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Locomotive
Construction
and Repair
by Fowler, Mellin and Jones
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Here you get ve publications
in one cover for one very reasonable
price. Four 1910-12 booklets reveal
the details of how steam locomo-
tives were designed. A fth covers
Railway Repair Shop Practice.
Part I covers the boiler, cylin-
ders, throttle valve, piston and piston
rods. Part II explores valve motion:
theory, calculation, design and
details of the Walschaerts motion.
Part III will teach you the details of
the smoke box and exhaust pipe,
frame, crosshead and guide bar,
connect and side rod, crank-pins
and axles, and the driving wheels
and their counterbalancing. Part IV
covers spring rigging and equalizers,
the trucks, cab and its ttings and
accessories, and the tender. These
four sections are well illustrated
with drawings, diagrams, charts,
and formulas.
The fifth section concerns
maintenance of locomotives. Learn
about dismantling the locomotive,
boring and re-lining the cylinders,
work on the valves and valve seats,
operations on the piston and rod,
driving wheels and crankpins, driv-
ing box repairs and more. Lots of
photographs.
From early issues of Machin-
ery Magazine. Top quality info,
straight to the point. If steam power,
railroad locomotives, or history of
technology is your thing, You need
a copy. Consider it carefully. 5-1/2
x 8-1/2 about 226 pages
No. 23780 $12.95
SOME OF THE TOPICS COVERED:
Comparison of Early and Modern Locomotives
Handling Engines Bodily Locomotive Erecting
Department Overhauling Big Engines Portable Oil
Forge Shop Trestles Boiler Test Outt Wheel-
ing a Locomotive Wheel Revolving Outt Rotary
Snow Plow Rolling Doors for Roundhouse Boring
Valve Chamber Planing Frame Seats Planing Joint
Faces of Cylinder Radius Planing of Saddle Planing
Several Cylinders at One Setting Cylinder Stud Hole
Jigs Milling Steam Ports Portable Boring Apparatus
Boring the Work on the Lathe Portable Outt for
Milling Ports Grinding in Cylinder Heads Grooving
Tools and Taps A Jig for Pistons and Follower Plates
Piston Ring Tools Grinding the Rods The Use of
Rolling Tools or Burnishers on Rods Tools for Machin-
ing Packing Rings Piston Valve Parts Construction
Details of Valve and Cage Machining the Valve Cage
Arbor Used for Turning Cages Milling the Ports in
the Cage A Valve Chamber Bushing Mandrel Attach-
ment for Milling Ports in Cages Jigs for Steam Chest
Valve Chamber and Valve Forcing Cages into Place
A Method of Removing Valve Bushings Babbitting
Crossheads Shoe Babbitting Fixtures Babbitting Gibs
Other Babbitting Fixtures Details of Locomotive
Crosshead Planing Crossheads Details of Crosshead
Guides and Yoke Shaping and Grinding Guides
Machining the Yoke in the Shaper Aligning Guides
Side Rod Details Drilling Main Rods Milling Rod
Ends Making the Channeling Cut Milling the Sides
of Rod Forgings Slab Milling the Edges Milling the
Round End Forcing Brasses into Place Straightening
Rods Methods in Various Shops Slotting Rod Ends
Fixtures for Brasses Expanding Mandrel for Solid
Brasses A Typical Box Machining the Box for the
Brass Planing the Brasses Press for Forcing Brasses
into Boxes A Planing Fixture Planing End of Box
in Shaper Boring and Facing Operations A Guard
for the Boring Machine Tools for Boring and Finish-
ing Corner Radius Babbitting Operations in Other
Shops Tools for Finishing Both Sides of Shoes in One
Operation Shaper Tools with Backstroke Release
Fixture for Milling Shoes and Wedges Hollow Mill-
ing Tumbler Shafts Turning Journals on the Shaft
Fixture for Machining Links Hand Grinder for Links
Operations on Eccentrics Making Brass Rings
Typical Frame Construction Planing Frame Section
Handling Frames in the Forge Shop Laying Out
Bench for Frame Work Setting the Frames Over the
Pit Machining Driving Wheel Centers Allowances
for Putting on Tires Turning Tires in the Lathe
Turning Treads and Flanges of Truck Wheels Tread
Forming Tools A Built Up Tire Forming Tool Gage
for Measuring Wear of Flange and Tread Lifting Rig
for Wheel Lathe Lifting Device for Tires Tire Lifting
Tongs Heating and Removing Tires Types of Tire
Heaters Pressures for Forcing Axles and Crank Pins
into Hubs Keyway Layout Gage Crank Pin Turning
Fixture Fitting New Crank Pins Finishing Crank Pin
with Roller Tool A Modern Wheel Shop Features of
the Building much more!
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RAILROAD SHOP PRACTICE
Methods & Tools
by Frank A. Stanley
From 1917 through 1919 Frank
Stanley, contributing editor of AMERICAN
MACHINIST MAGAZINE, toured railroad
repair facilities throughout North
America including those run by
Southern Pacic, New York Central,
Pennsylvania, Santa Fe, Northern
Pacic, Chicago & Northwestern,
Canadian Pacic and others.
In 1921 the collected articles
along with additional material from
Stanley and a number of authors was
collected into this incredible book.
You get details into the dismantling,
repair and reassembling of engines.
You get scores of unusual photographs and a large number
of dimensioned drawings for the homemade tools developed
by various shops to keep the railroad running.
Everyone knows that old steam locomotives used tires
that wore out and had to be replaced. Imagine its your job
to replace the tires on 77 drivers. What size should they be
so they will shrink t properly? Then what should you know
about turning them in a wheel lathe? And what does a tread
forming tool look like? Geez... youll even nd dimensioned
drawings for a gage that will measure wear of the ange and
tread. How do you get the old tire off? And on, and on... (I
remember my grandfather telling me about replacing tires.
He had seen it done many times. This is what he knew.)
This is apparently a very scarce book. And for good
reason. Any loco nut lucky to have a copy is not going to
part with it. Its essential not only to those who restore old
locomotives, but is exceptionally valuable to live steamers
and other modelers, as well as all railroad buffs. This is an
exceptional window into a technology that is no more.
After you read this, youll appreciate how hard those old
time machinists had to work to earn a living. (Im glad it was
them and not me.)
Great book. One of the good ones. For those who ap-
preciate railroading. A book to have. Get one! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
softcover 331 pages
No. 23870 $19.95
Chapters
The Work of The Railroad Repair Shop Operations On
Locomotive Cylinders Machining Pistons and Piston Rings
Piston Valves, Cages and Rings Tools for Crossheads
and Guides Connecting Rod Operations Making Driving
Boxes Machining Shoes and Wedges Eccentrics, Links
and Tumbling Shafts Locomotive Frame Work Driving
Wheels and Axles Wheel Shop Equipment and Methods
Machining Pipe Joints and Other Parts Brass Tools for
Locomotive Valves and Fittings Some Portable Tools and
Appliances Special Tools, Cutters and Tool Room Methods
Air Pump, Hose Coupling and Misc Devices Blacksmith
Shop Equipment and Work Boiler Shop and Flue Work
Tools and Methods Used On Steel Car Work Welding
Operations On Locomotives and Cars Reclamation Work
Handling Materials In The Railroad Plant
The Wonders of Machinery Hall
1893 WORLDS COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION
by American Machinist Magazine and others
To celebrate the hundredth birthday
of America, a grand exposition was held at
Philadephia in 1876. The exhibition of engines,
pumps, machine tools, locomotives, etc. on dis-
play was one of the largest ever seen anywhere.
Yet just seventeen years later Machinery Hall at
the Worlds Columbian Exposition of 1893 far
surpassed the Centennial Exposition in size. As
large as Machinery Hall was, over 700 would-be
exhibitors had to be turned away because the 14

