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| Workshop Practice Series | Title, Author & Details | Contents |
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1.
Hardening,
Tempering and Heat Treatment Paperback: 128 pages |
A comprehensive exposition of the structure of steels and the effects of different heat treatments, particularly in respect of tools. It includes solid fuel, gas and electric furnaces, case hardening, tempering and other practical information. Features accurate colour temperature charts. |
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2.
Vertical
Milling in the Home Workshop Paperback: 96 pages |
Small workshops, including those of model engineers, are making increasing use of small vertical milling machines. This revised edition describes many of the wide range of operations possible in clear and practical terms |
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3.
Screwcutting
in the Lathe Paperback: 176 pages |
A fully comprehensive survey of the use of a lathe for all forma of screwcutting in all thread forms, imperial and metric. Calculations, gear trains, conversions etc are all explained and also set out in tabular form |
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4.
Foundrywork
for the Amateur Paperback: 112 pages |
Revised and updated to reflect advances in technology and engineering since its first publication in 1954, this book explains and illustrates foundrywork skills for anyone involved with metalworking and model engineering |
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5.
Milling
Operations in the Lathe Paperback: 128 pages |
This book by Tubal Cain, who needs no introduction to Model Engineer readers, is a thorough and practical discourse on how to use the lathe for all types of milling work. Next to turning, the most valuable use of the lathe is for milling operations, either using the lathe itself to drive the cutters or by extending its scope by adding a separate milling attachment. |
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6.
Measuring
and Marking Metals Paperback: 110 pages |
Model engineers and many small workshops do not need, or have access to, much of the sophisticated measuring equipment used in industry. Accurate marking out and measurement by more basic means at all stages of work are comprehensively described by an expert engineer. |
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7.
The
Art of Welding Paperback: 96 pages |
This book sets out the basic techniques for oxyacetylene welding, brazing, flame cutting and electric arc welding with mild steel, cast iron, stainless steel, copper, brass etc. in sheet, plate or cast form. |
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8.
Sheet
Metal Work Paperback: 152 pages |
The author is an instructor in metal work and allied crafts and describes clearly all the processes likely to be encountered by the hobbyist in a model or light engineering workshop. |
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9.
Soldering
and Brazing Paperback: 136 pages |
Joining metal by one form or another of soft and hard soldering, or brazing with various alloys, are run of the mill operations in model and light engineering workshops. Tubal Cain examines the processes, equipment, materials and explains what is happening in the joints as they are made. |
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10.
Saws
and Sawing Paperback: 96 pages |
This book examines all types of saw, hand and machine, their use, maintenance and useful tables relating to various applications. |
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11.
Electroplating Paperback: 61 pages |
This title, which replaced the very popular "Electroplating for the Amateur", will be of value to model engineers and small workshops wishing to plate with any of the customary metals using simple equipment. |
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12.
Drills,
Taps and Dies Paperback: 104 pages |
Drilling true, correctly dimensioned holes and cutting accurate threads are basic requirements in all engineering work. This book looks at this subject, and includes tables of all the tools available and explains the difference in various types of drill and their practical application. |
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13. Workshop Drawing Paperback: 128 pages |
This guide to making and reading technical workshop drawings explains the rules of the trade and the reasons they are important, and gives details of engineering "conventions". The topics covered include: the rules and "grammar" of drawing, the conventions of "projection", hidden details and sections, dimensioning, conventional representation, tolerances, machine marks, making drawings and sketches, reading drawings, developments and intersections, metric and imperial drawings, theory of orthographic projection, standard paper sizes, and answers to problems. There are photographs and technical drawings to illustrate the text. |
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14.
Making
Small Workshop Tools Paperback: 96 pages |
Making 14 simple but useful adjuncts to the tool kit for bench and lathe use, taking no more than 3 to 4 hours or involving special materials, yet each able to save consoderable time in use as well as aiding accuracy. With working drawings, photographs and sketches etc. |
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15.
Workholding
in the Lathe Paperback: 112 pages |
A fundamental requirement of the lathe operation is the ability to hold any workpiece securely on the machine. In this book, the author discusses all the practical aspects of the subject, with photographs to illustrate specific points. |
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16.
