Metalworking: Doing It Better
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (541 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00HKKEMXY |
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| Number of Pages | : | 293 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Written from a folksy, personal perspective. The tips and techniques are presented as an ongoing, informal conversation between the author and the reader.. Flame straightening. Setting up your shop, including floors, light, heating and cooling, workbenches and tables, air supply, raw material storage and handling, safety equipment, filing, sawing, rigging and lifting. Provides wide range of topics. Many of the topics address specific trade skills, working with manual and CNC lathes and mills, as well as welding flame straightening, sheet metal, sanding, grinding, and abrading. Manual and CNC lathes. Sheet metal, patterns, cones, and tanks and baffles. Manual and CNC mills. Basic generic skills such as drawing and sketching, accuracy, speed, shop math and trigonometry, and angles. Fully integrates text and photographs. The guide has been designed so that in virtually every case, the tips and the supporting photographs appear together on the same page.
Pepper Montauban said Read and learn lots of good stuff for metalworking.. I am currently reading this book. When I am finished with the first pass I will update this review. The book has information I want for my hobby, metalworking. The author is active in sharing his knowledge on YouTube, I like his approach, sense of humor, and respect for his trade. It is well reflected in what I have read so far. He discusses among other things the need to pass along what has been give. "Same book as before. Industrial Press just wants to take your money twice." according to Amazon Customer. The content of this book is very good and I know because I purchased Metalworking Sink or Swim. This is the same book with a new shinny cover. I fault the publisher for pulling essentially a bait and switch. If you do not have the other book this is a good buy, but Industrial Press wants you to buy two books that are the same.. How to survive life in a Machine Shop (and have fun while doing it) Scott594 “Doing it Better” a good book, but not what I was expecting.I was thinking it would be full of unique ways to set up parts in the mill, fixtures jigs etc, but it's more about life in a machine shop, told with just enough humor to keep it light.It does have a lot of useful information, but much of it philosophical and anecdotal.It would excel for a younger person, just starting out, but I'm