T h e s ta r of drill presses, tool grinders, valve milling

attraction, machines, roll grooving machines, tool makers
though, was lathes, testing machines, and much more.
the giant en- Photographs and drawings from the Ameri-
gine built by E. can Machinist articles are reproduced, but many
P. Allis & Co., more photos from other sources are also included
of Milwaukee to give you sense of what was present. And once
a quadruple you see the size and breadth of the exhibition
expansion of youll wish you could go back and spend a week...
Reynolds-Corl- and take that brand new high-tech handheld
iss design
with a 72
inch stroke
driving a 30
ft diameter
flywheel
acres of oor space was having a 76 wide face. On it were placed
lled to capacity. two leather belts to transmit power to West-
Here, you can take a inghouse dynamos which generated the
time machine back to electricity needed by the fair. (Remember,
Machinery Hall and see electricity was a brand new technology.)
some of the incredible You get drawings and technical details that
exhibits from the gi- would never have appeared in newspapers
ant Allis engine to the
lathes, planers, and camera called the Kodak.
precision measuring Great reading.
machine. You get Great photos. One
articles from great exhibition.
1892 and There may be some
1893 issues of ideas here for model
American Ma- makers. Or collectors
chinist Maga- of old machinery. Or
zine that were people who want
written for to understand how
machinery evolved
of the time. over the decades.
The Allis may Fascinating content.
machine men have been the largest, Get a copy! 8-1/2 x 11
which means but the other engines softcover 192 pages
you get techni- were not wimpy. For No. 23675 $19.95
cal details that instance, the Gallo-
wont be found
elsewhere: de-
ways engine ran on
a hundred pounds of I BROUGHT IT BACK!
tails on piping, steam pressure driv- This book should sell for $24.95. And any dealer
compressed air, ing a 23 ft ywheel at who has copies on hand after Ive shut down
engine founda- 70 rpm. Most of these would be smart to charge that price. If you dont
tions, lawsuits large engines drove think $19.95 is a great price, youve lost touch
over boiler exhibitions, dynamos as well. with reality. This could be your last chance.
details on how President Behind machinery
Cleveland may, or may not, hall was built the largest
have started the exhibition boiler house in the world.
with a push of a button on Oil was brought in via a
May 1, 1893. pipe line from eastern oil
Youll see the amazing fields through Whiting,
engines: General Electric, Indiana by the Standard Oil
Galloways from England, Company at, get this, the
the Buckeye, McIntosh & whopping price of 72-1/2
Seymour, Dick & Church cents per barrel!
and more. You also get details
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Practice and Theory Valve Setting Building Model Boats
of the Injector compiled and written by L H Morrison including Sailing
by Strickland L. Kneass
If you need to get
reprinted by Lindsay Publications Inc
Back 1906 electric motors were not com- & Steam Vessels
water into a boiler run- monly used in industry just yet. That would by Paul N Hasluck
ning under a 150 pounds come in just a few years. Instead, big stationary reprinted by Lindsay Publications
of steam pressure, youll engines in the power house driving line shafts Another hundred-year-old gem from
have to push the water into would provide tools throughout Haslucks Work series!
the boiler at a pressure greater the factory with power.
than 150. That should be obvi- The guys too lazy to learn
ous. Yet, with an injector, you worked out in the factory do-
can actually use 150 psi steam ing the rotten work, while the
through venturi to carry water engine man, who often had
into the boiler without any kind to teach himself from a cor-
of pump. Its almost like magic... respondence course, or in this
like pulling yourself up case, from educational articles
by your bootstraps. published in Power magazine
Here, in the 1894 got one of the best
volume you get the jobs: in the power
technical details of injec- h o u s e.
tors along with the basic And he
mathematics that allows
you to design or modify Chapters include: building model yachts,
an injector to meet your rigging and sailing model yachts, making and t-
needs. And its ting simple model boats, building a model Atlantic
good stuff.
Chapters
include early
history, de- was well paid because without his skill, the
velopment of whole factory would be shut down.
the principles, Here, you get the information that any expert
denition of engineer would have had to know in order to
terms, the de- tune-up the stationary engine for maximum
reliability and fuel economy. He would have
referred to one of the chapters here for detailed
step-by-step instructions on setting the valves.
And you can, too.
This is the information that separates the
men from the boys, the grunts from the foremen.
livery tube, the combining tube, the steam nozzle, A lot of guys want to think their steam engine
the action of the injector, application foreign and experts, but most dont have these vital skills.
American designs, and determination of size Got an engine? Tune it! Gonna build one?
through tests. Good. Tune-it. Trying to identify and old engine
Youll see many different designs like the from photographs? Maybe this can help. Consider
Sellers, Giffard, Loftus, Hancock and others. But it carefully. Inside steam engine info of unusually
the real strength is being taught by an engineer high quality. Get one. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 96
of the time who really understood the injector pages
and could explain it in detail. No. 23918 $9.95 liner, vertical engine
Great stuff! for a model launch,
We offered this book a SETTING D VALVE FOR EQUAL CUTOFF model launch en-
few years ago, but chose While valves should be set for equal leads, gines with reversing
not reprint it for a while. which will make the two cutoffs different, at times gear, and making
This resurrection includes it may be advisable to set a valve for equal cutoffs. a showcase for a
First. Set engine on head end dead center.
a rare article not in the rst Second. Shift the eccentric until it is as near model boat.
reprinting from a French its correct position as can be estimated. You get a
engineering magazine re- Third. Give the valve the desired lead on the great article
printed Scientic American head-end. Now turn the engine over in the direction on build-
in 1882 discussing On Feed- in which it is to run until cutoff occurs on the head- ing a
Water Injectors of Various end. vertical
Systems. You get numerous Fourth. Measure the distance the crosshead steam en-
mechanical drawings of has moved and make a chalk mark on the guide. gine with
Fifth. Turn engine on over past crank dead
European injectors all de- center until cutoff occurs on the crank end. Measure a 3/4
cended from Giffards origi- the travel of the crosshead from crank-end dead bore and
nal design. Now whether center. If the distance is same as for the head-end, 1-3/8
they work all that well or the eccentric is-in the correct position. stroke
not, well... I cant say. But Sixth. If the distances are different change the along
youll nd more ideas here than youre likely valve rod lengths until cutoff occurs at same distance with the boiler. You get details on the all the
ever to nd time to pursue. Youll have enough from the ends. parts that go into the engine including data on
material to keep you experimenting for another Seventh. Turn the engine to the head-end the patterns and molding techniques needed to
and give the valve the desired lead by shifting the
century. eccentric. Test the two cutoffs again. If they are not pour castings. Or build the display case to display
Steam power is your thing, you say? You equal adjust the valve rod length again. Turn over those model engines youve built.
must know about injectors. You should have to head-end and shift eccentric to give the desired Excellent book. Get a copy! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
this. Get one. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 150 pages head-end lead. Try again. Finally check the crankend softcover 160 pages
No. 23063 $11.95 lead to see that it is not excessive... No. 22601 $9.95
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Power Magazine 1902 American Machinist
DEVOTED TO THE GENERATION
AND TRANSMISSION OF POWER Engine News 1890-91
reprinted by Lindsay Publications Inc reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Practical Hints, Tips and How-To Journal for machinists, engi-
from the 1902 engineers who kept neers, founders, boiler makers, pat-
American industry running. tern makers and blacksmiths. Thats
If you like engines, but have American Machinist.
the attention span of a four-year- Here you get news! ...news of
old, then you probably need a engine development that was of
book with lots of pitchers and few importance to practical men in the
words. This, jack, aint it. This is industry.
about the skill that went into getting You get details of new steam
engines running, keeping them that engines from
way, and transmitting the power large stationary
throughout the plant with overhead types to com-
line shafts. pound marine
Lets suppose youre the head engines. Youll
engineer who provides the power nd details on
for the whole factory, and after years gas engines,
of bellyachin, you nally convince steam hoisting
the ol man who owns and more. engines, steam also detailed scale
the place to put in a new You get several ar- pumps, refrig- drawings showing
steam engine. Months ticles on boiler explo- eration plants, design details rarely
later pieces of the engine sions. One boiler let go and numer- seen anywhere else.
start to arrive on railroad in Brooklyn in 1893. ous articles on (I cant help but think
at cars. The ywheel It wasnt until 1902 new propellor these drawings could
is 18 feet in diameter, that the last piece was become the basis for
weighs tons, and arrives found in someones an interesting work-
in segments that have to backyard two football ing model.)
bolted together, moved elds away. That piece There are technical
into a vertical position weighed about a ton! articles revealing to
running smoothly on its You get interesting readers the details of valves, com-
bearings. stories on Uncle Eb pounding, and governors. And this
How are you going as engineer, summer is practical material that no one
to do it? Get a crane? hotel engineering (and discusses anymore. Also included
A fork truck? Hardly. you think your boss are the technical questions to the
You assembled a team is incompetent!) and editor along with his answers. And
of men, timbers, and a series of interesting youll nd a sampling of engine
ropes running through articles on the experi- advertising from the era.
blocks. You had ences of an old Check out the table of con-
to put the wheel machinist named tents. If you have any interest in old
together piece by George Graham, engines at all, you should have no
piece by hand. But and more. driven ships of all types from trouble nding something enter-
how would you This certainly re boats to the battle ship Maine. taining that makes this book worth
go about it? What is illustrated, but (Youre such an old coot you prob- having.
steps would you if all you want is ably knew Moses. So I know you Good stuff. For machine men.
use? Hunt & Rob- a picture book, remember the Maine.) And for geezers and coots like you!
bins will tell you forget it. This is Yup. For the intellectually Get one! 8-1/2 x 11 softcover 143
in their article. about the secrets challenged there are pretty pitch- pages
Youll also that went to the ers. For the rest of us there are No. 23969 $14.95
get articles on grave with the en-
the safe working
strength of boil-
gineers secrets
that are rarely
Contents A New Compound Engine. Triple-Expansion Direct-Acting
Pumping Engine at the Jamaica Station of the Brooklyn Water-works. Small Vertical Boil-
ers, a method to seen in textbooks ers. A Method of Extending the Range of Cut-off and Compression in Corliss Engines.
from the era. Independent Condensers for Marine Engines. Steel Fire Boat, The New Yorker. Engines
and Machinery of Steel Fire-boat New Yorker. The Beck Twin Compound Engine. To
If you build engines, run them, Find the Proportions of the Steam Ports and a D Slide Valve. Luttgens Variable Exhaust
restore them, or just want to know Damper for Locomotives. The Effect of an Unbalanced Eccentric or Governor Ball on the
more about the technology that Valve Motion of Shaft-governed Engines. Ice-making Machinery. Ice-making Machinery.
Early Railroading in England. Chicagos Third Fire-boat, Yosemite. Tandem and Twin
built this country, this is worth hav- Compound Engines. Compound Locomotives.* Changing a Common Horizontal Engine
ing. Good stuff. Get a copy. 8-1/2 x to a Corliss Engine. New Mine Pump. The Fishkill Corliss Engine. A Slide-Valve Engine.
11 softcover 96 pages Made by Pupils of the Cincinnati Technical School. Western River Steamboat Engineer-
No. 24019 $11.95 ing Practice. The New Works of the Straight Line Engine Company. Oscillating Engines
for Steamers Running on the Bosphorus. Engines for the New Gunboat Concord. The
Backus Gas Engine. The Performance of Engines on the S. S. City of Paris. Compound
Electric Light Engines. The Steam Pump. The Henderson Triple-expansion Engine. Steel
Tugboat Pier, for the Department of Docks, New York. Five Horse-power Vertical Engine.
Six Thousand Horse-power Engines for the Italian Steamship Sirio. New Engines for the
Sound Steamboat Rhode Island. The Miller Duplex Steam Pump. A 300-ton Refrigerating
Machine. New Self-contained Engine. Five Hundred Horsepower High-speed Compound
calculate crank effort, erection of Engine. A Small Steam Launch. Double-cylinder Hoisting Engine. Steel Twin-screw Vessel
high-speed center-crank engines, for the Quartermasters Department, U. S. A Steam Engine Fly Wheels. Worthington Steam
Pumps. Iron Tugboat Whaleback Steamer Wetmore. Chaeses Quadruple Expansion
practical hints on ring, oil grooves Marine Engine. The Rollason Gas Engine. New Ferryboats for the Hoboken Ferry. Trial
in journals, setting an eccentric, set- Trip of the Ferryboat Bremen. The Sintz Gas and Gasoline Engine. The Buckeye
ting a slide valve, evolution of the Compound Engine. Ferryboat Cincinnati. Locomotive Valve Gear on the Boston, Revere
Beach & Lynn Railroad. Launch of the U. S. Cruiser New York. Geared Hoisting Engines.
shaft governor, practical how-to for Compound Engines Compound Engines Compound Engines Compound Engines
maintaining over head line shafts, Compound Engines and more...
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Engines of 1899
articles from AMERICAN
MACHINIST MAGAZINE
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Articles on steam, oil and
gasoline engines!
You get 1899 article on the
Sturtevant Midget generator with its
2x2 cylinder developing 3 hp and
1.5kw of electricity - complete with
dimensioned drawings!
Then you can visit the White
& Middleton engine shops in Balti-
more. See the machine shop and
the testing room where one-lung
engines with 4 ywheels are be-
ing tested. Visit the Springeld Gas
Engine works in Springeld, Ohio.
Visit the
Springfield
Gas Engine
machine
shop and
assembling
and testing
room.
To u r
the New Era
Iron Works
Company in Dayton and examine
their huge 125 hp one-lunger. Youll
see the jig used to machine balls for
the governor.
Check out the testing room
and the boat shop of the Racine
Engine company. See their one and
two cylinder engines and reversible
propellor. See the device they used
to cut cams. Examine huge two-
cycle Monarch marine engines and
Secors 6x9 kerosene engine.
Lots of photos and mechani-
cal drawings. Great details for
the builder, collector or engine
historian. Get a copy! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
GONE!
booklet 48 pages
No. 22474 $6.95
A Catechism of High Pressure
or Non-Condensing
Steam Engines
by Stephen Roper
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Including the modeling, constructing, running and manage-
ment of steam engines and steam boilers. With illustrations by
Stephen Roper, Engineer.
Back in 1874 you might have only nished the fourth
grade before going to work. After twenty years of twelve hour
days, six days a
week at the saw-
mill, you wanted
something bet-
ter. Then, as now,
you needed a
skill that set you
apart from the
other middle-
a g e d fo u r t h
graders. You went looking for a book, and obviously, it had
to be simple cuz you couldnt read very well, and after 72
hours a week sawing lumber your brain was almost mush
(although Im convinced it would have been better than most
modern minds since television or the internet didnt exist
back then). You need a simple book that taught the basic
lessons of essential technology with questions and answers.
So Stephen Roper came to your rescue.
Here you get a basic education in air, heat,
steam, boilers of different types, safety valves,
chimneys, grate bars, steam engines, knocking
in engines, indicators, governors, injectors,
steam-pumps, centrifugal pumps, piston-rod
packing, incrustation, boiler explosions, belt-
ing, history, a glossary of terms and more.
This book covers a lot of ground in simple
explanations, but for the guy who knew that
being an engineer was two cuts above a common laborer in
1874, this delivered the basic knowledge he had to know in
order to talk his way into the power house. You can learn a
lot, too... although dont expect it to turn you into a engine
builder or machinist.
I nd this interesting because it examines the engine
technology that existed about the time the industrial revolu-
tion was taking off and was destined to change almost every
aspect of American life.
We reprinted this about twenty-ve years ago, but it
hasnt been available for almost twenty. Interesting engravings
and text. Worth having, even if you dont work in the local
sawmill. Get a copy! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 218 pages
No. 4066 $12.95
Build a Wooden JUST A FEW
COPIES
Oscillating Engine LEFT!
by Martin Gearing
Here ya go! Heres the
perfect wooden engine for that
new wooden car you just built.
It doesnt even need gasoline. All
you need is a vacuum cleaner.
This comes from England
so dimensions are in millimeters.
E!
The ywheel is 225 mm. If that
scares you, convert em. All
you do is divide 225 by 25.4
ON
(25.4 millimeters per inch)
with a pocket calculator to get
8.858 inches. It's simply and
G
inexpensively built.
Get a copy. Well discontinue it when our stock runs
out. Worth having. 8-1/4 x 11-3/4 booklet 30 pages
No. 1661
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Motocycles of
1899
articles from American
Machinist Magazine
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
This is about 1899 automo-
biles: the Orient Electric, the Oak-
man-Hertel wagon, the Tinkham
two-cycle tricycle, and the Piper &
Tinker Steam Wagon.
William Harrison discusses
basic auto design issues aimed at
do-it-yourselfers. Then you get a
fascinating article about Sylvester
Roper and his steam driven rac-
ing motorcycles, including some
revealing drawings. Roper started
building cycles just after the Civil
War (late 1860s), and didnt start
his last one until after his 73rd
birthday!
Then you get more design
ideas, details on the Lifu steam
wagon built and operated in the Isle
of Wight, on Rikers Electric Wagon,
and on a Chicago built hybrid elec-
tric truck from 1899, built to move
ten tons!
Investigate the Crouch steam
wagon and the Dudgeon steam
wagon, built and operated in the
1850s!
You get a small, jam-packed
booklet loaded with photos, draw-
ings and technical details. Rare info.
Build a moto-cycle! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
booklet 48 pages
No. 22261 $6.95
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How to Build
Midget Racers
originally from
Johnson Smith & Co
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Back in the depths of the
Great Depression, Johnson Smith of
Detroit offered this for something
like 12. But today its a very hard
book to nd. Apparently Johnson
Smith contracted a printer to reprint
articles from earlier magazines on
building midget racers, powered
bicycles, midget mobiles, and
pushmobiles with plans for a small
plane thrown
in for good
measure. But
it was printed
cheaply on
poor paper.
The quality of
the original
was not great.
Hard to read
in places. Our
reprint is ac-
tually much more readable than
the original.
Youll nd ideas that you can
run with. Youll have to. The engines
pictured from seventy years ago are
going to be hard to nd. Take the
ideas and build the midget racer of
your dreams!
This is for boys like you who
want to build their own small cars.
Tough reading in places, much
easier in others. Worth having none-
theless. Fascinating content. For
building, dreaming or reminiscing.
Get a copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover
64 pages
No. 22903 $8.95
Two Great
RAILROAD
EXHIBITS
at Chicago
by John C Trautwine,
Cassiers Magazine 1893
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
The Worlds Columbian Exhi-
bition opened a year late in Chicago,
commemorating the 400th anniver-
sary of Columbuss journey to the
Americas. And it was a spectacular
worlds fair. One of the greatest ever
staged. Mind-bogglingly huge!
Here Trautwine, a civil en-
gineer, reports to the readers of
Cassiers magazine on the incredible
railroad exhibits at the fair, spe-
cically those of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, and that of the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad. Covered are history
and state of the railroad art.
You get Trautwines original
text, drawings, and every photo-
graph - including amazing engines
from the John Bull, the 999, and
Daniel Nason, to incredible full-size
models of the James II, the Camp-
bell, the Sandusky, the Mazeppa,
and others built and used before
1850.
Then, from other contempo-
rary publications, we added numer-
ous other photographs and maps in
an attempt to show you what the
author saw in Chicago. Youll see
small glass case models, full size
engines from Britain and France,
outdoor exhibits and more.
This is fun reading. Well-il-
lustrated. True, the author covers
so much material so quickly there
is not enough detail. But there was
so much to see. Almost too much
for any one person. And this small,
inexpensive booklet is about as
close as we can easily come to
imaging that we are visiting the fair
with millions of other people.
Interesting little booklet. I wish
I could have been there. Get a copy!
8-1/2 x 5-1/2 booklet 48 pages
No. 23110 $7.95
CONSTRUCTION OF A
Gasolene
Motor Vehicle
by C. C. Bramwell
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Build yourself a car a horse-
less carriage. A 1901 model! Nine-
teen chapters construction details
on carburetion, ignition and the
building of the one-lung four-cycle
engine, the running gear, and the
chassis. I dont see much on the
body construction. The engine is a
4-1/8 bore by 5 stroke, which by
my calculation is about 67 cubic
inches. That oughta be enough for
a lightweight body.
A fascinating book because it
gives you insight into the technology
of the era. Build a full size model
for exhibition or experimentation.
Or use it to get into a lot of trouble,
and thats always fun!
Neat book. Loaded with di-
mensioned drawings. I wish I had
the time to use it to build a quarter
!
GONE
size model. But I know you have the
time, so get started.
Get a copy of this today. 5-1/2
x 8-1/2 softcover 149 pages
No. 22725 $11.95
Building Ship
Models
from early Pop Mechanics
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
You get a collection of maga-
zine articles on ship modelers tools,
a series of ve articles on building
your own model, and instructions
on how to read and use ship model
drawings. Youll see in detail how to
get started and build something in
your back bedroom that will actu-
ally look like a sailing ship when
youre done.
Fun collection of articles from
Make It Yourself that we offered
a number of years ago. If you have
that reprint, then you already have
these. If not, get a copy.
Good stuff. At a good price.
Get one. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet 48
pages
No. 23950 $6.95
Laying Out for Boiler Makers and Plate Fabricators Assayers Guide
PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS TO AS-
revised by George M. Davies
reprinted by Lindsay Publications SAYERS, MINERS AND SMELTERS
Boilers are works of art and sci- by Oscar Lieber
ence. You start with a thick plate of reprinted by
heavy, rigid steel and convert it into a Lindsay Publications
three-dimensional form of incredible This was rst written in 1852 to
strength. The water and steam will teach people, especially prospectors in
hold some areas of the boiler at 300 the California gold elds, the science
degrees or more, while the re will heat of ore analysis, what we call assaying.
other areas to more than a thousand The techniques use simple techniques
degrees. Metal in these areas expand of crushing, combining and ring in a
and contract at different rates. So crucible. In essence the assayer smelted
the boiler must maintain its strength the sample you brought him to extract
containing incredible forces while as much metal as possible. He had
changing shape! no exotic scientic
I feel condent in saying this 1944 equipment.
volume is probably the nest (and Chapters are
possibly the last) book ever to reveal short and to the
the techniques of locomotive boiler point. You learn
construction. about techniques
Chapters in- learn how to make tees for assaying gold,
clude the subject and elbows, and strange silver, platinum,
of laying out, tri- pipe connections from copper, lead, iron,
angulation, cones flat sheet metal. Of and mercury ores.
and spheres, the course, theyre working And you get details
tubular boiler, with heavy plate here, for testing gold and silver coins, and
laying out the but its much the same even coal. Most techniques are true
locomotive boil- for light sheet metal. re assays, but several use wet meth-
er, constructing You get a book loaded ods. And if youre not careful, these
the locomotive with valuable wall-to- processes can certainly be dangerous.
boiler, laying out wall how-to. Loaded with Anyone who has poured metal should
and computing boiler patches, laying illustrations, sample layouts, di- nd much of this familiar.
out for welded construction, elbows, mensioned blue prints and much Geez, that red dirt out behind the
layout and construction of steel stacks more. If you work sheet metal, chicken coup might actually be iron ore.
and tanks, transition pieces and breech- would like to build a boiler, or just But how are you gonna know? Assay
ings, pipe and pipe connections, and have an interest in railroading, this it.
chutes and conveyors. is a book worth having. Top rate. Get a copy and learn some long
You'll see everything from loco- Get one soon. 8-1/2 x 11 hardcover lost how-to. Interesting stuff. 5-1/2 x
motive boilers, to water towers, and 522 pages 8-1/2 booklet 48 pages
wind pipes for blast furnaces. Youll No. 23438 $44.95 No. 23101 $7.95
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American Machinist Memories
Steam Engines Essential
Steam
AUTOMOBILES 1913-15 Principles & Practice
Power
Library

reprinted by Lindsay Publica-
tions Inc
Explore the production
methods used to build the
real innards of the automo-
bile: valves, pistons, engines
blocks, transmissions, oil
pans, steering gear, radiators,
and so on back in the teens.
Explore the shops
of Crane, Winton, Hupp,
Studebaker, Cadillac, White,
Pierce-Arrow, Ford and oth-
ers. Watch has workmen lift
a Model T block into an
upside down drill press and
with one pull of the handle
drill all the holes for main bearing
caps. Watch as bar stock is cut, bent
into horseshoes and magnetized to
become the T magneto. Watch as
95 tubes are quickly assembled into
a T Radiator.
Youll watch workman in Bir-
mingham England ram up molds
and pour aluminum into them to
create crankcases for Daimler en-
gines. Youll explore the machine
that takes a roll of at stock and
creates radiator tubes with both
circular and oval cross-sections, and
does if fast! See how wire wheels
were made.
Youll see workmen putting
wooden wheels on the rear axle of
a White touring car, and dual wheels
on the huge chain drive White truck.
Youll also see the clever way White
cut enormous rear wheel sprock-
ets.
Fun reading. One big picture
book. Fascinating documentation
on an important industry. Get a copy.
8-1/2 x 11 softcover 160 pages
No. 22954 $16.95
8
Volume
edited by Terrell Croft
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Ive seen countless steam power books
over the decades, and this is still one of my
favorites. Its big, somewhat expensive, but
an essential steam power book.
If you were to run into a rusted old
steam engine in an abandoned factory
somewhere, this is the book you would want
to have if you were to bring the engine back
to life.
You get over 500 pages of nitty-gritty
how-to on steam power machinery, from
setting Corliss valves and lubrication sys-
tems to rebabbitting bearings and replac-
ing rings. Almost
every page has a
drawing to help
the powerhouse
mechanic learn in
a hurry the details
he must know.

