Basic Benchwork for Home Machinists

by Les Oldridge

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781497100572
Publisher:	Fox Chapel Publishing
Publication date:	02/18/2020
Series:	Home Machinists
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Les Oldridge passed away shortly after he finished writing Basic Benchwork.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 6

Chapter 2 Materials 8

Chapter 3 Reading Engineering Drawings 14

Chapter 4 Hacksaws 22

Chapter 5 Files and Filing 25

Chapter 6 Hammers, Chisels, and Punches 32

Chapter 7 Scrapers and Scraping 39

Chapter 8 Measuring 44

Chapter 9 Marking Out 53

Chapter 10 Drills and Reamers 58

Chapter 11 Screwed Fastenings, Spanners, Screwdrivers, and Pliers 69

Chapter 12 Taps and Dies 79

Chapter 13 Riveting 86

Chapter 14 Soft Soldering 91

Chapter 15 Silver Soldering, Brazing, Bronze Welding, and Engineering Adhesives 97

Chapter 16 Welding 100

Chapter 17 Hardening and Tempering Tools 108

Chapter 18 Keys, Keyways, Splines, Collars, and Shafts 112

Chapter 19 Sheet Metalwork 118

Appendix 124

Acknowledgments 127

Index 128