Electric
Motors Paperback: 136 pages |
This work deals with the principles and characteristics of all types of electric motors likely to be used in modelling and small engineering workshops, together with their applications and operations. It covers topics such as speed control, electric braking, and safety. |
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17.
Gears
and Gear Cutting Paperback: 136 pages |
Gears in one form or another are part of most mechanisms, but they are by no means as simple as they may appear. This book explains simply and comprehensively the underlying theory involved, and in its second part, how to cut gears on a lathe or milling machine. |
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18.
Basic
Benchwork Paperback: 128 pages |
Model engineers and amateur metalworkers need to learn the tricks of accurate filing, sawing without breaking blades and dozens of other areas of handwork which experienced engineers take for granted. This book details normal bench practice suitable for engineering apprentices which will save spoiled work and tools. |
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19.
Spring
Design and Manufacture Paperback: 96 pages |
Few mechanics are entirely devoid of springs of one sort or another, but satisfactory operation rests on details such as spring strength and degree of movement. Yet information on calculating and making springs is not easily available. This book explains the property of each type of spring, plus essential materials and methods. |
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20.
Metalwork
and Machining Hints and Tips Paperback: 96 pages |
A workshop information pot-pourri combining useful advice and instruction for beginners with explanations of tools and techniques often familiar in name but not always found described in detail. |
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21.
Adhesives
and Sealants Paperback: 144 pages |
David Lammas covers traditional adhesives, their advantages and shortcomings as well as synthetic products. He also discusses surface preparation, handling hazards, deterioration and sealants for joints exposed to water, steam and oil. |
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22.
Workshop
Electrics Paperback: 104 pages |
This work deals with electricity in the garage or home workshop and includes everything from fitting a 13-amp plug to wiring up a new workshop. Safety, a key issue is fully covered. Starting with the planning necessary before electrical installation work commences, the book then deals with the fusing, equipment, lighting, fixtures, fittings and wiring for 240 volt mains electricity. Further chapters cover outside workshops, three phase supplies and low voltage equipment including security systems, telephones and TV aerials. Finally, there is a glossary of terms and useful addresses. |
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23.
Workshop
Construction Paperback: 133 pages |
A complete guide to setting up a workshop for model engineering or other metalworking hobbies. The book explains every aspect of the self-build process; the methods of construction, floor, wall and roof assembly, layout, planning, regulations, tools, materials and other relevant topics. |
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24.
Electric
Motors in the Home Workshop Paperback: 133 pages |
This is a practical guide to utilizing a wide range of readily available electric motors in typical small workshop applications, including the recycling of motors from domestic and industrial sources. |
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25.
The
Backyard Foundry Paperback: 90 pages |
At one time most towns of any size had somewhere a small foundry which would undertake small casting jobs, often more out of interest and good neighbourliness than for commercial gain. Those days are no more and model engineers in many areas must either adapt commerically available castings or send away to a specialist foundry which will undertake small work, often at some expense and with some delay. The alternative is to set up a home foundry and to make one's own patterns and castings. This text covers all the basic principles of foundry work, describes materials and techniques, pattern-making, moulding boxes, cores and core-boxes, metals, all types of furnaces, and includes step-by-step procedures with examples of cylinders and wheels. |
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26.
Home
Workshop Hints and Tips Paperback: 128 pages |
For nearly a hundred years "Model Engineer" magazine has proved a source of knowledge for a wide variety of engineering practices. Its readership has included many highly experienced engineers, who have answered queries and contributed valuable information in order that everyone involved in the construction and use of machines should be able to extend both scope and skills. Many of the pieces of information regarded as most useful appeared in brief notes or articles, often many years ago, and were never republished. This compilation offers a selection of hints and tips culled from a wide time-scale of the magazine. They may save the reader time and money, and will interest and instruct anyone who works with metal. |
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27.