Locomotive Management
by International Correspondence Schools
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Your neighbors tell me that you dont know a thing about running
that steam locomotive you have in the backyard! Youre constantly choking
everyone with too much smoke; the whistle is so shrill, it breaks windows;
and when the safety valve pops off, alley cats climb the trees in record
time out of shear terror. Geez, even dogs have been seen climbing trees.
Son, its time to get your act
together. You need to study this basic
information if you ever hope to drive
a locomotive. You dont want to be a
brakeman the rest of your life, because
chances are your life will be a short
one if you remain a brakeman.
You get easy-to-read lessons
covering what any engineer knew:
inspection of locomotives, reporting
work, kinds of friction, starting friction,
uid friction, lubricants and oiling,
materials used in packing boxes (no, You get details on the Thompson indica-
not cardboard cartons, bonehead...), tor and Willis planimeter, the Reynolds trip
packing hot boxes on the road, packing piston rods and valve stems, fail- gear for the Corliss engine, a gravity trip for
ure of metallic packing, care of headlights, the tools you should have on the Hamilton Corliss, the automatic bypass
a locomotive, duties of engineer before attaching his engine to the train, valve for an Ames uniow engine, the general arrangement of the No. 7
starting trains, climbing grades, economy of steam (extremely important open Tolle governor, three waves of governing with a shaft governor and
if you want to keep your job), approaching stations, making stops, use of slide valve, the Fleming-Harrisburg centrally balanced centrifugal inertia
sand, running engines in cold weather, what to do about hot bearings and governor, the jacketed steam-engine cylinder on a Rice and Sargent Corliss
injectors that fail on the road (you had better know, or you could be up engine, the cylinder of a Chuse uniow engine, and so much more.
Excrement Creek!). Get advice on dry-pipe leaking, pounds (also known You get engine management how-to such as peening rings to make
as knocking), groaning cylinders, blows, broken steam chest, exhaust out them t snug against the cylinder wall, grinding down a cast-iron pack-
of square, reverse lever caught at short cut-off, off the track (no big deal ing ring on emery cloth, dismantling a quartered main bearing, peening
youve been off your track for decades havent ya?). What should you freshly re-babbitted bearings, lining up an engine without removing parts,
do to reduce the force of collision (Id jump). And theres more. and lots more.
Fascinating reading. Only a few illustrations. Lots of insight into A superb (and scarce) book from 1922. Ive thought about bringing
railroading that will help you clean up your act. Nothing about running it back for a long time. The time is now. This is something every engine
down pedestrians at crossings. Nothing about getting those dogs out of nut (that includes you) should have. Get one! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 hardcover 513
the trees. Get one. You need it! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 64 pages pages
No. 23896 $6.95 No. 23756 $34.95
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Unka Dave
Gingerys Shop
Notebook
translated, deciphered
and illustrated by Vince Gingery
Yup. Dave Gingery over the
years accumulated a good many
small hints, tips, tricks and projects
in his notebooks that never made
it into his famous machine shop
series.
Poor ol Vince dug through
years of the accumulated chicken
scratch (I said scratch) and has
laboriously deciphered it, built the
projects, produced drawings and
photographs along with text that
makes sense.
If you cant nd just one use-
ful idea in it, youre in real trouble,
son. You must
be brain dead!
(course that
never stopped
me...)
Included
are plans for
a truly use-
ful wooden
workbench
and rod rack,
tricks and
advice on
layout, drill-
ing, reaming,
thread tap-
ping, grinding, holding square
stock, sacricial faceplates, making
lathe xtures, and more.
Youll nd a great jig, very
simple to build, that will allow you to
grind lathe cutters at precise angles
with a standard grinder. And Daves
notes on building a miniature rotary
table and its use is worth the price
of the booklet alone.
Youll see examples of how
Dave overcame problems in n-
ishing a head for a small engine
as well as special jigs and tooling
that have served him well over the
years.
Discussions of each topic are
short and to the point with the typ-
ical Gingery detail and illustrations.
Great stuff. Worth having. Daves
chicken scratch.... Scratch! I said
scratch... 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet 56
pages
No. 1528 $7.95
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Hit & Miss
Engine Plans
by Harold Depenbusch
Build a water cooled one-
lunger with a 1-1/8" bore and
1-1/2" stroke. No castings needed.
Well illustrated and detailed info
on fabricating the cylinder, base,
ywheels, crankshaft and all other
components. Published by the au-
thor. 8-1/2 x 11 booklet 40 pages
No. 1252 $21.95
Large Gas
Engines
by Percy Allen, Cassiers Magazine
reprinted by Lindsay Publication
Giant engines! A bore of 42
inches with a stroke of ve feet! Run-
ning at 50 to 75 rpm its job using its
3000 hp was to blow 50,000 cubic
feet of air per minute into Carnegie
blast furnaces in Youngstown!
You get technical details on
giant 2-cycle and 4-cycle IC engines
in the US, Britain and Europe used
for making steel, pumping water,
turning alternators, and more. You
get scores of photographs and a fair
number of drawings showing the
working details.
Engines on steroids! Get a
copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 64
pages.
No. 23098 $7.95
New Catalogs
What new catalogs? This catalog
is the last one!
Model Engine
Making
by John Pocock
You get the original series of
1880s articles that appeared in
Amateur Work Illustrated Magazine
in England. In 1886, the articles
were re-released as a book, some-
what dumbed down.
These are small simple engines
built from castings available in
England at the time. Making your
own castings was considered too
difcult, and it probably was for
them, but not for us. The plans may
not be dimensioned, but they are
are to scale. Make yourself some
full-sized dimensioned drawings
as the author suggests, and build
one of these steamers. I wish I had
time to give it a try. Great ideas!
You get single-action oscil-
lating engine, double-action hori-
zontal slide valve engine, vertical
engine, locomotive with oscillating
cylinders, double-cylinder launch
engine, marine engine, and model
locomotive described in fourteen
chapters.
Why not develop the patterns
yourself and cast multiple sets for
friends or for sale? Perhaps some-
one has already done that...
If nothing else, nothing else
at all, this is a fascinating look into
the beginnings of model engineer-
ing. Cheap. Worth having. And did
I mention that its cheap? Get one.
5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 64 pages
No. 23705 $9.95
Standard Handbook
for Electrical Engineers
Electric
Vehicles 1922
and Storage
Batteries
by Carroll & Winship
reprinted by
Lindsay Publications Inc
In 1922 electric trucks only
traveled about 18 mph... BUT! They
were carrying ve tons of freight!
Here you get engineering
details on electric vehicle state-of-
the-art as it was in 1922. You get
the Electric Vehicles chapter along
with chapters on electric vehicle
batteries and alkaline storage batter-
ies (Edison batteries) from the The
Standard Handbook for Electrical
Engineers.
Discus-
sions include
passenger
cars but most
of the discus-
sion is about
commercial
trucks and
tractors. You
get illustra-
tions show-
ing the types
of gear drive,
the frame
layout, rear axle assembly, and
more. You get short paragraphs
discussing brakes, battery require-
ments, tires, platform trucks, wheel
construction, frame design, vehicle
motors, motor windings, vehicle
resistance, controllers, methods
of charging both Edison cells and
lead-acid batteries, circuit diagrams
of chargers, and more. You get charts
that list various trucks and their
specications and capacities, data
on charge and discharge rates for
various typical batteries of the day,
specs on available electric vehicle
motors and more.
Then you get a number of
pages examining electric vehicle
batteries, how cells were assembled
into batteries and used, and similar
details on Edison batteries.
This is not how-to. This is a
handbook that an engineer would
dig out to learn about the electric
vehicles available and how to use
them, most likely, in the factory in
which he worked.
If youre dreaming of building
an electric auto, this will give you
historical background that you
need. Ignorance is very expensive.
This book is cheap. It will set you
back far less than a single lead-acid
battery. So get one! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
softcover 63 pages
No. 23730 $7.95
Gingerys Tesla
Turbine
by Vince Gingery
Here you get Tesla background,
a copy of the original patent, a
description of the invention by
Tesla himself, and most importantly,
detailed instructions and how-to so
that you, too, can build a working
miniature that can easily turn 5000 Build a
rpm.
This is Vinces easy-to-build Two-Cylinder
adaptation of ideas presented in
Cairnss book The Tesla Disk Tur- Stirling Cycle
bine and a 1965 how-to article by
Burton that appeared in Popular Engine
Mechanics magazine. by Dave Gingery
T h e Dave Gingery's letters tell most
turbine is of the story:
built up from Here are a couple of sketches
eighteen of the new hot-air engine project...
disks of 20 Ive built a single cylinder engine of
gauge stain- a similar design and it runs great.
less steel.
When these
Practically no sound or vibration
at about 1200 rpm... It is a great
blades spin
rapidly, there
training project that should be ap-
propriate for second and third year
is always shop students....
the danger This is a free-style design with
they will ex- no practical application except as a
plode due to demonstration engine. However, it
centrifugal is not a toy engine, and the builder
fo rc e, s o will gain some valuable additions to
strong stain- his tooling as well as acquire new
less is used. skills...
The 3 diameter blades are cut with Aluminum castings are a major
aviation snips, drilled in a jig, and portion and
assembled into a rotor which is then theremainder
chucked up in the lathe and turned is made of
to be concentric. common wa-
ter pipe,
drill rod,
brass rod and
ordinaryhardware,
The rotor ttings and sheet metal.
slips into a sheet A small lathe tted with faceplate,
metal housing and fed air through a chucks and ordinary tooling will do
simple manifold and hardware store the work. You will greatly expand
piping. High speed bearings rated to your skill and you will end up with
30,000 rpm where obtained from a mechanical marvel ...
different internet sources for $2 to This is an external combustion
$3 each, and you only need two. engine but it does not use steam
Driven with 85 psi of compressed to carry the heat energy into the
air, this little turbine really sings. cylinders. Instead, it uses hot air.
Build a Tesla turbine. As always Ive killed a disgusting number
with Gingery titles, this is denitely of hours watching it run.
worth having. Get one! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 This is the usual full-tilt Dave
booklet 48 pages Gingery manual with all necessary
No. 1573 $9.95 illustrations and step-by-step how-
to. A must have! Order a copy to-
day! 8-1/2 x 11 softcover 76 pages
No. 1302 $12.95
watch this engine run
on our website, and hear
Dave explain it on Vinces
DVD (page 53)
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Gingerys
Atkinson
Differential
Engine
by Vince Gingery
Build an Atkinson differential
engine. Learn new skills that can
be applied to all engines: pattern-
making, molding, casting, boring,
lapping, and all the rest.
Contents include: building a
wooden mockup, casting, pattern-
making, side panel pattern, side
panel molding procedure, front &
rear panels, oscillating arm patterns,
piston rod pattern, preparing the
base, assembling the main frame,
boring crankshaft bearings and arm
pivots, the ignition plate, the water
jacket assembly, making a cop-
per lap, milling the cylinder ends,
mounting valves on the cylinder,
the electrical system, and much
more.
This 1886 engine predates
the Atkinson Cycle engine. The
front panel is about 8 tall. A pair
of 1-1/8 diameter x 1-3/8 pistons
drive a 8-3/4 ywheel. The arms
of this engine move the two pistons
toward one another in such a way
as to take in fuel, compress and
ignite the fuel charge and exhaust
the spent mixture so that all four
strokes are completed in one revo-
lution of the ywheel. The action
looks like a street corner con man
running a shell game! Check out
the animated photos
on our website, and
see what we mean.
Its exceptionally
unusual . . .
Load-
ed with
draw-
ings,
photos,
specs, and wall-to-wall detailed
how-to. More of the usual quality
that always comes out of Gingery
Publishing.
Great book. Unusual info. Get
a copy.
8-1/2 x 11 softcover 112 pages
No. 1509 $24.95
All Four Cycles in
One Revolution of
the Crank!
8 3/4
ywheel;
1-1/4
bore;
Building the base plate
10-5/8 x
Atkinson 7-1/8
Cycle Engine
by Vince Gingery
To avoid patent infringement
in 1887, Atkinson was forced to
create a completely new approach
to internal combustion.
Vince writes:
We have found that wherever we
show this engine, people are amazed...
They ask... Where are the timing
gears? What about a separate cam
shaft? How does it run? How can
it complete four cycles in a single
revolution of the crankshaft? Are you
sure its not a two cycle engine?
We smile and explain that the
secret lies in the unusual design of
the crank linkage which, believe it
or not, allows the exhaust, intake,
compression and power strokes to
be completed in one revolution of the
crankshaft. The cams are located on
the crankshaft eliminating the need
for timing gears and cam shaft.
Here you get step-by-step in-
structions showing how to build an
Atkinson Cycle engine designed
and perfected by Jim Lewis. Castings
are suggested for the base, ywheel,
cylinder head and crank linkage, but
none of these parts are so complex
that they could not be made from
stock material. Other parts are
readily available, and suppliers
names and addresses are provided
to make it even easier. A lathe, mill-
ing machine or milling attachment
and other tools one would expect
to need in a project of this type are
required.
You get the typical Gingery
detailed drawings and text for
making the patterns, machining the
castings, and assembling the engine.
I saw the prototype run. Interesting
engine, to say the least. Build one!
8 1/2 x 11 softcover 94 pages
No. 1400 $24.95
 ESSENTIAL STEAM POWER LIBRARY
Any engine nut knows there are pistons
and valves, and that steam pressure makes the
whole thing move. But how do you adjust the
valves for smooth operation? What different
types of valve mechanisms are there? Why is
an indicator so valuable? How can you use it to
calculate horsepower? What are the advantages
and disadvantages of simple and compound
engines? And on and on and on.
These are correspondence courses from a
century ago aimed at the average guy who wanted
to escape the ignorant factory herd, be someone
special, and get a good job in the powerhouse.
These are not engineering texts. Theyre quite
simple, easy to read, heavily illustrated, and
exceptionally informative in basic steam power.
And theyre low cost.
If youre an engine builder, collector, tech-
nology historian, or just a machine nut like the
rest of us, this is valuable information.
Yes, its primarily about stationary steam
power, but the same principles apply to steam
locomotives, steam ships, that Stanley Steamer
replica youre gonna build to escape having to
buy gasoline, or that steam powered cast-iron
dirigible youve always wanted to build.
Great books from International Correspon-
dence Schools for the steam and engine library. A
must have for engine nuts. Get the whole set!

Entropy and Steam-Engine Heat Steam-Engine

Steam Governors Engines, stoves, re-
frigerators manip-
All engines are governed by ther- So youre the engineer in charge of ulate heat energy.
Indicators
and Mechanics of the Steam
modynamics. Ooooooh! Such a keeping the factory of 600 workers No mechanical Engine
big word! Thermo heat energy. supplied with power. When Buford, engineer ever gets In part one you learn how the
Dynamics movement. Thermody- the company mascot, gets his neck- his degree without ingenious device called an indica-
namics is the movement of heat en- tie caught in the wood lathe hes us- knowing this stuff tor could draw on a card or piece
ergy, and thats what ing at the other of the of paper a diagram

1 2
Volume happens in a steam
engine. Heat energy
from the boiler ows
through the engine
which extracts use-
ful work and expels
waste heat to the atmosphere. Also
known as the Carnot engine cycle.
Here you learn what steam is
about, steam quality, how to read
steam tables, superheated steam,
saturated steam, heat of vaporiza-
tion, entropy, ow of steam, expan-
sion of steam and more. Hey, this
is a lesson on the stuff that comes
out of the boiler and makes your
engine turn. You had better know
something about it!
If nothing else impress your
in-laws with the new words youve
learned! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 56
pages
No. 23306 $5.95
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3 4
Volume plant, you dont want Volume Volume that showed the cyl-
the sudden increase inder pressure at all
in load to slow down points in the stroke.
the line shaft supply- With it you could x
ing all the other tools. knocking, increase
power output, and
You want intuitively. You can learn it, too. This overcome poor ef-
yo u r b i g was simplied for the working guy ciency. It's kind of a steam engine
stationary who wanted a good job in the engine dyno. No self-respecting steam
steam en- room at the factory. engineer would fail to understand
gine to keep Contents include manifesta- its operation.
on rolling tions and measurement of heat, Part
at the same measurement of temperature, two covers
rpm. Buford expansion of bodies by heat, heat the basic
is expend- propagation, measurement of heat, dynamics
able. Your specic heat (we like steam because of engines:
job of its high specic heat -- something
you had better know), latent heat,
heats of vaporization and fusion,
sources of heat, and more.
Then a big section on thermo-
is not. You just dynamics: the
gotta have a movement
governor! of heat
Contents e n e r g y.
include: You get crank-effort diagrams, net forward
types of funda- pressure, inertia pressure from
governors, reciprocating parts, effect of the
pendulumand connecting rod on the inertia, crank-
yball governors, effort diagram of the Corliss engine,
spring loaded gov- necessary weight of ywheel rim,
ernors, static and mental relations of heat and work, prony brake, transmission dyna-
astatic governors, performance of mechanical work mometer, and more.
coefcient of speed variation, fun- by heat, mechanical theory of heat, More steam engine secrets that
damental equation for stability, shaft rst law of thermodynamics, three few people today know. Get a copy.
governors (you might need a big one effects of heat, thermodynamics of 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 74 pages
if all your employees are as dumb gases (steam, as I recall, is a gas), No. 23330 $7.95
as Buford), relative advantages of expansion of gas, isothermal expan-
centrifugal and inertia governors, sion, adiabatic expansion, ideal gas
and more.
Then you get 39 pages of for-
law, external work, compression of
gases (why do air compressors get
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An engine builder who doesnt
have a basic understanding of this
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Plenty of illustrations. Whats tie his shoes. Dont let that be you! No. 944 $22.75
here is the inside scoop on what Great material. Nicely explained.
makes these valuable speed controls No calc. No statistics. Just plain and Remember, these packages
work. Great info. Get a copy. 5-1/2 practical. Get one! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 contain three books each. These
x 8-1/2 softcover 64 pages softcover 80 pages packages count as three books for
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ESSENTIAL STEAM POWER LIBRARY
Simple & Valve Gears Steam Engine
Compound and ingenuity has gone into valving Design
Probably more time, money

than any other single component.

