Home Machinists Handbook
by Doug Briney
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Author: Doug BrineyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1984-02-01
ISBN: 0830615733
Number of pages: 275
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
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Book Review: Good review for returning to machine work
Summary: 5 Stars
I had rudimentary training in machine shop work from when I was in grad school. I rather missed making machinery, so I bought a small Unimat-3 lathe. Great, I started grinding stuff out, and realized I forgot a lot of my important lessons, and didn't have Wayne-O the machinist scowling at me from the back of the room to remind me how to do things properly. This book sort of fulfills the role of a helpful pal who will remind you of how the machine shop works. It is a reminder of all the basic stuff, the advantage and disadvantages of various kinds of tools, and what all the parts are called.
As others have noticed, it is oriented toward the Sherline. My lathe is actually smaller than the Sherline, and has different properties, but the book is still tremendously helpful in remembering stuff I forgot, and learning things nobody bothered telling me about. I particularly liked the little tooling projects; they all look doable and like they'll make my lathe more useful.
This isn't a book for the experienced machinist. If you work on a Hardinge in your day job, this will be laughable even if you bought a Sherline to screw around with at home. Still, for rank amateurs, people returning to the craft after a long absence, or other inexperienced types it is a pretty handy thing to have.
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