” vertical steam engine, three different boilers from a 7” dia and 13” long horizontal to a 8’ high vertical, a 2 1/2” x 2 1/2” gas engine and an 18” dia water wheel. You also learn about silver, copper and gold plating and brass gilding in the electroplating section - and there is a wire working chapter that shows how to do fancy wire screening of different lattices. Then there is the electric bell, the microscope, a four-draw telescope etc.! 2206 illustrations 760 pages. Hardbound. Lindsay Publications.
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The Amateur’s Workshop
Bradley • £ 8.95 • (E)
Classic book on workshop techniques. First published in 1950, but updated since then. A total of 31 chapters on just about everything, and every problem, the amateur is likely to come across in his workshop make this a book well worth having on your workshop book shelf. 256 pages profusely illustrated with photos and drawings. Paperback. Nexus
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Practical Mathematics for Home Study
1919 • Palmer • £ 12.95 • (C)
Remember the “old style maths” before the teachers “modernised” it and calculators came along? This is it. Lindsay told me he chose to reprint this book because “it was written for mechanics, the descriptions are slow, long and easy to understand, and because the maths presented is downright practical”. Buy this and revive your brain! 518 pages. Illustrated. Paperback. Lindsay.
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Sheet-Metal Pattern Drafting & Shop Problems
1922 • Daugherty • £ 13.65 • (D)
This book is all about how you lay out a pattern to be used for cutting sheet material which is then bent, folded and soldered into odd shapes such as water cans, roof ventilators, and other three-dimensional items - in other words it is a book of geometry. Working rather liked the Barritt “Operations” machining books, it looks at unusual shapes and then describes, in detail, the calculations involved in laying out for those shapes. What this book does not tell you is anything about cutting, bending or soldering the sheet metal - it is solely concerned with laying out, the process of which is very well covered. 173 pages. 153 drawings and 114 photos. Landscape format paperback. Lindsay Publications
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Gunsmith Kinks 4 • ed. Brownells • £ 22.50 • (A)
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There are numerous meeting points between model engineering and gunsmithing, and they come out in this series. If you aren’t into gunsmithing, you will have to ignore parts, but at these prices...... Subjects covered include, amongst many others, polishing, engraving, bluing, tool sharpening, barrel turning, and many more. No. I has 504 pages, and 317 photos & drawings. No. II has 504 pages, and 252 photos and drawings. No. III has 505 pages and around 250 photos and drawings, No. 4 has 552 pages. and 332 drawings and photographs. All are hardback and incredible value! Brownells Inc
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The Gunsmith Machinist
Acker • £ 31.50 • (A)
This book is a collection of gunsmithing linked articles from The Home Shop Machinist and Machinist’s Workshop magazines written by columnist Steve Acker. From building and restoring parts, to the special tools required this is a brilliant and well produced book. 205 hardbound and well illustrated pages. Village Press
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The Construction and Operation of the Air Gun
Baker & Currie • £27.00 • (B)
In 1779 Bartolomeo Girandoni received an order to supply large quantities of a repeating AIR rifle he had developed to the Austro-Hungarian army and, over the next 10 years produced around a 1000 of this rifle, which appear to have been very accurate, and more reliable than the contemporary flintlock. As a technical and manufacturing achievement they were quite remarkable for the time, and their downfall appears to have been problems with charging the reservoirs. This fascinating book contains not only the history of Girandoni and his rifle, but also numerous drawings and illustrations of surviving examples, from which you might be able to set about building your own replica. 102 spiral-bound pages, full of drawings and other illustrations. Published by the authors.
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Vol. 2 The Walking Stick Air Gun
Baker & Currie • £27.00 • (B)
Unlike the ‘Girandoni’ featured in the book above, original walking stick air guns are relatively common, as they were popular novelties during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, and even found there way into the Sherlock Holmes stories. This book looks at the various types, and certainly includes enough detail in photos and drawings that a skilled engineer should be able to make a replica. 70 spiral bound pages. Published by the authors.
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Making Rifle Barrels
c. 1916-1918 • £ 6.95 • (G)
Fascinating series of articles extracted from Machinery Magazine showing exactly how rifle barrels were made during the First World War. There are 26 pages on Machining the Lee-Enfield Barrel, 27 pages on Drilling, Reaming and Straightening Rifle Barrels, with the final 10 pages covering Machining Rifling Bars on the Bench Lathe and on Drilling a Long Blind Hole. Detailed and interesting information of interest to today’s gunsmith, even if the processes described, other than in the final section, are essentially industrial. Softcover. Lindsay Publications
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Deep Hole Drilling
1910, 1926 & 1927 • £ 4.75 • (H)
A combination of one of the Machinery’s Reference Series Booklets and two articles from Machinery Magazine, this book covers the techniques used for drilling very deep holes in metal - pistol and rifle barrels for instance. Technically interesting stuff, although the application of these techniques in model engineering is rare, at least to the depths covered here. 48 page well illustrated booklet. Softcover. Lindsay Publications.
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Lapping & Polishing
1921 • Hammond • £ 4.95 • (G)
Useful little book gives methods of lapping and polishing, both by hand and machine. 60 page illustrated smaller format softbound book. TEE.
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Learning the Lost Art of Hand Scraping
1880-1919 • £ 3.95 • (G)
This book not only replaces Old Time Mecanics, it also includes it, along with 7 other articles on Hand Scraping. This is a skill learnt by practice rather than reading, but there is a lot of good stuff here to help you ge |
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