Steam Here you start with slide valves Learn how to design a steam
learning about displacement of the engine from an 1896 engineer. Homans
Engines valve, the Bilgram valve diagram, ef- Youll learn the basics: all the
fect of angularity of the connecting- components, how they t together, Steam
A lot of people like to rod, port opening, and how they work.
Propelled
5 7
Volume watch steam engines. Volume separate diagrams Volume Then youll learn

They love all those
moving parts I guess.
Some of those people
think they know all
about steam engines,
but few really do. Its a
technology that disappeared a cen-
tury ago when electricity came in.
Unless theyve studied the old books
and worked with the machine, they
really dont know half of what they
think they do. With this book, you
can be a lot smarter than they will
ever be.
You get types of simple steam
engines, plain slide valve engines,
the governor, cut-off or expansion
valves, the Gonzenbach valve, the
Meyer cutoff valve, automatic high
speed engines, straight-line engines,
indicator diagrams of automatic en-
gines, valves for automatic engines,
piston valve, pressure-plate valve,
shaft governors, Corliss engines,
single eccentric Corliss, double ec-
centric, Corliss cylinders and valves,
dashpots, Corliss governors, and
more.
Youll nd reversing engines,
Stephenson link motion, compound
engines, tandem compounds, twin
compound with receiver, cross-
compounds, compound engine
diagrams, indicated horsepower
of compounds,
ratio of cylin-
ders, surface
condensors, jet
condensors, and even cooling tow-
ers.
You get lots of drawings re-
vealing stationary steam engines
as they were at the end of their
development. Good stuff. Get one.
5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 112 pages
No. 23349 $9.95
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for each of the cyl- about the choices
inder, slide-valve
proportions, width
and tradeoffs that
must be made con-
Vehicles
of bridge, point of cerning expansion, by James E. Homans
cut-off, amount of valving, boiler pres- reprinted by Lindsay Publications
lead, and more. You sure, piston speeds Here, we have reprinted only
get info on piston valves, double- and more. Then you start plugging those chapters covering steam autos
port valves, the harmonic valve numbers into the formulas to come from a 650 page pre-WWI book de-
up with back pressure and point of voted primarily to gasoline autos.
exhaust closure for simple engines You get
and engines with single swinging details
eccentrics. on steam
engine
valving,
eccentric
and link
motion.
Youll see how it was applied to
Stanley engines. Youll investigate
the Joy valve gear and see how it was
applied to the
White engine.
Investigate simple, non-con-
densing engines, high speed auto-
matic cutoff engines, hoisting and
locomotive engines, and multiple-
expansion engines. Whip out your
pocket calculator and design in
detail the proportions of the cyl- Youll
inders, steam ports and passages, a l s o
dimensions of the steam chest and look into
more. the Serpol-
let single-acting engine, the Ofeldt
compound engine, the MacLachlan
single acting compound steam
engine, and the Lane engine.
Next youll learn about boilers:
diagram, piston-dis- the shell boiler, the Stanley re tube
placement curve, boiler, tube expanders, heavy truck
valve-displacement boilers, boiler tubes, water tube
curve, and more. boilers, the Walker semi-ash boiler,
Part two covers vari- the Geneva Carriage boiler, the Lane
able cut-off valves semi-ash boiler, and more.
such as the Meyer Also covered are liquid fuel
cut-off valve and the systems, boiler feeders, plunger
Rider valve, reversing pumps, bypass valves, try cocks,
gears such as the Ste- water glasses, water connections,
phenson link motion, maintaining water level, lubrication,
laying out the reversing fuel and water connections, con-
gear, equivalent eccentric, the densors, auxiliary control systems,
Marshall valve gear, the Joy valve and much more.
gear, and a technical introduction to You will learn secrets and Heavily illustrated. If youve
the Corliss valve gear. Also discussed techniques that havent been taught ever wondered what was under
are poppet valves and gridiron in almost a century. Loaded with the hood of the early steam cars,
valves. incredible design detail. Reasonably this will tell you and show you.
Great overview of valve gears. priced. Order a copy! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Fascinating reading. Get one! 5-1/2
5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 82 pages softcover 192 pages x 8-1/2 softcover 90 pages
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The Boys Book of Engine
Building
by A Frederick Collins
reprinted by
Lindsay Publications
How to make steam,
hot air, and gas engines
and how they work, told
in simple language and by
clear pictures.
You open the book and the rst
thing you see is a photo of a very ne
live steam model of an American
locomotive. Then Collins tells you
it was built by a 17-year-old. Now if
that doesnt make us look like lazy
bums, I dont know what does. I
would be proud to say I built that
at any age.
But Collins was trying to say
any boy can build simple engines
and have fun running them. That
means you can, too. And heres a
slow paced remember this is for
boys and easy to read text that
will show you the fundamentals.
Chapters include: the rst en-
gines, two simple steam turbine en-
gines, a simple piston steam engine,
a 1/24 hp horizontal steam engine,
making small boilers, ttings for
model engines, a model Atlantic
type locomotive, steam the giant
power, a hot air or caloric engine,
a 1/8 hp gas engine, and more.
Youre told how to make the
patterns for the castings. Collins
suggested taking the patterns to a
foundry (there were many around in
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that day) to have them cast in brass
or iron, but that if you poured the
castings yourself you could claim
you built the entire engine. Collins
assumed no boy would have a metal
lathe, so he recommended having
the cylinder bored by a machinist.
But thats something you can do.
(If you dont have a lathe, then its
time to build the Gingery lathe.)
If youve already built the
Gingery/Lewis Atkinson Differential
engine, then this 1918 book might
be a bit tame for you. But if youre
just starting out, here are some
projects to try. Its fun reading for
anyone with 10W-30 in his veins
(or sloshing around in his head),
and its a great gift for a kid (and all
those middle-age kids you hang out
with)!
Fun reading. Informative.
Simple. Get a copy! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
softcover 261 pages
No. 23489 $12.95
MODEL ENGINEERING
A Guide to Model Workshop Practice
by Henry Greenly
reprinted by
Lindsay Publications Inc
Bernard Jones, in 1915, com-
piled this incredible book of plans,
how-to, and ideas contributed
over the years
to Work Illus-
trated by Green-
ley. From the
editors preface:
This book
is the work of a
thoroughly practical engineer
possessing unequaled experience
of model making, and it is ad-
dressed to the amateur desirous
of learning how mechanical mod-
els, chiey prime movers, operate
and how they can be made in the
home workshop. It fully describes the
tool equipment necessary, shows how
to use the tools and how to execute
the numerous handcraft processes
involved, and then enters into the
details of steam, petrol and electric
models; it shows the functions of the
various parts, and explains, step by
step, the actual amateur workshop
methods of building them up, the
reader being taken easily and gradu-
ally through the construction of ever
part and the assembling of the com-
plete models, these including boilers
steam engines, internal-combustion
engines, steam locomotives, electric
locomotives, permanent ways, power
hammers, cannon, etc. etc....
You get 85 photographs and
724 line drawings. So even if youre
too lazy to read the informative text,
youll still absorb valuable informa-
tion.
Chapters include: equipment
of a model engineers workshop;
the lathe and its tments; notes on
lathe work; the various processes
employed; model steam-engine
cylinders; types of model steam
engine cylinders;
engine cranks, con-
necting rods, bear-
ings and eccentrics;
steam engine valve
and reversing gears;
model boiler design
and construction;
model boiler and
engine valves and t-
tings; force pumps,
injectors and gauges;
firing model boil-
ers; historical and
other scale glass-
case models; mak-
ing a model 1-in. by
1-in. vertical steam
engine; a high-
speed compound
condensing engine
and coil boiler; a 1/2-in. scale model
midland railway express locomo-
tive; working model metropolitan
railway electric locomotive; inter-
nal combustion engines; model
railway engineering, miscellaneous
working models, and model G.C.R.
Express locomotive.
This incredible book seems to
cover just about everything from
building a cannon and a crane,
to classic locomotives and steam
engines. And you get great details
on the practical how-to necessary
to build these operating models.
Wall-to-wall illustrations will show
you re tube and ash steam boilers,
the tricks of turning a crankshaft
from solid stock, details of a Watt
beam engine, model power boats,
and on and on.
Most publishers would price
this book much higher. Wall-to-wall
how-to, ideas, tips and tricks from
someone who knew what he was
talking about. It should be in your
reference library. Get one. 5-1/2 x
8-1/2 softcover 407 pages.
No. 23128 $24.95
 Advanced Machine Work
by Robert H. Smith
reprinted by
Lindsay Publications
Heres the best general
machine shop book Ive ever
seen old or new. Smith brought
out this book in 1915, updating
it in 1925. That makes it new
enough to still be of great value,
but old enough to contain a
many techniques that are no
longer taught.
You get easy-to-read text,
step-by-step instructions, and
great illustrations. Modern
books are prettier, but they
cannot possibly do a better job
of teaching.

Elements of Machine Work

by Robert H. Smith In learning to use a
Here it is, the companion book pipe and pipe ttings, hand and ma- milling machine youll
to ADVANCED MACHINE WORK (AMW). chine methods of piping, straight- groove taps, ute ream-
And its quite a nice book even ening and bending, peening and ers, mill T-slots in a cir-
though it covers riveting, hand cular table and more.
simpler mate- drilling, sol- And theres so much
rial than AMW. dering, brazing, A d- more on everything
A d- babbitting, pow-vanced cov- from gear cutting to
vanced refers er transmission,ers everything making mandrels, taps,
to PRINCIPLES OF aligning and lev-
you can imag- twist drills, using indi-
MACHINES WORK eling shafting ine from basic cators, sine bars and
as being a com- and installing operation of a
panion book. machines, and micrometer and A Damned Fool Book!
T i t l e s we re more. vernier caliper, to the test- People who have seen this book claim
changed, and If you have AD-
ing of machine tools for Anyone who considers himself a machinist
editions en- VANCED MACHINE accuracy. Youll learn and doesnt have a copy of this must be a
larged. Trust WORK, you know the different methods damned fool! (I can identify with that...)
me when I say how this book isof turning tapers and
if you have Ad- laid out: lots of
their tting, detailed more. Youll learn how to make
vanced and illustrations and
instructions on cutting expensive tools that you now buy.
Elements you s t e p - by - s t e p
threads, making bolts Youll even learn how to check the
will have every- instructions. and nuts, face plates accuracy of lathes, milling ma-
thing available. It is nowhere and chucks, mounting chines, drill presses, and
Forget about as large as Ad- work, turning anges lead screws, and even use
Principles. Everything in that book vanced, but it does an excellent joband pulleys, boring, of optical ats to measure
on the basic material it threading, cutting to millionths of an inch!
presents. A lot of this may
square threads bolts Just about everything you can
be too basic for you, butand nuts, cutting multiple threads, imagine in amazing detail. This baby
k n u r l i n g , delivers! A bargain! Worth twice the
SPECIAL OFFER: PACKAGE OF TWO BOOKS and much price. I recommend it highly. People
4236 Advanced Machine Work AND more. rave about it. Order yourself a copy
21770 Elements of Machine Work Y o u l l today. 6x9 hardcover 800 pages
(and more) is included in these two Im sure Save $4.95 (counts as two books for s&h) learn about heavily illustrated
books. youlllearn No. 932 $43.95 drilling jigs, No. 4236 $29.95
Contents include: materials something new nonetheless. eccentric turning, facing large cyl-
used for machine construction, So order a copy so that you inders, use of steadies and followers,
measuring, laying out, chipping, have both of Smiths classic books. external and internal grinding, and
tool grinding, les, hand and ma- Great material, but you already the grinding of piston rings, milling
chine ling, scrapers, scraping and know that. Get one! cutters, reamers, and more.
standard surface plates, polishing, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 hardcover 192 pages Chapter nine covers planers
annealing, hardening & tempering, No. 21770 $22.95 and their use. Learn to plane key-
high-speed steel, case-hardening, ways, lathe beds, vises, and more.
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ACCURATE TOOL WORK
by Goodrich and Stanley
We offered this for a number
of years but discontinued it. We
decided to bring it back probably
the last printing.
Geez... It seems like all too
many books we reprint are them-
selves reprints of great articles from
magazines like MACHINERY, or in this
case AMERICAN MACHINIST (AM). Stanley
was with Pratt & Whitney while
Stanley was associate editor for AM
as well as author of AMERICAN MACHIN-
ISTS HANDBOOK and others (including
RAILROAD SHOP WORK elsewhere in this
catalog).
If youre not interested in preci-
sion, then you had better stick with
blacksmithing or wood working.
A hundred years ago a lot of
machine shops didnt have a mi-
crometer. You might cut something
down with a lathe by a scant 64th.
But that all went out the window
with the coming of the automo-
bile.
One of the great
names in machining, Hen-
ry Leland, secretly bought a
French automobile, had it
shipped to Detroit, and had
it taken apart. He wanted
to see how the only V-8
engine being built was put together.
He quickly found out that sloppy
machining was the reason it ran
so poorly. He had his people make
a copy (if I remember correctly)
but machine it to a precision of a
cisely with buttons for precision
mechanisms such as gear trains.
See details of home-made stops
for miller tables, use of an index-
ing head to layout out a master
plate where extreme accuracy is
not needed, accurate grooving
operations, use of trigonometry in
the tool room, a number of ways of
measuring dovetail slides and gibs
which oughta be useful to anyone
restoring or building a machine tool,
and more.
Youll learn how to make
a gage for machining ex-
tremely accurate tapers
using what looks like fairly
hairy math, but really isnt if
you have a pocket calculator.
Learn how a microscope can
make life easier for a tool builder.
Learn how to make precision index
plates, test a surface plate, test an
angle plate, or threads. Learn how to
wring gage blocks together to lay out
Modern Toolmaking Methods
by Franklin D. Jones
reprinted by Lindsay Publications Inc
This is one of the must-have
books that should be in any machinists
(pro or amateur) reference library. Its
loaded with valuable how-to from basic
precision techniques to many unusual
topics like grinding formers that can be
used to relieve custom taps and hobs. It
covers a lot of ground for a reasonable
price.
We reprinted this for a number of
years, and then let it rest for a while. Its back, but I dont know for how
long.
It was written to teach up and coming machinists a century ago what
they needed to know to t into modern mass production processes and
thereby be assured a good paying job. What they needed to learn was
clearly a step above the blacksmithing they were accustomed to. Beating
a piece of hot iron with a hammer wasnt
going to cut when it came to building
automobile and airplane engines.
Check out the contents carefully. Youll
see its useful how-to, and, as expected,
very well illustrated. If you cant get a least
a couple of useful ideas of this book that
justify the price, you must be brain-dead.
And that isnt something to be proud of.
Articles from early issues of MACHINERY magazine reprinted in one
convenient book. Contains some of the same material in the booklets
issued by Industrial Press prior to 1915 (which is why we dont reprint
them, too). Good stuff. Get one! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 309 pages
No. 4724 $14.95
Partial Contents
PRECISION LOCATING AND DIVIDING METHODS
Button Method of Accurately Locating Work The Disk Method The Disk-
and-button Method Accurate Angular Measurements with Disks -Square Method
of Determining Angles Locating Work by Means of Size Blocks The Master
Plate Method Use of Disks for Locating Equally-spaced Holes Methods of Ac-

NE! or test the work at hand. And much, curately Dividing a Circle Originating a Precision Dividing Wheel Generating
a Large Index Plate Various Methods of Accurately Locating Work for Boring

GO
thousandth of an inch. It ran far much more practical information.
better. Then they designed their We brought this back because on Milling Machines
own superior engine and offered it should be in a machinists library.
LAPS AND LAPPING
in their 1916 automobile called the So when you try a building steam Materials for Laps Laps for Internal and External Work Lapping Plug
Cadillac. With the coming of that engine and nd that it binds up be- and Ring Gages Lapping Conical Holes Laps for Flat Surfaces Method of Us-
amazing auto you could say that cause you werent careful enough, ing a Flat Lap when Lapping Flat Surfaces Charging Laps Lapping Gage Jaws
precision machining had moved have to pour more castings, and start Rotary Diamond Lap Grading Diamond Dust Making and Lapping Master
from the pocket watch industry to over, thats when youll pull this off Gages Rotary Flat Lap
the main stream machine shop. the shelf and let the ol masters tell
Here you learn the tricks as you where you went wrong. PRECISION THREADING
taught by Goodrich and Stanley This doesnt cover everything. Making Accurate Thread Tools Measuring Flat on Acme and U. S. Standard
Thread Tools Making Precision Thread Gages Thread Gage Laps Grinding
that Leland already knew but few Far from it. But it covers some of the Thread of a Precision Tap Gaging the Angle of a Thread Testing the Lead
people even cared about. the essentials and does it well. If of a Thread Measuring Screw Thread Diameters
You get useful nuts-and-bolts you dont have a copy, consider it
discussions on building an indica- carefully. Its worth having. 5-1/2 GENERAL TOOLMAKING OPERATIONS
tor, a device (worth building) used x 8-1/2 softcover 217 pages from Originating a Straightedge Originating a Surface Plate Making Surface
before dial-mics for centering and 1908 Plates by Lapping Making Accurate Arbors Seasoning Hardened Steel and Cast
so forth. Youll locate holes pre- No. 4821 Iron Cutting Teeth in End and Side Mills -Fluting Angular Cutters Wheels for
Sharpening Milling Cutters Rotation of Wheel Relative to Cutter Location of
Tooth-rest for Cutter Grinding sharpening Angular Cutters Clearance Angles
CONTENTS for Cutter Teeth Sharpening Formed Cutters Sharpening End Mills Sharpening
Locating and Boring Holes in Drill Jigs Locating and Boring Oblique the Side Teeth of Cutters Re-uting Worn Cutters by Grinding Making Formed
Holes in Jigs Economical Jig Work on the Milling Machine Boring Cutters Relieving the Formed Teeth of Cutters Laying Out the Relieving Cam
Holes on the Miller and Checking with Verniers A Precision Drill- Machining the Relieving Cam Points on Making Reamers The Form and Angle of
ing and Reaming Machine Master Plates and How They Are Made Reamer Flutes Position of Cutter for Fluting Irregular Spacing of Reamer Cutting
Edges Indexing for Irregular Spacing of Reamer Teeth Grinding Reamer Teeth
Master Plates and Their Uses in Die Making Master Plates Used Lead or Taper at End of Straight Reamers Helical Cutting Edges for Reamers
in Making Watch Tools Trigonometry in the Tool Room A Tool Taper Reamers Stepped Roughing Reamers Center Reamers Rose Chucking
For Laying Out Angles Measuring Dovetail Slides, Gibs and Vs A Reamers Cutters for Fluting Rose Chucking Reamers Hand Taps
Gage For Producing Accurate Tapers The Microscope in the Tool PRECISION BENCH LATHE PRACTICE
Room The Microscope in the Manufacturing Plant Making A Set Precision Jig Work in the Bench Lathe Accurate Gage Work in the Bench
of Accurate index Dials Inspecting Tools with the Test indicator Lathe Boring Master Plates in the Bench Lathe Milling, Filing, and Grinding
A Universal Indicator and Some of Its Applications A New Swedish Attachments Setting Slide-rest for Cylindrical Turning Internal Grinding in
Combination Gaging System Setting, Laying Out and Testing Work Bench Lathe Bench Lathe Turret Attachment Thread Chasing Attachment
Thread Milling Attachment The Use of Bench Lathe for Manufacturing Truing
with the Swedish Gages a Bench Lathe Bed
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METALWORKING
Tools, Materials & Processes
by Paul N Hasluck
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Every metal worker must have a copy this.
Top rate. Full tilt. This 1907 American edition
of Metalworking has 760 pages and 2,206
illustrations covering just about anything you
would want to do to a chunk of metal.
You get a book that covers so much that
its almost impossible to describe. Check out
the contents. You get scores of small projects
that teach metalworking as well a number of
larger more complicated projects well worth
building.
Its an amazing book. The
chapter on the lathe, its tools, and
metal spinning contains 237 illustra-
tions!
Under foundry youll learn
about building Faradays blast
furnace, a gas injector furnace, a
brick-built furnace, an oil furnace,
crucibles, asks, sands and on and
on. With 177 illustrations youll
learn to work sheet metal building
a small oil cook stove with oven, a
deed case, a coal vase, a sizeable
travelers trunk, a drainer, a square
copper tea kettle, and much more.
Youll learn how to the build
the treadle-driven 4-1/2 lathe with
a 4 6 bed complete with headstock,
tailstock and slide rest. You can make
a simple eight day, 18 high skeleton
clock. Or build the horizontal steam
engine with its 2 bore and 4-1/2 stroke and 16
ywheel. Build the vertical steam engine with

