Basic Benchwork for Home Machinists
Published on 1. October 2020
128 pages
978-1-60765-727-9 (ISBN)
Description
For apprentices and amateur metalworkers, this book is a practical, hands-on guide to engineering benchwork that teaches all the valuable hand tool skills and procedures for files, punches, hand filers, and more. Well-illustrated with concise technical diagrams, tables, and black and white photos, you'll learn all the tricks and gain a solid foundation in the basics of engineering benchwork that will become second nature over the course of your career as a metalworker. Not only are these proper practices essential knowledge to get started in the industry, but they will also save you spoiled work and tools.
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Les Oldridge
Basic Benchwork for Home Machinists
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02/2020
Fox Chapel Publishing
€14.50
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Les Oldridge passed away shortly after he finished writing Basic Benchwork.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Materials
- Chapter 3 Reading Engineering Drawings
- Chapter 4 Hacksaws
- Chapter 5 Files and Filing
- Chapter 6 Hammers, Chisels, and Punches
- Chapter 7 Scrapers and Scraping
- Chapter 8 Measuring
- Chapter 9 Marking Out
- Chapter 10 Drills and Reamers
- Chapter 11 Screwed Fastenings, Spanners, Screwdrivers, and Pliers
- Chapter 12 Taps and Dies
- Chapter 13 Riveting
- Chapter 14 Soft Soldering
- Chapter 15 Silver Soldering, Brazing, Bronze Welding, and Engineering Adhesives
- Chapter 16 Welding
- Chapter 17 Hardening and Tempering Tools
- Chapter 18 Keys, Keyways, Splines, Collars, and Shafts
- Chapter 19 Sheet Metalwork
- Appendix
- Acknowledgments