Spindles Paperback: 144 pages |
With the model and amateur engineer in mind, this is a guide to making light milling or grinding spindles with a small lathe. Spindles come in many shapes and sizes, depending on their use and included here are descriptions of the design, construction and use of a variety of types (from 19.05 - 57.15mm/0.75 - 2.25 inch) for grinding, milling and drilling. The emphasis is on spindles which are easy to make and have as few parts as possible - all but one use sealed ball bearings. The author is a designer, machinist and woodworker whose interest in clock making led him to design and build the spindles in the book. Also included is a light gear cutting frame for clock makers. |
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28.
Simple
Workshop Devices Paperback: 140 pages |
This volume features methods created by the author, a skilled model engineer, to reduce frustration in the small-scale workshop and achieve accurate work in simple ways. It includes: difficult jobs in the vice; special jigs and fixtures; 12 lathe solutions; safety guards; and cutting solutions. |
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29.
CAD
for Model Engineers Paperback: 128 pages |
CAD (Computer Aided Design) can have many advantages for model engineers over traditional draughting methods. This book explains CAD and provides practical advice on how to choose the right system and make progress. |
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30.
Workshop
Materials Paperback: 147 pages |
A description of the many varied materials used by model engineers in their workshops and a reference to finding the right material for a task or an item specified on a technical plan. The book is aimed at those who build locomotives, traction, boat and stationery steam engines, oil, diesel, glow and petrol engines, gas turbines, artillery pieces, farming appliances, road vehicles, horse carriages and clocks. It is also directed at engineers who work with full-size machinery, such as vintage and veteran cars, motor and pedal cycles, traction engines and railways. Materials covered include: iron and steel; non-ferrous metals and alloys; aluminium; brass; copper; hard and soft abrasives; bearing materials; ceramics; refractory materials; glass; silicon; soft and hard woods; plywood; MDF; chipboard; thermoplastics; concrete; coatings; electroplating solutions; fuels; gases; lubricants; polishing materials; pickles; sealants; solders; and adhesives. |
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31.
Useful
Workshop Tools Paperback: 104 pages |
A collection of 15 additions to the model engineer's armoury of tools and equipment from the former editor of "Model Engineer's Workshop" magazine. This practical collection covers benchwork, the lathe and milling operations, and includes: marking-out and machining aids; a simple motorized filing machine; an unusual and improved milling vice; a micrometer stand; internal and external chuck stops; cross drilling jigs; a hand turning rest; rear mounted toolposts; and a self-releasing mandrel handle |
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32.
Unimat
III Lathe Accessories Paperback: 185 pages |
A guide to the Unimat mini-lathe, covering numerous techniques to assist the model engineer in getting the best from the machine. The projects in the book are designed to increase the scope of the machine and advise on the performance of a number of tricky operations |
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33.
Making
Clocks Paperback: 128 pages |
An introduction to the world of horology for the complete beginner. It explains the terminology of the clockmaker and provides general details of clock construction including layout of wheels and escapements, all of which are described and illustrated. The making of wheels, pinions, escapements, plates, pendulums, weights, cases, hands and faces is discussed. The necessary tools and equipment are described, with details of how to make specialised items and choice of most suitable materials for their construction |
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34. Lathework: A Complete Course Paperback: 196 pages |
Assuming no previous experience and using the medium of 12 lathe turning projects, this text leads prospective model engineers through all of the basic techniques needed to tackle ambitious projects |
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35. Milling: A Complete Course Paperback: 144 pages |
A complete self-tuition course which assumes no previous experience of using the milling machine; through the medium of four minor and four major projects, it leads prospective users of the milling machine through all of the techniques involved. |
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36. Photo Etching Paperback: 112 pages |
Brian King has developed photo etching techniques to enable him to build his marine models. The design of items and the production of the high-quality graphics necessary are fully covered as are both home and industry routes to producing the finished items in a variety of metals. |
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37. Dividing Paperback: 104 pages |
The principles underlying gear cutting and many other aspects of engineering where an accurate division of circles is required are explained in depth. |
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38. Tool & Cutter Sharpening Paperback: 133 pages |