E!
governor a 2-1/4 stroke, 1-1/2 bore from

N
GO
the dimensioned drawings. Build three different
boilers.
Again, anyone who works metal must have
a copy of this. Top rate. A real bargain. Get a copy!
6x9 hardcover 760 pages 2,206 illustrations
No. 21265
Contents:
Foundry work
Smiths work
Surfacing metals
Polishing metals
Annealing, hardening, and tempering
Drilling and boring
Taps, screwplates, and dies
Soldering brazing and riveting
Forging iron and steel
Working sheet metal
Repousse work
Oriental decorative brasswork
Finishing, lacquering, and coloring brass
Lathes and lathework
Spinning metals on the lathe
Tools for measuring and testing metalwork
Building a 4 1/2 in. Centre lathe
Gilding and silver working
Making a skeleton clock
Building a small horizontal steam engine
Making a 1/4-hp vertical steam engine
Every shop bird should order a Boiler making
Building a petrol motor
copy of this one. And if hes dumb Making water motors
enough to lend books, he should Building a dynamo and electric motor
order two or more copies because Electroplating
Wire working
few people would return this one... Electric bell making
Dave Gingery Making a microscope and telescope
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Screw Cutting Lathe
by James F Hobart
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
To the young man particularly the young
blacksmith who is endeavoring to increase his
usefulness this volume is directed...
Hardly a day passes but the progressive smith
sees opportunity for increased prot if his shop
contained some appliance for doing a little machine
work...
And thats exactly what this book is about
teaching a 1907 black-
smith what he needs to
know to purchase a lathe,
set it up, ad-
just it, and
operate it.
You get a
fascinating
book that
bridges the
years between Joshua Roses The Complete Ma-
chinist and the manuals produced by Sheldon,
South Bend Lathe, or written by Colvin. This was
written (for one reason) to allow blacksmiths to
cash in on the repair work that was sure to come
from the excitement surrounding that newest
consumer product called the automobile.
The twenty eight chapters have no titles
but cover scores of topics from setting-up the
headstock and using a steady rest to boring small
cylinders and threading pipes in the lathe(!?).
If youve seen one lathe manual, youve seen
em all. Well, not quite. I must have a hundred
different ones, and they ARE very much alike, but
this is sufciently different. Good book. Excellent
lessons. Great illustrations. Worth having. Add
one to your library. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 160
pages
No. 23268 $10.95
Partial Contents
Tests for wear in the bed - Tests for the lead
screw - Setting-up the headstock -Adjusting the
spindle bearings - Truing centers - Straightening
and squaring-up work - The back-rest - Proper
setting of lathe tools Tool post overhead grind-
ing rig - Calculating change gears Simple and
compound change gears - Gears for cutting
left-band threads - Compound change gears
- Catching threads vs. running the carriage
back - The boring bar and its use - The chuck-
ing drill boring bar - Chucks vs. face plates
- Chucking with wax - Boring small cylinders
- Chucking work with plaster Tools and jigs
- Making a quarter-turn crank shaft - Use a
surface plate - Milling in the lathe -Dividing
head-Milling slide rest- Ancient index plate
- Modern dividing head - Designing a casting
- Castings broken by poor designing - Making
a pulley - Boring the hub - Threading pipes in
the lathe - Cutting a taper thread- Taper-thread
dial - and much more.
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My Lathes and How Lathe Handbook No. 1
I Made Them by Popular Mechanics
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
by J. L. Dwyer Great book! You get a compilation of
Zinc Chucks metal lathe ar-
ticles that ran in
for the Lathe the pages of Pop-
ular Mechanics
by A. Savil magazine prior
reprinted by Lindsay Publications Inc
From AMATEUR WORK ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE
to 1925. Great
ideas and the il-
published in England in the 1880s and 1890s lustrations are
comes this series of fascinating articles on home- even better!
made lathes, and another article on making zinc Page one
chucks. starts with a
Dwyer was obviously an amateur. Some of detailed article
the words he puts on paper are not only Victorian on building a
British English, I suspect, even his friends would 6" bench lathe.
nd him to be just an amateur writer. But he can Then you get
make himself understood... if for no other rea- dozens and doz-
son than because of the numerous illustrations ens of smaller,
provided. well-illustrated
Youll learn about articles describing a simple chip shield, auto
how he built the bed rails hub as lathe and drill press, special lathe tools
and attachments, lathe tool for radius cutting,
simple relieving attachment for the lathe, and
more. Learn how to make a tool holder with
a set of cutters, a revolving tool holder for the
lathe, a lathe center-hole mandrel, ball-bearing
tailstock center, adaptable jig for turning pulleys
in a lathe, and on and on. Build a adjustable
universal chuck. And theres much more from
straightening a bent reamer to milling utes in
taps and reamers.
supported by wood, head stock, poppet (tailstock) Any machinist will enjoy just looking at
and all the rest. Hell show you the problems the incredible illustrations. Youll like it! Its in-
you might run into. You get some great insight expensive, and denitely worth having. Order a
into how he machined the headstock bearings copy! 6x9 softcover 87 pages
without fancy equipment. No, he did NOT use No. 20838 $8.95
preloaded roller bearings. In 1885??? Drawings
of castings, set-up, and more. Milling Machine
And Savil will show you how he routinely
made chucks from zinc, lead, tin, or a combina- Indexing
tion (solder) in a half-hour or less. I routinely use by Felker & Paine
hardwood furniture for unusual set-ups, but this reprinted by
may be a skill worth developing. Lindsay Publications
What H e r e, f r o m
Ive always 1942, you get a small,
liked are straight-to-the-point
methodslike lesson in using a di-
this used by viding head. Although
the ol boys the book is prob-
to achieve
remarkable
ably applicable to
any indexing head,
results. Dip- you get illustrations
sticks think of a classic Cincinnati
they have to indexing head in operation.
have the big- Chapters include direct indexing, simple
gest, badest, latest, coolest equipment to create. indexing, differential indexing, block indexing,
Nuts. Im impressed by that New England gun compound indexing and graduating
maker in the late 1700s, early 1800s who could Within the chapters are lessons that include
fabricate long guns of remarkable accuracy on indexing for spaces with direct indexing; cutting
a primitive home-made wooden lathe. Thank reamers with unequally spaced teeth; high-
gawd, the Wright Bros didnt wait for digital read- number index plates on 5 to 1 ratio indexing
outs to be invented before they could machine attachment; the hypoid-indexing attachment
parts for their rst airplane. The classic example to index for degrees, minutes and seconds; dif-
I always use is that I can make perfect dovetails ferential indexing with compound gear train;
in hardwood with a router and a jig, but thats and much more.
certainly no achievement. The ol boys could Well illustrated. With fractions fully ex-
make em with a backsaw and a chisel. And plained. So if you have an indexing head and
thats cool. dont know how to use it, or are planning to build
Interesting little booklet worth having. And the one Dave Gingerys describes in Deluxe Ac-
the price is right. Get one! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet cessories, you need this. Cheap! Get one. 5-1/2
48 pages more than 90 drawings x 8-1/2 softcover 88 pages
No. 24027 $7.95 No. 23578 $8.95

Running a
Regal Lathe
by the LeBlond Machine Co
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
This 1943 book is just a bit
different from the South Bends
How to Run a Lathe. In addition
to the essential how-to instruction
that applies to any small lathe, youll
also get inside information on the
special LeBlond features.
Learn about setting up your
lathe with levels, getting acquainted
with parts, and the all the rest.
You get photos and mechanical
drawings of the headstock, reverse
plate, quadrant, quick change
mechanism, apron with power
cross feed, and more.
You get useful details on
adjusting the spindle and lubri-
cation. Youll nd surprising detail
in the chapters on necessary tooling
like dogs, chucks, and the use of
calipers. And youll nd all the usual
essential lathe info, again in suf-
cient detail, such as grinding tools
for chasing, cutting-off, boring, and
turning. Youll learn how to use the
compound rest, the follow rest, the
grinding attachment, micrometers
stops, milling attachment, steady
rest, taper attachment and so on.
Youll learn the essentials of
cutting threads, mounting work on
faceplates, in chucks, with angle
plates and more. You get discussions
on facing to length, ling, reaming,
shoulder and radius forming, tap-
ping, chasing threads, lapping, as
well as tables of drill sizes, grinding
t tolerances, standard thread specs,
cutting speeds and more.
Like the other small lathe
manuals we offer, this provides great
information. A lot like the others,
but special in its own way. Worth
having. The price is right. Get one.
5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 116 pages
No. 22997 $7.95
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Running an
Engine Lathe
by Fred H. Colvin
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
If youre just starting out using
a metal cutting lathe, or youre try-
ing to learn techniques you feel you
should have known all along, then
grab this. This small, but jam-packed
book will show you all the basic
techniques of running a lathe.
Thirteen chapters cover the
engine lathe, centering lathe work,
driving the work, tools and turning,
steady and follower rests, faceplate
work, chucks and chucking, bor-
ing tools, taper turning, cutting
screwthreads, test indicators and
their use, three types of centering
mandrels and care of the lathe.
Youll learn all about essential
operations in easy-to-read and
understand text illustrated with
simple, clear drawings. Youll learn
about different kinds of dogs (not
the barking type), split collars,
toolholder and bits, work with
shoulders, boring the end of a bar,
home-made follower rest, saving
a poor casting, bridle for faceplate
work, slotted chucks for at work,
precision drilling, boring cylinders,
ways of guring tapers, rapid thread
cutting, cutting a double or triple
thread, cutting Brown & Sharpe
worm threads, using dial indicators,
and much, much more.
There are many tables de-
scribing tapers, V threads, square
threads, ACME threads, grinding
angles on many different tools, and
more.
Colvin was editor emeritus of
American Machinist Magazine, and
was the Colvin of Colvin & Stanley
fame that turned out American
Machinist Handbook and count-
less texts. The man was an expert
machinist.
Heres a great little book at a
great little price that you cant af-
ford not to have, especially if you
consider yourself a beginner on a
lathe. Excellent book! Bargain price.
5-1/2 X 8-1/2 softcover 117 pages
No. 4708 $6.95
How to Run a
Lathe 1942
The Care and
by South Bend Lathe Works
reprinted by Lindsay Publications Operation
South Bend Lathe probably still
produces a modern edition of this of a Lathe
book at a much higher price. Weve by Sheldon Machine Co, Inc
reprinted this 1942 edition of Run reprinted by Lindsay Publications
a Lathe because copyrights on it One of South Bend Lathes
have expired. Its new enough to be competitors in 1942 was Sheldon
very similar to current edition, and Machine Co of Chicago. Sheldon
yet old enough to be applicable to saw the value of South Bends How
a lot of the older lathes still in use. to Run a Lathe manual and appar-
You get everything you need ently knew it had to publish its own.
to set up a lathe and get it running. What resulted was a manual every
This is the lathe manual that Dave bit as good as South Bends, if not
Gingery raves about. better.
You get eleven chapters: history Chapters include: the modern
and development of the lathe, setting back geared screw cutting lathe, the
up and leveling the lathe, operation basic parts of a lathe, the theory of
of the lathe, lathe tools and their metal cutting, grinding cutter bits
for lathe tools, uncrating and setting
A CLASSIC! up a lathe, oiling the lathe, setting
up lathe tools, setting up the work
LOW COST!
application, how to take accurate
on centers, turning, facing, knurl-
ing, thread cutting, drilling, boring,
cutting off,
measurements, plain turning (work and more.
between centers), chuck work, taper You get di-
turning and boring, drilling reaming rections on
and tap- mounting
ping, cut- work in
ting screw three and
threads, fo u r j aw
a n d chucks,
special drilling and countersinking centers,
classes Running-In the lathe, discussions
of work. of the variety of tool holders, use of
All the collets, tool-post grinders and much
basics are more!
here from You may
sharpening drills to producing not own a
supernished turned bearings, Sheldon lathe,
grinding valves, and turning mul- but the small
tiple screw Sheldon lathe
threads. was a generic
R e- machine very
member, much like those
this is of South Bend
an intro- and a dozen
ductory other manu-
guide that facturers. Youll
was no doubt shipped with South find it useful
Bend Lathes back then. Under no no matter what
circumstances are you going to lathe you use.
learn what is covered in Advanced Greatbook!
Machine Work. But this will get you G re a t i l l u s -
going. trations! Great
Great book. Great illustrations. price! No lathe operator can afford
And a great price! You cant afford NOT to have a copy of this. 5-1/2 x
not to have one now. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 8-1/2 softcover 112 pages
softcover 128 pages No. 21052 $7.50
No. 21150 $7.95
DAVE GINGERYS
BACK GEARS FOR
Green-Sand Casting THE GINGERY LATHE
Techniques Video by Marvin Guthrie
published by Gingery Publishing
by Vince Gingery Back gearsare just what their name implies.
Dave Gingery died a couple of years ago, A set of gears mounted at the back of the headstock
but hes back to haunt us! Not only, haunt us, on a lathe. Their purpose is to allow the lathe spindle
but terrorize us with his damned banjo! With to rotate at slower speeds while at the same time
his homebuilt lathe in the background that off- delivering greatly-increased torque.
the-wall Ozark hillbilly serenades us in this 2002 For example, prior to adding back gears to the
video clip with The Cat Came Back as he strums Gingery lathe, the lowest spindle speed that could
his banjo. I dont know if hes referring to himself be achieved with the suggested pulley arrangement
as the cat that comes back to haunt us, or he was 172 rpm. Adding back gears, gained a range
just wants to strangle the cat that keeps making of high torque speeds from 43 rpm to 268 rpm.
unwanted deposits in his foundry sand! One operation that really benets from those
Dave explains how his series of books came slower speeds is thread cutting, especially if you are
to be and why. Youll see images of the ruins of a beginner. With back gears, your lathe not only
the charcoal iron foundry in St James, MO as proof becomes capable of doing a better job of cutting
that charcoal is a more than adequate fuel. Vince threads, it also allows for increased drilling capac-
shows you the details of the charcoal furnace, ity, larger hole boring and larger diameter facing.
how it is red up, fed aluminum, and after 20
minutes dross skimmed and ingots are poured.
Simply put, back gears will enable your lathe to
be used at its maximum strength and capacity. COMPLETE SEVEN
Youll see why this cheap little furnace is such an
essential addition
If you have built the other Gingery projects in
the Metal Working Shop from Scrap series, you have BOOK GINGERY SERIES
to metalworking.
Next youll see
all the necessary tooling for the job. And here in this
booklet, Marvin provides you with the step by step in one Hardcover Volume
Bob Baileys early instruction beginning with the patterns, molding
video from years procedure, includes all seven volumes
ago of Dave Gin-
gery ramming up
machining
the cast-
of Building a Machine Shop
a mold of what ings and - from Scrap
must be an 8 y- nally tting
wheel. Youll see the individ-
it all, ramming, ual parts on also included inside until
the lathe. Summer 2012 is a copy of
Included
are many Green Sand Casting DVD
detailed (No. 1609)
drawings
and pho-
Does NOT include the back-
to s t h a t gears book
help make
seating in the bottom the project
board, rolling, cutting easy to un- You also get additional pho-
sprues, and cleaning derstand. tos (many never before seen)
up the mold. The mold is poured with aluminum And
melted in Daves crucible furnace, and, nally, for a nal as well as the Daves essay
the hot casting being shaken out. Youll get an touch of on The $50 project for 50
idea of how wet to make the sand, and how hard class, Mar-
to ram the mold. vin shows and more!
You get bonus video showing the indexing you how to add a change gear cover, back gear
head, chucks, change gears and other parts cast
with the charcoal foundry. Youll see some of the
cover and front cover to your Gingery lathe.
This is a truly delightful project. If you have
5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Green hardcov-
patterns for the two-cylinder Stirling engine, as built or are planning to build the Gingery lathe, er with gold stamping.
well as the engine running. You get short clips
showing the lathe in operation, the amazing
consider adding back gears. You will be glad you
did!
Over 850 pages. Refur-
shaper cutting surfaces on aluminum and steel, You get the usual Gingery from pouring the bished, typeset, improved
the milling machine attening an aluminum metal to making the castings and machining the photography, etc.
angle with a y cutter, the drill press drilling 44 and 96 tooth gears to building the mounting
angle iron, and the brake bending up steel. brackets and bearings, and fabricating covers.
The video closes with great video of Dave And the machine tools to fabricate all this are the A volume for your machine
ring his crucible furnace. Gingery machines from the seven book series.
This is a fun DVD with old and new Some guys whine that its too much trouble shop library. A collectors
video worth having if youve never poured to build Gingery machines. Marvin has not only item.
castings, and worth having if you, like so many built all the tools, but he built a second lathe, and
of us, miss crazy Dave, or for too many people then went on to create backgears to jack up the
who have no idea of who he was. Informative, torque to get maximum performance. Let the No. 1653 $75.00
funny, a keepsake. I really didnt notice how long lazy bums whine. You and I will build!
it lasted. (Way too long with that damned banjo You get all the usual dimensioned drawings COUNTS AS FOUR
music!) and photographs, pattern details, machining
No. 1609 $24.95 how-to, and assembly hints. Back gears are BOOKS FOR SHIPPING
certainly worth adding. Get a copy of this! 5-1/2
Sold on a non-return basis x 8-1/2 softcover 56 pages AND HANDLING.
will be replaced if defective No. 1638 $12.95
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 BUILD A 1 - The Charcoal
Foundry
MACHINE
SHOP FROM
by Dave Gingery
Take an old metal
5-gallon pail, a few

