Metalwork and Machining Hints and Tips for Home Machinists: 101 Plans and Drawings

by Ian Bradley

Overview

The perfect resource for beginners, Metalwork and Machining Hints and Tips for Home Machinists is an informative anthology that combines useful advice and instruction with explanations of tools and techniques. With expert insight on a wide range of workshop practices and minor jobs that beginners may not be familiar with yet, this helpful guide will introduce readers to arbors and mandrels, belt jointing and splicing, shaft collars, finishing metal surfaces, G-clamps, cutting holes, hand turning tools, and so much more. Author Ian Bradley was an experienced engineer with a lifetime of experience in precision engineering and contributed to Model Engineer magazine for over 50 years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781497101746
Publisher:	Fox Chapel Publishing
Publication date:	07/27/2021
Series:	Home Machinists
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ian Bradley was an experienced engineer and author with a lifetime of experience in precision engineering and contributed to Model Engineer magazine for over 50 years. Additionally, he authored one of the standard textbooks for the hobby, The Amateur’s Workshop.

Table of Contents

Preface 6

Chapter 1 Arbors and Mandrels 7

Chapter 2 Belt Jointing and Splicing 13

Chapter 3 Shaft Collars 19

Chapter 4 Finishing Metal Surfaces 24

Chapter 5 G-clamps 36

Chapter 6 Surface Gauges and Rule Holders 39

Chapter 7 Cutting Holes in Sheet Metal and Plate 53

Chapter 8 Making Special Nuts 60

Chapter 9 Hand Turning Tools 64

Chapter 10 The Wobbler 69

Chapter 11 Case-Hardening 78

Chapter 12 Machining Square Material 83

Chapter 13 Cross-drilling jig 86

Chapter 14 Fly cutting 89

Chapter 15 Screw jacks 92

Index 95

Editorial Reviews

There is a wealth of insightful and easy-to-comprehend information for metalworkers in the five books in the Home Machinist Series from Fox Chapel Publishing. The books are extensively illustrated with photos and illustrations to help readers better understand the content, which is well-organized to serve as handy, long-term machining references.

Alan Richter

The Home Machinist Series is filled with everything you ever wanted to know about machining and more. I feel quite confident that those who read the whole series, or even just one book, will come away with invaluable and extensive knowledge that will help further their craft.

Publisher CNC WEST magazine Shawn Arnold