Sharpening workshop tools is probably the most diverse of all workshop activities and the one that is least understood by the majority of workshop owners. This is not unreasonable in view of the wide range of equipment suggested for the task, ranging from the complex (typically an industrial tool and cutter grinder) through to the humble off hand grinder. This book illustrates how most sharpening tasks can be carried out using an off hand grinder and a few simply made accessories to a standard comparable to that achieved using much more sophisticated equipment. Follow the instructions in this book and working with blunt tools will be a thing of the past! "The Workshop Practice Series" is the world's leading range of books for model engineers and mechanical crafts: some of the books have been in print for 50 years; most of them still reprint every 18 months. It is fully illustrated step-by-step with photographs and technical drawings. |
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39. Model Engineers' Workshop Projects Paperback: 103 pages |
This collection of 18 unique projects for home workshop equipment enables the model engineer to create useful and even essential items that cannot be purchased commercially, including: An auxilliary workbench; Tap Holders; Distance and height gauges; Lathe back stop; Tailstock die-holder; Faceplate clamps; Collets; DTI accessories; Sash clamps; Low profile clamps; and, Tapping stand. Each project is designed to make the model engineer's task in hand easier then it would have been had the items not been made. Each design is illustrated with good quality photographs and comprehensive working drawings. The projects are in themselves satisfying exercises in metalworking that once completed will make valuable additions to the model engineer's range of equipment. |
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40. Bearings Paperback: 128 pages |
Every working model includes bearings, often a large number of them. This practical book describes the wide and diverse range of bearings found in the large variety of different types of models built in home workshops. It reviews the choice of bearings materials, the type of bearing to use for each particular application and highlights the differences between home-made and off-the-shelf bearings. It also considers the installation and care of bearings. Furthermore, it also covers several full-size applications undertaken by model engineers, such as clock making and machine tool maintenance, which also call for some knowledge of bearings. It is now forty years since Ian Bradley and Norman Hallows published the slim MAP volume "Bearing Design and Fitting" and much has changed in the bearing field since that date. This book provides a welcome addition to the "Workshop Practice Series" of books and will be welcomed by all model engineers, whatever their area of interest. |
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41. Grinding, Honing and Polishing Paperback: 128 pages |
This latest volume in the unique "Workshop Practice" series presents a general overview of the grinding, lapping, honing and polishing of metal, as well as the materials used to make grinding wheels, belts and papers. The uses of various machines and grinding mediums are described, including the off-hand grinder, modern miniature hand drill/grinders and toolpost grinders. There are also instructions for making a small barrelling machine and other suitable devices. |
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42. Metalworker's Data Book Paperback: 128 pages |
A fully illustrated step-by-step guide with 100 sketches and technical drawings, this book also contains a comprehensive range of data which is required in the metal working workshop, and by those designing a wide range of engineered items, tools and machines. It provides in a single concise volume data that is only otherwise available by reference to many different sources or more expensive publications. For those involved in restoration work, the book also includes details of items not now used, and for which data is not easy to locate. It contains information on: Drills, Turning tools, End mills, Grinding wheels, Collets and tapers, Precision, Spanners, Thread sizes, Thread forms, Screw cutting, Worm cutting, Gears, Belt drives, Dividing, Press work, Welding, Maths formula, Dovetails and T slots, Electrical components, Electrical formula, Hardware dimensions, Material dimensions, Material specs, Miscellaneous data, Mathematical charts, Prime number charts, and Conversion charts. |
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43. The Mini-Lathe Paperback: 128 pages |
The Mini-lathe has become the best-selling item of machinery in the hobby engineering market - often purchased as a first step by beginners to the hobby. For many years Myford lathes were considered as 'standard issue' for model engineers, but at about one-twentieth of the price of a new Myford, these new Mini-lathes set the benchmark for the future. This book is a complete course on using and improving this new generation of budget lathes. It explains everything from setting up and 'tuning' the machine for best performance to using accessories and carrying out tasks. "The Mini-Lathe" covers: Safety, Preparing the lathe, Tooling materials and geometry, Tooling up, Getting started, Gear cover, Head stock dividing attachment, Modifications for milling, Improving rigidity, Making a part off tool , Guided centre punch, filing rest, use of steadies and chuck depth stop, Toolpost powered spindle, saw table and grinding rest , DRO handwheels, taper roller bearings. |
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