SCRAP! dollars worth of re-

clay, some sand, a hair
drier or vacuum cleaner
and grocery store char-
Classic Seven Book Series by coal to melt aluminum.
Uncle Dave Gingery! Learn how to pour it into
sand molds to produce
2 - The Metal Lathe
Package Price! all the castings youll
need for Dave's other
machines. Simple.
by Dave Gingery
Build a sturdy, precision metal cutting lathe.
ALL SEVEN GINGERY BOOKS:
Charcoal Foundry, Lathe, Shaper, Drill Press, Inexpensive, but so Your lathe will have a 7 swing over the bed, about
Milling Machine, Deluxe Accessories powerful a tool! High- 5 over the saddle, with 12 between centers. You
and Sheet Metal Brake! Save $6.70 est recommendation! Tens of thousands sold! can bore the headstock spindle and tailstock to
No. 929 (Counts as three books $59.95 Top rate! Get a copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 80 No. 1 Morse taper if you wish. You can scale it up
pages but youll need larger castings than the charcoal
for shipping and handling) No. 163 $7.95 foundry can provide.
You will use this versatile lathe to build
6 - Dividing Head 3 - The the other machines. Cant afford to buy a lathe?
Then build one. It doesnt take much money, just

& Deluxe Metal

sweat. And just think of the bragging you could
do! Order a copy today! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover
128 pages heavily illustrated.
Accessories Shaper No. 177 $9.95

by Dave Gingery by Dave Anyone can buy a

Build a
Gingery
There is machine shop. Only a
compact
clamp
hardly a cheaper,
quicker way to cut
few can build one!
d o g ,
heavy
keyways, splines, gears,
at and angular surfaces, dovetail slides, irregular 4 - Milling Machine
face plate, proles and more than with a so-called obsolete by Dave Gingery
home- shaper. A shaper, for instance, can cut gear teeth Build a versatile horizontal miller with much
m a d e with a 50 piece of tool steel. No expensive cut- more capacity than small vertical units. The work
hand reamers, a set screw chuck, expanding ters needed. table is 2-3/8" x 12" with a 3/8" T-slot, and it travels
and threaded mandrels for facing gear blanks Your shaper will have a 6 maximum stroke a full 12". The carriage travels 6-1/2" with the tail
and for cutting teeth, plus a simple xture for and a mean capacity of 5 by 5. The tool head stand in
tapping truly perpendicular holes by hand. rotates through 180 degrees for angular cuts, and use, and
Build a simple two-jaw chuck that can be features a graduated collar with a simple lock. 8-1/2"
self-centering for repetitive work and a four-jaw The down feed has a graduated collar, and the with it
chuck with independent reversible jaws, and a exact stroke length can be set. Your shaper will cleared
steady rest. Build a high quality dividing head have variable speed, automatic variable cross away.
and rotary table. feed and adjustable stroke length. It will be a You
Use these tools to make change gears for machine worth bragging about. get eight
your lathe! Great book! Order a copy of this classic! 5-1/2 speeds
Rare how-to! Order a copy today. 5-1/2 x x 8-1/2 softcover 144 pages, heavily illustrated. ranging
8-1/2 softcover 159 pages No. 187 $9.95 f r o m
No. 1153 $9.95 43 rpm
5 - The Drill Press to over
7 - Sheet Metal by Dave Gingery
2 4 3 0
rpm. I

Brake
Build a professional know of
quality double reduction no other
drill press! Its a beauty! small
by Dave Gingery So powerful it could miller
Build an 18 probably drill a 3/4 hole except the Dore-Westbury that has such a range.
wide brake, but in steel. You can change . . The highest speed in the low range is 270
you will also learn the dimensions to get the rpm, and it made a .035" cut in the end of the
how people have machine you need and compound with the face mill set at a 3" diameter
been scaled it up want for little money. at that speed with no squawk or chatter.
to much greater Sure, you can buy a It can make jigs or xtures that are needed
widths. Dave will drill press. But youll pay for any kind of work. It can make any type of
even show you how to use the brake to make an arm and a leg for one style of cuttaer. You could even machine a blank
common joints and bends. You'll need an arc that can match this per- or a Brown & Sharpe gear cutter, mill the lands,
welder to lay a few beads. formance. Building this and grind the cutter right on the miller.
Great project! 52 pages 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 soft- one is worth the effort. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover Build yourself a powerful milling machine!
cover 128 pages illustrated 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 160 pages
No. 161 $8.95 No. 1133 $9.95 No. 1128 $9.95
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 Small Shop Magic
articles from American Machinist Magazine
reprinted by Lindsay Publications Inc
Back before the First World War, most ma-
chine men worked in small machine shops. Most
started out as blacksmiths years before working
metal with a hammer.
But traditional blacksmiths were on their
way out because the automobile was the new
craze, and such machines were fabricated with
machine tools and not anvils. Giant steel billets
were being forged with huge steam hammers.
Industry was changing.
A MERICAN
MACHINIST pub-
lished numer-
ous articles
aimed at teach-
ing beginning
machinists
the higher
end skills that
would be need-
ed if they were
to continue to
be valuable to
industry and keep their jobs. Here, collected in
one small booklet are some of those valuable
articles.
Youll learn
the secrets of
knurling, harden-
ing and softening
steel, casehard-
ening, measuring
and cutting screw
threads, the tech-
nology of creating
cartridge brass
(an industrial se-
cret at that time),
and useful hand-
tools needed by
the blacksmith
using a steam
hammer.
Most of these articles were written by John
van Deventer, editor of AMERICAN MACHINIST. And
most were gathered into a volume published
back then called Making the Small Shop Prot-
able which we reprinted years ago. If you have
a copy of that, you have most of whats here. If
you didnt get a copy, then WHY
NOT? What were you thinking?
(Dont lie to me. I know the
answer: you werent.)
Good stuff any
machinist
oughta know,
the way they
did it back then
with simple tools
(and little education). Nicely illustrated. Get one.
5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet 48 pages
No. 23900 $6.95
Out in the woods of North Carolina, ten miles
from the nearest populated point, a gang of men
were converting pine trees into rough lumber. For
this purpose they used axes and a portable sawmill
outt run by a side-crank engine such as is com-
monly found in these migrating lumber camps.
One day the boiler, which was rather inclined to
bad attacks or spasms, delivered an unusually
large gob of water through its discharge pipe...
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Tricks and Secrets of Old Time Machinists
American Machinist Magazine
In the early days of American Machinist
Magazine, readers were constantly asking
questions one minute, and offering
clever solutions to problems the
next. The 1916 issues were par-
ticularly rich with the tricks
and secrets that experi-
enced
o l d
time machinists had devised and
had submitted for publication.
Some of the articles are of an
educational nature: how a large
marine crankshaft was fabricated from pieces
rather than a single forged billet. Or how to put
a simple feeler gauge to valuable use. Or some of
the articles were discussions of how to best pull
off difcult work
such as machining
highly accurate
angle plates.
Manyofthese
articles deal with
machines and parts larger
than were likely to encounter. But like Dave
Gingery always preached: its easier to scale
Tricks and Secrets Vol 1
American Machinist Magazine 1916
5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 96 pages
No. 23659 $9.95
Tricks and Secrets Vol 2
American Machinist Magazine 1915-16
More tricks and secrets! You get some really
unusual stuff: how one imaginative machinist
managed to turn an eight foot pulley on a ten
inch lathe. Great advice on annealing aluminum.
Unusual tool posts. Get one. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 soft-
cover 96 pages
No. 23713 $9.95
Tricks and Secrets Vol 3
American Machinist Magazine 1915
More great stuff! The old guys had no choice
but use the simple tools and materials at hand
to solve complex problems. Their number one
tool? Their brain, and a willingness to use it!
More neat stuff. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 96
pages
No. 23837 $9.95
Tricks and Secrets Vol 4
American Machinist 1912, 1918, 1919
One sharp machinist revealed how he set
up change gears to cut a 20 tpi thread but actu-
ally cut a 19 tpi thread! Making accurate squares
using precision cylinders and blocks. More! 5-1/2
x 8-1/2 softcover 96 pages
No. 23985 $9.95
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something down than to scale
it up. The cleverness of the
solutions is useful in itself.
The imaginative machinist
will nd ways to adapt these
hints and tricks to solve
modern problems (and thats
supposed to be you).
Fun reading. Get
inside the mind of
the experts
from a cen-
tury ago.
Heavily il-
lustrated.
Cheap.
Just a Few of the 3 Just a Few of the
Old-Timers Tricks...
Simple Taper-Turning and Boring Tool Pipe
or Tube-Bending Fixture Keyway Milling
Fixture Cutting a Circular Rack on the Miller
Device for Removing Dust from Sand A
Core Plate Hardening Drop Hammer Dies
Lubricating Milling Cutter Methods of
Repairing Gear Teeth Oscillating Stop for
Dies Pin Clamp Making a Long Nut in Short
Sections Combination V-Blocks Parallels
and Angle-Plates Adjustable Mandrel Driver
Chuck for Cutting Off Flues Laying Out
Small Angles Milling Fixture for Punches
Boring-Tool Holder Straightening Cast
Iron Straightening and Bending Cast Iron
Cutting a Large Gear on a Miller Tool Setter
for the Boring mill Device for Measuring
Revolving Work Tool Setter for Boring Mill
Curving a Channel Iron A Novel Pulley and
Bearing Milling a Fly-Cutter Cutting an
Internal Cam Slot Double-End Split Holder
Just a Few of the 1
Old-Timers Tricks...
Straightening a Long Screw Grinding Threading
Tools A Toolmakers Novel Clamp End Mill for
Babbitt Draft Indicator for Patterns Convenient
L-Tool Holder An Improved Rapping Plate Ma-
chine-Forged Beading Tools Device To Hold Center
Work to Faceplate of Lathe A Shaper Tool Block
Making Small Rack and Rolls Old Cutters in Bor-
ing Bars Convenient Adjustable Gage Spherical
Boring on a Lathe Drilling Long, Small Holes
Setting Angle Plates Making and Testing a V-Block
Building Large Marine Engine Crankshaft Round-
Bar Tool Holder Vent Hole in Patterns and Core
Boxes Parallel Expanding Tap Hobbing Half-Nuts
Toolroom Bench Lathe Improved Spring Chuck
An Oil Burner with Heating Coil Machining Large
Cast Iron Rings on the Lathe Threading Ends of
Bent Pipes Expanding Mandrel Sir Joseph Whit-
worth on Scraping Practice Turning a Large Pulley
Repairing the Miller Table Machining Bronze
Fittings in Engine Lathe Graduating Micrometer
Collars Using the Sine Bar A Center Drill Chuck
My First Shop Experience Adjustable Reamer
Grinding a Band-Saw Wheel Accurate Angle Plates
Hand-Operated Spring Winder Inspection Square
Just a Few of the 2
Old-Timers Tricks...
Making and Testing a V-Block Making Small Form-
ing Die Truing a Lathe Center Without a Center
Grinder Enlarging a Shaft to Obtain a Forced Fit
Radius Turning Device Boring-Tool Holder
Safety Valve for Blacksmiths Bellows Crank-Case
Boring Fixture Boring Motor Bearings Holder for
Machine Screws Applying an Indicator to a Bench
Lathe Reboring Gas-Engine Cylinders Having
Integral Heads An Inexpensive Counterbore An
Extension Collet Improvised Height and Surface
Gages Using a Gage in Grinding Accurate Tapers
Casting Nuts on Screws Machining a Crankshaft
Machine for Bending Channel Iron to Circle A
Short Tool Post Gage for Taper Wedges Angular
Platen for the Shaper Grinder Attachment for the
Pattern Lathe Gage for Cutting Keyways Right-
Hand Thread Changed to Left-Hand Securing
Clearance on a Formed Milling Cutter Grinding and
Hardening Kinks Turning an 8-Ft. Pulley with 10-in.
Lathe Keeping Chips Away from the Boring Bar
Hand-Operated Boring Head Using Compound
Rest in Cutting Multiple Threads Annealing Alu-
minum Goods Combination Work Head Floating
4
Old-Timers Tricks...
Small Vise for Toolmakers Use A Finishing
Tool for Smooth Surfaces Cutting a Quick
Lead Worm on the Lathe Wire Rope Splic-
ing An Arbor for Holding Split Bearings
Making a Slide Rest Grinding Attachment
Repairing a Crankshaft in an Old Shop A
Vise For Holding Small Screws Machining
a Long Bearing Using an Arbor Press for a
Punch Press Backing Off Left Hand Taps
and Hobs Split Babbitting Mandrel A Bar
for Boring Taper Holes A Radius-Cutting
Boring Bar Machining a Long Rectangular
Hole Short Taper Attachment for Engine
Lathes Turning Small Bosses for Use in
Pattern Work An Auxiliary Cope Flask Bor-
ing Bar for the Lathe Dowel Pins for Wood
Patterns Undercutting Tool for Tap Holes
Making Accurate Squares for Gagemakers
Parting Off Piston Rings to Accurate Width
Emergency Methods of Cutting and Drilling
 ALSO AVAILABLE South Bend Lathe
Maintenance
A Guide to Renovating the
9 South Bend Precision Pamphlets
by South Bend Lathe
Model A, B, C & 10K reprinted by Lindsay Publications Inc
Chapters include lathe disassembly and Here in a single cover you get three short
reassembly of the apron, saddle and com- booklets that will teach you how to maintain
pound, headstock and horizontal drive unit, your lathe. Bulletin H-1 is entitled Keep Your
and quick-change gearbox. Youll get speci- Lathe Clean. In 16 pages youll learn the impor-
cations on oiling, repair parts, and sources tance of cleaning, dont let chips pile up, use a
of more information, and more. 8-1/2 x 11 brush,wipewith
softcover 86 pages a cloth, peri-
No. 91642 $24.95 odic inspection,
cleaning spin-
A Guide to Renovating the
Bridgeport Series 1 J Head A GUIDE TO RENOVATING THE
Milling Machine
by Ilion Industrial Services LLC South Bend Lathe
Youll learn about different Bridgeport mod-
els, assessing and purchasing a used machine, Models 10L - 13 -
and then you learn how
disassemble and reassemble 14-1/2 - 16
the subassemblies: the 1J
head with its belt and gear by Ilion Industrial Services LLC
housing, quill housing, ma- More of the same. And thats a good thing.
chine base including table Because this series of renovation manuals cer-
and saddle, knee and elevat- tainly ARE a good thing.
ing screw, along with Stephen Brooks, who I assume wrote this
advice on feed nut series of books, recently told me in a letter (gee!
conversion, stripping imagine that! correspondence... no texting, no
and painting, motor twitter, no smart phones honest-to-goodness
bearing replacement, letters!) This new book compliments our previous dle nose threads,
remote feed screw lu- publication as it addresses the rest of the South cleaning spindle
brication, assembly Bend line of industrial lathes. Its a bit longer tapers, compound
drawings showing all than the others since there was more to cover rest and tool post assembly, and more.
the parts, specications and with respect to complexity and variation in lathe Bulletin H-2 will show you in twenty pages
more. design.... how to correctly oil the lathe. Youll learn the
A great manual. 8-1/2 This is like the others: well illustrated, functions of lubricants, using the correct oil
x 11 softcover 126 pages straight-to-the-point, and denitely worth hav- grade, making oiling a habit, headstock lubrica-
No. 91641 $24.95 ing. If you have, or ever dream of acquiring, a tion, lubrications of supernished spindles, quick
larger South Bend lathe get a copy of this. change gear mechanism, carriage and lathe bed,
Books usually have a limited life time. If tailstock, and motor and drive.
A Guide to Renovating the youre a dummy, youll wait until you get the BulletinH-
Bridgeport 2J Variable lathe of your dreams and then try to order a 3 will show you
renovation book only to nd it was discontinued how to install
Speed Milling Machine years ago or is available on eBay for ten times and level a lathe
by Ilion Industrial Services LLC what the lathe cost. Dummies are always a day to get maxi-
You get another renovation manual for a late and a dollar short. Dont be one of them. mum accuracy.
classic milling machine with a standard head that If you never intend to acquire a South Bend, In twenty pages
has been made for forty years. Like Ilions other all I can ask is Why not???. After all, a lathe,
renovation manuals you get detailed how-to with South Bend or other make, is one of the most
wall-to-wall illustrations. Same great quality. useful tools youll ever own. (But thats a whole youll learn why
Get a copy BEFORE you acquire a used nuther story for a nuther time...) correct installation
milling machine not AFTER! 8-1/2 x 11 softcover Another great renovation manual. Dont be is important, how
152 pages a dummy. Get a copy for your reference library to unpack a new
No. 1643 $29.95 now. While you can... 8-1/2 x 11 softcover 166 lathe, why lighting
pages is important, the
No. 1649 $32.95 amount of floor
space required, the quality of the oor, securing
to the oor, leveling turret lathes, bench lathes,
using a precision level, longitudinal leveling,
transverse leveling and more.
Bulletin H-4, Keeping Your Lathe in Trim,
is available separately from us. And if you already
have it, you know what this is about: straight-to-
the-point advice with wall-to-wall illustrations.
So you have a lathe? Take care of it. South
Bend Lathe will show you how. All lathes need
some tender loving care if you want them to
provide years of pleasurable service. Get a copy
of this! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 60 pages
No. 23861 $7.95
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English & American Lathes
by Joseph G. Horner
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Take a detailed tour of lathes
as they existed in 1900. Examine
in detail the strengths and weak-
nesses of both British and American
lathes.
You get over three hundred
illustrations, mostly engravings and
mechanical drawings and explana-
tory text. Youll be amazed at the
variety and features that existed
back then, many of which are rarely
seen any more. I cant but help think
if youre looking for an ancient lathe
to restore, this might very well help
you understand whats out there. Or
if youve built the Gingery lathe and
would like to build something more
unusual of your own design, youll
nd more ideas here than you can
use in a month of Sundays.
Chapters include: lathes and
their development, forms of lathe
Articles from Amateur Work Magazine
Lathe-Making
by Hasluck, Lukin and Durrance
for Amateurs
reprinted by Lindsay Publications Inc
In the process of building, de- Amateurs by James Lukin, a well
bugging and perfecting
a machine you learn les-
sons that can be learned
no other way. ...the
school of hard knocks I
guess.
You get three series
of articles on building a
metal lathe starting in
the late 1880s. You get
Lathe-Making for Ama-
teurs by Paul Hasluck
started off explaining the
readers what lathes were
about, the types avail-
able in the 1880s, and
what they would do. He
then explains the poppit head and having. Get a copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
how to bore the headstock. But he softcover 109 pages
did not nish the series. No. 23683
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beds and standards, headstock spin-
dles or mandrels, mandrels of mov-
able poppets (we call em tailstocks),
tting of headstocks to their beds,
tting of movable poppets,
headstock details, connec-
tions between headstock and
rest, the slide-rest, light lathes,
heavy lathes, turret or capstan
lathes, special lathes, and
countershafts. Also included
is an appendix listing scores
of lathes manufactured in
America and Britain and the
sizes available from Pratt
& Whitney and Hendey, to
Greenwood & Bately and Sir
Joseph Whitworth & Co, and
many others.
Discover lathes that had swiv-
eling headstocks. (Sounds strange
to me...). Others had unusual tail-
stock designs, leadscrew positions,
cross-slide constructions, back-gear
combinations and more. Youll see
gap lathes, wheel lathes, a series
of treadle lathes for amateurs, and
much more. Discover the engineer-
ing changes installed to improve
wear, to facilitate headstock align-
ment, to accommodate expansion
of headstock mandrels due to
frictional heat, and much more.
Great book. Nuts and bolts.
Lots of pitchers. Rare book. Incred-
ible quality. Get a copy! 8-1/2 x 11
softcover 179 pages
No. 23209 $16.95
Next is Lathe-Building for
known expert. He starts
where Hasluck left off.
Then F J Durrance pro-
vides Lathe
Chucks for
A m a t e u rs .
No, there are
no three-jaw
scroll chucks
described, but
there are num-
ber of others
of value.
Lukin de-
scribes buying castings, scrap-
ing them, checking alignment
and such. Early small lathes
used a conical steel bearing run-
ning in castiron. It sounds primi-
tive, but it worked very well.
Great articles. Fas-
cinating illustrations.
Combine this with Gin-
gerys lathe book. Worth
$9.95
South Bend
Lathe Booklets
by South Bend Lathe Works
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
South Bend Lathe published small
booklets ranging from eight to twenty-
four pages or more, each booklet
dedicated to a particular
topic. Here are eight of
the most popular 1936
booklets reprinted in a
single book.
In one volume you
get: HOW TO GRIND VALVES,
SHARPEN REAMERS AND CUT-
TERS IN THE MOTOR SERVICE
MACHINE SHOP HOW TO
T RUE B RAKE D RUMS OF
AUTOMOBILES, BUSES, AND
TRUCKS HOW TO TEST
AND TRUE DIFFERENTIALS
HOW TO BORE REBABBITTED
CONNECTING RODS HOW
TO MAKE BUSHINGS HOW
TO FINISH PISTONS HOW TO
GRIND LATHE CUTTER BITS
HOW TO CUT SCREW THREADS
IN THE LATHE
Obviously, South
Bend was very much
interested in promoting its products, and they knew the best way to do
that was to show people how useful a lathe could be. These booklets are
of exactly the same style of How to Run a Lathe being heavily illustrated
with photographs and drawings. The section on cutting screw threads is,
obviously, very similar to the chapter in the edition of Run a Lathe that
we reprinted, but certainly not identical. The other booklets present new
material.
Great stuff! Excellent illustrations. Fun reading. Useful how-to. This
something worth having. Order a copy! 6x9 softcover 96 pages
No. 21583 $7.95
Design Ideas...
History...
Fun Reading...
Change Gear Devices
by Oscar Perrigo oak bed, thread chasing techniques,
reprinted by pin gears and lantern pinions, and
Lindsay Publications Inc then gearing patents by Sellers,
You get small, well-illustrated, Humphreys, Bley, Miles, Riley,
fascinating book showing how the Wendel Norton, and many others.
headstock of the engine lathe could Fun reading for the machine
be geared to the leadscrew to get nut (like you.) Great history. Ideas
exactly the feed needed. Its not only for the machine tool builder. A gem
about gearing, its about the history of a little book. I think youll like it.
of the lathe, the ingenuity that went Get one. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 81
into machine design in general. pages
Youll see an old lathe with an No. 23004 $8.95

SHAPER JOB OPERATIONS
by J. W. Barritt
reprinted by Lindsay Publica-
tions Inc
From 1937 you get a
lesson book that will walk
you through over twenty
lessons each broken down
into Operations. And then
each operation is broken
down into individual steps
so as to leave nothing to the
imagination. After all, this
was written to train begin-
ners on the efcient use of a
shaper. You and I can handle
it.
Some people say
CONTENTS
Machine Plain Surface on
Cast Iron
Machine Plain Surface on Cast
Steel
Machine Three Surfaces with
One Setting
Machine a Rectangular Cast-
Iron Block All Over
Machine a Cast-Iron Angle
Plate
Lay Out and Machine a Cast-
Iron Cylinder
Lay Out and Machine a Tool
Steel V Block
Machine a Brass Bracket
Cut a Keyway in Shaft
Cut Keyway in Gear Blank
Cut a Deep Slot
Machine a Concave Surface
Machine Concave Surface of
Large Radius
Machine a Driver of Machine
Steel
Cut a Tool Steel Cam
Machine a Cast-Iron Foot
Machine a Steel Wedge
Machine a Taper Gib
Machine a Cast Steel Block
Cut a T Slot
Cut a Rack
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shapers are obsolete. I sup-
pose theyre right. But en-
gine lathes are getting hard
to nd because CNC ma-
chining centers have made
them obsolete. When you
hear the word obsolete,
you have to ask yourself
whos doing the talking. If
its someone in industry,
theyre probably right be-
cause industry is about maximum
productivity. But if its your dipstick
neighbor, he probably doesnt know
what hes talking about. Simple tools
can be magical in the hands of a
knowledgeable machinist.
Like Dave Gingery told me
when he rst showed me his shaper
under development years ago, it can
do things with simple tools that are
difcult or expensive on a vertical
mill. I clearly remember that large
shaper running in the machine
shop I worked in years ago. It was
an amazing machine.
If you plan to build a shaper or
restore one, get a copy of this. Or...
if youre smart, youll get a copy of
this and see what a shaper can do. I
think youll be itching to build one.
(One day soon Ill shut this business
down and build me one! oooh... that
sounds good...)
A great book that teaches valu-
able lessons. We offered this for a
number of years, discontinued it,
but have brought it back. Its a lot
of info for the money. Get one. 8-1/2
x 11 softcover 55 pages
No. 21036 $8.95
Run a Metalworking
Shaper & Drill Press
by South Bend Lathe
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Get two great how-to booklets originally
published by South Bend Lathe years ago. You
get wall-to-wall how-to. Neither is going to make
you an expert machinist, but you will get loads of
practical info that will get you going.
HOW TO RUN A METAL WORKING
SHAPER was copyrighted in 1952 and
54 back when South Bend still made
shapers. You get sections on setting
up, tools and holders, mounting the
work, adjusting the shaper, operation,
roughing cut, nish cut, vertical cut,
bevel cut, and more. And its wall-to-
wall illustrations.
HOW TO RUN A DRILL PRESS dates back
to 1961 and was supplied with SBs
14 drill press. You get introduction,
specifications, unpacking, instal-
lation, mounting the motor, changing
spindle speeds, replacing spindle,
adjusting return spring, laying out
work, grinding, countersinking, tapping, polishing, drilling in glass, buff-
ing, drilling to depth, drilling deep holes, routing, mortising, and more.
This is great stuff. Applicable to all brands. Get a copy of this. Worth
having. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 56 pages
No. 22130 $6.95
Practical Mathematics for
Home Study
by Claude Palmer
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Math is important to mechanics and ma-
chinists. It can mean the difference between
having a design fail or getting it right the rst
time. If youre rusty on your math and need a
good review, this is a great book to have.
Chapters include common fractions, dec-
imal fractions, short methods, weights
and measures, percentages,
ratios and proportion, density
and specic gravity, and powers
and roots.
The geometry chapters
cover plane surfaces, triangles,
circles, graphical
methods, prisms, cylinders, pyramids and cones, spheres, and
other solids.
The algebra chapters include notation, formulas and transla-
tions, positive and negative numbers, addition and subtraction,
exponents and powers, quadratic equations, variation, graphics,
logarithms, angles, trig functions, trig tables, right triangle, and
more.
Youll learn the math in short, clearly
explained lessons. Then youll be asked
to solve problems like Two steam boilers
of the same shape are respectively 12
!
ft and 15 ft long. Find the ratio of their
GONE
surfaces. After you solve the problem,
you can check it against the answer
given.
Another problem asks To what di-
ameter should a piece of stock be turned
so that it may be milled to a hexagon and
be 1 3/4 in. across the ats? Youll be able
to solve these and hundreds of other problems.
You get a big book loaded with valuable lessons and practical prob-
lems. Get a copy and get going. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 518 pages
No. 4775 $19.95
A Treatise on Gear
Wheels
by George B. Grant
reprinted by Lindsay Publications inc
About twenty ve years ago we reprinted
this. Before Lindsay Publications closes its doors
in the not so distant future, we thought it might
be appropriate to bring it back for an encore.
The present object is practical,
to reach and interest the man that
makes the thing written of; the ma-
chinist or the millwright that makes
the gear wheel, or the draftsman or
foreman that directs the work, and
to teach him not only how to make
it, but what it is that he makes...
You get a great little practical book that
explores all kinds of gears: involute, cycloids,
pin tooth, spiral, bevel, elliptic, rolling hypoids,
worm, irregular, twisted skew teeth and more.
You get lots of diagrams, drawings, and formulas
that will help you appreciate the application and
sheer beauty of these fascinating mechanical
mechanisms.
Obvious-
ly, the explana-
tions you get
are short and
straight to the
point because
this is a small,
inexpensive
book. And any
one of the dis-
cussions could
probably be-
come a
complex
engineer-
ing text in
itself. But
here the author keeps it as simple as possible
and yet still informing and useful. Being from
1907 this later edition retains some of the old-
time machinist magic, but is new enough to still
be relevant.
Great book to have and enjoy. And geez!
You might learn something. Cheap. Get a copy.
5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 105 pages
No. 4554 $9.95
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Gear Cutting Practice
by Colvin & Stanley
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Chapters include gear cutting practice, spur
gears and circular cutters, shaping method of
cutting gears, helical and herringbone gears,
hobs and cutters, bevel gears, worms and worm
gears, internal gears, heat treatment, burnishing,
shaving, lapping and grinding gear teeth and
more!
This book was written for industry so there
will be a lot of material you cant use. Better too
much info than not enough. Youll get an edu-
cation in gear geometry, the best alloy composi-
tions to use for gears (in 1937), specs on keyways,
using the dividing head, comparison of hobbing
American Machinist Gear Book
by Logue revised by Trautschold
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Simplied tables and formulas
for designing, and practical points
in cutting all commercial types of
gears.
You get a gem of
a book that is halfway
between dumb how-
to and the theoretical.
In other words, youll
learn what it is you
need to know and,
most importantly,
why.
Chapters include
tooth parts, spur gear
calculations, speeds
and powers, gear pro-
portions and details of
design, bevel gears,
worm, helical and
herringbone, spiral, skew bevel intermittent,
elliptical, epicyclic, friction, special bevel gears,
Williams system of internal gearing, and rolled
gearing.
Geez... even if you never use it, you oughta
know about the Hindley worm gear and from its
form the globoid gear, especially if you intend to
BUMS! WEAK SISTERS...
People talk about Tesla, Edison, even Feynman.
They all did innovative work. Tesla is over rated.
Edison is to some degree. Feynman is probably
under-appreciated.
But a machine man few people are aware
of was the skinny Norwegian kid from South
Dakota who went on to receive the Nobel prize
for inventing the cyclotron. His name? Ernie.
Ernie Lawrence. The world knows him as Earnest
O. Lawrence. Hes the Lawrence of Lawrence-
Livermore Laboratories. Lawrencium is named
after him (Lr 103).
He was like us in that he was a machine-man.
He liked to leave theoretical nuclear physics to
his friend, Robert Oppenheimer. Earnest loved to
build. As a kid, like you, me, Gingery, and Feyn-
man, he had a basement laboratory. Hed rather
build motors, batteries, wireless telegraphy gear
than play baseball. ...always creating...
At age 24 he had a PhD in physics, several
ground-breaking papers published, an assistant
professorship, and fame in Europe. He and a
grad student, Livingston, went on to perfect the
cyclotron in the early 30s.
versus milling
gear teeth,
commercial
hobbing ma-
chines avail-
able, vertical shapers designed for cutting gears,
details on hobs, their use and sharpening and on
and on.
You get charts, tables, nomographs,
photographs, drawings, and more. Its heavily
illustrated. You're sure to learn something. Get
a copy! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 paperback 344 pages
No. 20889 $15.95
3rd edition 1922
build an elevator. They go into making the worm.
Theyll even tell you about
making the hob for cutting a
Hindley worm-wheel.
How would you use a hob to
cut herringbone gears? What
kind of set up would you use
to cut elliptical gears? How
would you even know how
big to make a gear? What should the angles be?
Its here. A pocket calculator and simple-to-use
formulas will go a long way in answering some
of your basic design questions. These are larger
industrial gears for power transmission, not so
much for motion picture cameras or clocks.
This third edition appeared in 1922 and
is a revision, condensation, and clarication of
many articles on gear cutting that appeared in
AMERICAN MACHINIST MAGAZINE in the early years of
the 20th century. And those were the years when
practical men were using practical machines to
make practical gears. Sounds like us, doesnt
it?
This is an excellent gear book a Goldilocks
book not too simple but not too complex. A
machine builder and/or machinist oughta have
a copy in his reference library. We have one here
for you. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 353 pages
No. 23810 $19.95
He was well-liked, always ready to lend a
helping hand to enthusiastic students, and fun
to be around. Unlike me and Edison, he could
be diplomatic (a major fault, I think...)
Like Feynman and Edison (and me), he hated
lazy people fools. He would not suffer a fool
gladly. From his biography by Herbert Childs:
He had no use for bluff and was intolerant
only of weak sisters who wouldnt work, or
who didnt want to dispel ignorance by nding
out. He also openly called such people bums.
And this was coming from a man whose favorite
swear word was sugar!
So if you nd intellectually lazy people
(dont wanna learn nuthin) repulsive, youre
in good company. There are far more talented
people out there than us who share our view.
My attitude is that youre wasting your time
dealing with them. Go help out a six-year old.
At least they still have curiosity, initiative, and
creativity. Theyre the future, and theyre fun to
be around!
I sure would have liked to meet Ernest.
LATHE NOTES SERIES
Articles reprinted from Machinery Magazine
back before World War I when engine lathes
like those you and I use, were used in factories
for day-to-day production. Great hints, tips,
Vol 2 & 4
sold out
will not
print more
Articles on designing change gears, on
various types of gibs and gibbing, unusual
spinning chucks used for the production of
coffee pots, kettles and the like. Study articles
on how a complex lathe feed gear box was
simplied, on radius turning attachments,
1
and on attachments and xtures for
Volume
elliptical turning and boring.
Study the large article on Checking
Lathes for Accuracy. Youll learn how
the pros test beds for straightness
and parallelism, inspect lead screws, check
the headstock spindle, truing the face plate,
and more.
If you get one good idea from this booklet,
youll have gotten your moneys worth. Well
illustrated. Fun, useful reading. Get a copy.
5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet 48 pages
No. 22229 $5.95
3
Compare British and Amer-
Volume
ican lathe designs: beds, saddle
dimensions, headstock types and
drives, and so on. Study an offset
tail stock attachment for turning tapers, a
ball turning attachment, a quick indexing at-
tachment for simple production work, a dividing
attachment, and
a milling attach-
ment originally
designed for mill-
ing the utes or
grooves in taps
!
and reamers....
GONE
Visit the Amer-
ican Tool Works
and watch them
chase a 20 foot
long 2 dia. lead
screw to accu-
racy better than
a thousandth per foot. Discover a set up used
to a grind a triple thread worm with a 1 inch
pitch (3 inch lead). Then watch machinists make
throttling rods for 240mm French howitzers,
and more. And you get a design for a wig-
gler.
Great work by master machinists with
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how-to, and ideas for machinists, machine tool
builders, restorers, or just plain ol guys who
love the feel of grease under their nails...
simple tools. Great reading. Get a copy!
5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet 48 pages
No. 22350
6
You get a study of the lathe tool-
Volume
holders used for turning, cutting-off
and screw-cutting. Youll explore
xed front rake holders, xed top
rake holders, xed top rake hold-
ers with swivel action, holders with top rake,
cutting-off holders, screw-cutting holders, and
forming-tool holders. Most of these Ive never
seen except in old articles. Many look like they
might be worth fabricating for experimenta-
tion.
Next you get report on a New Method of
Building Lathes. Through photographs and ex-
tensive text youll watch workers in a Chicago fac-
tory building
heavy lathes
without ma-
chine work
on the bed
casting. You
can watch
them assem-
ble the lathe
bed, pouring
the clamping metal, assemble the lathe carriage
and more. If they could build heavy duty lathes
this way, you should be able to adapt their tech-
niques to building your own small lathe.
Finally you get an article teaching the pro-
duction of square threads on the lathe which
includes the tools, methods, and principles
involved.
More information worth having. Get a copy!
5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet 48 pages
No. 23551 $7.95
A short article examines the forces that
are set up on a lathe saddle and must be
5
compensated for.
Volume
Then you get details on cutting
coarse threads on a standard lathe,
how one machinist cut worm gears
with an improvised hobb, as well
as a longer article on hobbing in general.
Three lengthy articles will reveal a variety
of tailstock designs that were common about
75 years ago. You get mechanical drawings
and descriptions. Many are not commonly
seen these days.
Then a short humorous story of how a
machine shop pro xed the lathe that wouldnt
turn straight.
Two different articles from 1916 and
1923 reveal the steps taken in inspecting new
lathes.
Finally you get a short lesson on how
back-gear ratios are chosen, along with details
on the Lorch short bed precision lathe.
Building a lathe? Rebuilding a lathe? This
can help. Great how-to material. Inexpensive.
Get a copy!
5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 64 pages
No. 23144 $6.95
Crazy Sh*t
Old People Say
by Geoff Tibballs
Its British, but the humor is universal. A
few quips are British culture and television, but
we all know George Burns and George Carlin.
(No, you old fart, they arent related. Duh...)
There are fteen chapters, if you want to call
them that. You get a huge collection of short (great
for YOUR attention span) wisecracks, pseudo
intellect, and downright stupidity. Funny stuff.
Chapters include: Lifes a Bitch - Deal With
It, Shut Your Face and Listen to Me, Always Date
Ugly Chicks Theyre Grateful, Its the Way I Talk
If You Dont Like It Go Boil Your Head, I May
Be Old But I Still Have Lead in My Pencil, and
more.
Did you know your grandma can do impres-
sions of farmyard animals? Not only can she do
the sounds, she does the smells, too.
That dress is about as sexy as socks on a
rooster.
Maybe you could do with putting on a little
weight, honey, because lets be honest, when you
stick your tongue out you look like a zipper.
You can delude yourself all you want, but
going to church does not make you a Christian
any more than standing in a garage makes you a
car.
I hate to shatter your illusions of stardom,
darling, but your singing sounds worse than a
stray cat in a fan belt.
Jonathan... you were so ugly as a baby that
your incubator had tinted windows.
My ninety-three-year-old neighbor calls his
manhood Carpool Lane, because he knows its
there, but he cant use it. -- George Miller
If God had meant us to walk around naked,
he would never have invented the wicker chair.
-- Erma Bombeck
I have my eighty-seventh birthday coming
up and people ask me what Id most appreciate
getting. Ill tell you a paternity suit. -- George
Burns
And much, much more.
Order a copy, and enjoy. Get one now, right
now, and give it to a toothless antique you know
for Christmas. I may not stock it for very long.
Dont wait. 5x7 softcover 263 pages
No. 7038 $13.00
Machine
Tool
Adjustment
articles from MACHINERY MAGAZINE
reprinted by
Lindsay Publications
Post-WWI era articles
from Machinery magazine on
machine tools and their testing
and adjustment.
A fascinating article on
new Drummond lathes explains
their features, the design logic behind them, and
photos and descriptions of quality control tests
run on the lathe before shipment.
Next, from July 1919 comes a fascinating
article that told British machinists how they could
take their lathes almost worn out from WWI
production, and restore them to factory accuracy
in order to get years more life from them. Here
you will learn how to make
test measurements, and how
to calculate how much metal
should scraped from what
portion of the headstock
and saddle to swing the spindle around into
alignment, or lower it to make the tailstock line
up, or whatever else might be needed. You get
sample calculations and incredible
nuts-and-bolts tips on restoring a
lathe to accuracy. This one article is
worth the price of the whole booklet.
Amazing how-to.
Next, you get a lengthy two part article
on lathe bearings. This is about older
bronze, brass and even steel bushings
and sleeves, not ball- or roller-bearings.
These very simple bearings could give
incredible performance. You get valu-
able tips on the advantages of one type
of bearing over another, and how they
could deliver years of precise work
so long as they were lubricated and
adjusted properly.
Finally a short article takes you to the
Pratt & Whitney factory to see lvathe
lead screws being tested.
Great articles for the builder, restorer,
or dreamer. Fun reading. Worth twice the price.
Get one. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet 47 pages
No. 22180 $5.95

Bench Lathe Manufacture Learning the

and Hand Scraping Lost Art of
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
In this series of articles re-
printed from Ma-
circumvent problems, improve
accuracy, and increase production
rates. You get tips, HAND
SCRAPING
chinery Magazine innovations, and in-
about 1921 you get dustrial secrets. You
details on how pre- get page after page
cision bench lathes of photos of compo-
were quickly and nents being machined from Eight Classic
accurately built. and the set-ups used. Machine Shop Textbooks
Youll walk through You also get a short reprinted by Lindsay Publications
the Potter and TLM but beautifully il- Building and/or restoring
factories in England lustrated article on machine tools requires scraping to Since scraping is more easily
and see beds being handscraping, used bring surfaces to a precision t. For learned by doing than by reading,
milled, headstocks not only for t but years we offered a small booklet youll nd that all the articles here
being bored and for decorative effect entitled Old Time Mechanics that cover essentially the same material,
aligned, bearing as well. These eight included a brief introduction to and many use almost the same
cones being ground, pages are worth the scraping. That article and seven illustrations. But each author adds
dovetails being milled and much price of the booklet alone. additional are included in this new his own special twist. Probably the
more. Entertaining and educational. anthology. most difcult part in getting started
These articles were written Get a copy! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet 48 You dont nd scraping de- is knowing how to grind a scraper
for other manufacturers and reveal pages scribed in modern machine shop to the right shape. And youll
jigs, xtures, and procedures that No. 22164 $5.95 texts. You have to go back a century get good advice on that in these
or more when it was a required pages.
machinist skill. Here you get ar- Great info gleaned from the
ticles starting with Appeltons 1880 Lindsay Publications library. Read
Cyclopaedia of Applied Mechanics it, sharpen an old le, and start
and progressing through the 1917 scraping. This can help. Get a copy.
edition of Machinerys Encyclope- 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet 48 pages
dia. No. 23225 $4.95

Keep Your
Lathe in Trim
by South Bend Lathe Works
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Learn how to make all nec-
essary adjustments, check power
supply, protect lathe from abuse,
and keep lathe in best operating
condition.
This fty year old booklet necessary to keep a lathe operating
certainly wont tell you how to re- like new. Great little booklet. Get one.
build a lathe, but it WILL show you 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet 28 pages
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Pipe Dreams & Reminiscences Things That are Usually
of Old-Time Machinists Wrong
reprinted by Lindsay Publications Inc
From 1919 to 1920 Glenn Quharity wrote a series of amusing articles by John E Sweet
in AMERICAN MACHINIST MAGAZINE about the old days entitled Pipe Dreams of reprinted by Lindsay Publications
a Tramp Machinist. And then from 1920 to 1921, R. Thomas Huntington Things that are usually
wrote about his early experiences in a series he called Reminiscences of wrong. In my experience, those
an Old School Machinist. Here, you get both series. are usually the blowhards. They
You get: Why the Super Drove Slowly, Why the Scales Didnt Work, know theyre wrong, but they hope
Pop Falls Out with Tom, Fixing the Waterwheel Gate, The Budding of bluff will convince others (and
Genius, How Peter Found Tom, The Practice of a Mystic Art, English as themselves I suspect) that theyre
She is Spelled, An Apprenticeship of Auld Lang Syne, and more. right.
Huntington talks about his days surfacing valve seats on a locomotive, If the machinists of a hundred
tting the ports to a templet, making cast-iron balls by hand, a predecessor years ago were anything
of Armistice Day (the spontaneous celebration for the end of the Civil
War in 1865), and more.
Fun reading as told by the guys who lived and worked more than a
like the machinists I
worked with years ago, Contents
I can understand how Balance valves Boxes on wood framing
125 years ago. Some drawings as illustrations. A few machine ads we put Professor Sweet was Counterbore Crosshead Cranks Correcting
in from 1881. Get a copy! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 64 pages driven to constantly for unequal wear Crank planer Corliss
No. 24000 $7.95 write in the pages of engine frames Corliss engine cylinders Cast
AMERICAN MAGAZINE telling iron anges Compound rest Conclusion
The Brookdell Co. had two water- predecessor of the shining, business-like, the blowhards how Clearance Cross girts Cross rails Exhaust
wheels and a steam engine to furnish pow- 200-hp. Wheelock engine that was now wrong they were. He was jacket Equal length wearing surfaces
er for the shop. In the summer there was running the factory. It was a tall ungainly
not any too much water and the wheels thing, with y-balls that would make constantly contradicting Following old practice Followers False
sometimes lay down on their job, leaving very creditable shot for a trench mortar in false ideas, goofy valve seat Face plate of lathes Location of
the faithful old a modern war, assumptions, and plain wearing surfaces Lathe tailstocks Lathe-
engine to carry but Johnnie rancid ignorance. bed supports Lathe headstocks Lathe slide
the load alone. couldnt bear Some of the articles rests Making plans for new engine Milling
Indeed, there to see it stand- he wrote were collected machines Machine framing Machine cross
were times when ing there in the into this small book, rails Nails and le tangs Oiling devices
the water played corner just go- reprinted, and no doubt, Planing machines Plugging holes Pipe
o u t e n t i re l y ing to waste.
and the wheels After distributed to know-it-all anges Preface Rocker arms Safety plugs
became wind- a week of fever- machinists who hadnt in pistons Studs Steam passages Steam
mills, dragging ish activity with read the articles. chest cover Steam joints Scraped surfaces,
on the engine much running Idiots a n d index of wear Slipper guide Slide valves
until six oclock back and forth blowhards are convinced Steam ports Shaping machine Shaper and
came when we between the they know everything. milling machine knees Split pulleys Slide
could disconnect machine and The rest of us feel more rests of lathes Smokestack construction
them. blacksmith and more ignorant the Tailstocks of lathes Tight and loose pulleys
Nowadays, shops, Johnnie
when they want invited us out to more we learn. So this Traversing machine Upsetting a rivet in a hole
to disconnect the the blacksmith is worth reading for us, Valve-rod guide Vertical Slides Wearing
waterwheels the shop.... but a blowhard doesnt surfaces at right angles with push
engineer sends a boy to pull the clutches. need it. He wont learn
The boy proceeds to a part of the shop Because of my prociency in scraping a thing. Cheap. Get one. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet
directly over the wheel-pits and proceeds and polishing, acquired during my eight Short, sweet, and like he says, 52 pages
leisurely to unscrew a large polished months experience at Baldwins upon you wish it were much longer. No. 23926 $5.95
handwheel, whistling merrily the while handrail parts for locomotives (of which
such tunes as Yankee Doodle or The kind of work I had become very tired), the
Little Birch Canoe, but 30 years ago rst job handed me in my next place of SLIDE RESTS OF LATHES.
large friction clutches were not plentiful There has always been diverse followed by every manufacturer
in small town shops and as the power practice and, from time to time, from his day until the present time.
from the wheels was delivered through much discussion about the guid- One of these things is the location of
a 30-in. three-ply belt...
ing of the slide-rests of lathes. The the guiding slides of the ram, which
V has the merit of remaining free are, in the main, as shown by Fig.
from lost motion, however much 24. So far as the guiding feature is
worn, but nothing is much more concerned, that location is as proper
ridiculous than two Vs, as the one at as any, but there is another feature
the back does
no good and
costs money.
The common
at way is bad
because the
Johnnie was one of the most inventive employment was the scraping and polish- guiding sur-
little cubs that ever grew up in a machine ing of a lot of change gears for lathes. This
shop. He would much rather spend a day faces are too
was in the shop of Bement & Dougherty, far apart. The
in inventing ways to do something that builders of heavy machine tools, located
nobody wanted done than to devote an plan adopted by John Lang & Sons, and that is the cocking or setting
on Callowhill St. in Philadelphia.
hour or so to doing something useful. This The gears were what are called web Fig. 23 A, is much better.... over of the tool-holder slide for plan-
does not mean that Johnnie was lazy or gears; that is, they had no spokes, even in ing at an angle, when, if turned to
sought to shirk his share of whatever was the largest diameters... SHAPING MACHINES. a slight angle, the tool-holder slide
doing. He was a bright, active lad, with The lathe on which the polishing was There are certain things about collides with the guides. If the guid-
an aptitude for mechanics... done was located in a dark corner of the shaping machines that were made ing element were placed...
Standing in one corner, and covered shop so that I was obliged to light the
with the rust and dirt of ages, was an- in certain ways by the inventor
gas (a welcome improvement over the Nasmyth, which ways have been
other relicthe governor from a remote old whale-oil lamps I had known)...
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Milling
Machine
Operations
by J. W. Barritt
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
You get valuable illustrated les-
sons that can make you an expert
with a milling machine. You get an
introduction to the milling machine,
the care of arbors, mounting the
work, feeds and speeds, clearance
angles and other essential topics.
You get step-by-step instruc-
tions and drawings that will teach
you how to cut off a brass packing
piece, cut off a cold rolled steel
plate, saw a Bakelite plate, machine
a brass spacer, a cast-iron bearing
key, and several cast iron brackets.
You'll learn about the indexing head
and its use. Youll learn how to cut
a tang on a tool-steel spotfacing
bar, mill a machine steel latch pin,
mill a machine steel stud and a va-
riety of shafts,
machine a
cast-iron gear,
a steel clutch,
a bevel gear, a
brass shoe, a
forged steel
packing piece, a ma-
chine steel pull pin, a steel worm,
and more.
Most of the lessons show set
ups for the horizontal milling ma-
chine which is the traditional miller
that Dave Gingery shows you how
to build in his books. Towards the
rear of the book are several lessons
for the vertical milling machine. Re-
gardless of the type of machine you
have, the lessons are applicable.
Make your milling machine sit
up and sing rather than make it chat-
ter! Quality lessons! Loaded with
illustrations. Order a copy today.
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Screw Cutting
and Change
Gears
TWO BOOKS IN ONE
by William Simpson (1887)
and Machinery Magazine (1935)
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Inc
You get MANUAL OF SCREW CUTTING
4th edition (1887) containing rules
for calculating the change gears on
screw-cutting lathes to cut square
and angular threads per inch or
per pitch, with two or four gears.
Also, useful rules for calculating the
diameters and speeds of pulleys.
Topics include how to cut a
thread without reversing or stop-
ping the lathe, how nd two gears,
how to cut fractional threads, how
to measure fractional threads, how
to nd the set required on a screw
cutting tool, how to nd the diam-
eters of pulleys, how to prove four
gears, strength of tapping holes, how
to cut double or treble threads, and
more.
Then you get CHANGE-GEARS
from 1935. Calculating auxil-
iary change-gears for cutting special
threads or pitches not within the
range of the regular quick-change
gear-box A method of utilizing
various settings of the gear-box
to avoid using special auxiliary
gears.
You get
change
gear for-
m u l a s,
exam-
ples of
calculations, compound gearing for
thread cutting, number of threads
per inch cut with given combination
of change-gears, change-gears
for metric pitches using English
lead-screw, when the lathe has a
metric-lead screw, translating gears
for metric pitches, and more.
Useful. Cheap. Get a copy! 5-
1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet 48 pages
No. 22890 $5.95
Machine Shop
Projects
by South Bend Lathe
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
From 1954 you get a companion to
How to Run a Lathe to teach students
in vocational and industrial schools
basic machining skills.
You get 34 different plans from
a very simple nail set to 1/4 hp gas-
oline engine.
Each project
comes with
a blueprint
and a step-
by-step list of
operations. For
instance, step
5 might say
Face one end
only. Youre
expected to re-
fer to How to
Run a Lathe
to get details
on how to do
that.
Projects
include: lathe
mandrel, lathe
centers, spur center, 1 bolt and nut,
screw drive, machinists clamp, clamp
lathe dog, boring bar for lathe, milling
arbor for lathe, surface gauge, small
bench vise, adjustable tap wrench,
6 improved water motor, arbor press, hand power emery grinder, and
more.
Great book of simple projects for those of us who are less-than-ex-
pert machinists (most of us). Brings home the ideas and lessons taught in
How to Run a Lathe, Care and Operation of a Lathe, and Running an
Engine Lathe. And its a useful addition to Gingerys series on building a
machine shop from scrap.
Good stuff. Classic material. Reasonable price (a small fraction of what
the original cost me). Worth having. 8-1/2 x 11 softcover 104 pages
No. 22482 $11.95
Handbook for Drillers
by the Cleveland Twist Drill Co.
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Learn about the parts of a twist drill, tips on
grinding or sharpening, correct feeds and speeds,
tips on drilling hard materials, brass, and use of
cutting compound.Chapter 5 covers common errors
GONE!
and their results, including broken tangs, how to
drift out, using a lead hammer, warming
high speed drills before using, and more.
From 1925. Order a copy! Inexpensive!
Youll like it. 4-1/2 x 8 booklet 48 pages
heavily illustrated
No. 20056
Build a Pulse EDM Machine
THE NEXT GENERATION
by Ben Fleming
With a pulse EDM machine its possible to
burn shapes into hardened tool steel and exotic
metals, a task that is virtually impossible with
conventional machining methods. A copper ear-
ring was used to burn a reverse image into tools
steel, from which a copper impression was then
made --- all done in less than 30 minutes!
Explore industrial-kept secrets of how
pulse EDM works. Youll learn to build the
power supply from the schematics (no point-to-
point wiring diagrams) or using a commercially
available printed circuit board. Youll learn to
build the precision servo head with complete
electrode-indexing capabilities, the dielectric
tanks, ltering system, and more.
THE ORIGINAL!
Still Available!
EDM HOW-TO BOOK
by Ben Fleming
The original RC EDM machine. Complete
construction
details.
Great book.
High qual-
ity. A simple,
highly effec-
tive machine.
Worth having. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softocover 161
pages
No. 1584 $24.95
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Chapters include EDM his-
tory, overview of electrical and
mechanical components, the
power supply, building the sup-
ply, the servo, indexing, depth
control, nish the job, dielectric
and lter selection, tank and
pump selection, the back slide,
tank assembly, the spark, elec-
trodes, ushing, your rst burn,
jewelry manufacturing and EDM
tips, glossary, reference materials, and more.
Youre allowed to build this machine for
your own use. But if you think you can build this
design and sell it, then you need to get a license
from Ben. Hes put an enormous amount of
energy into perfecting this in recent years and
deserves to be rewarded for his efforts. Its an
amazing achievement.
This book arrived just as this catalog is
going to press. The price on the back cover is
Preface
...In the summer of 2006, I completed The
EDM How-To Book... There is much to be said
for the simplicity and ruggedness of the RC EDM
power supply, but it was not a true EDM in the
eyes of many. I was constantly asked if I could
design a pulse EDM for more precision work.
...I have worked more hours and spent more
dollars than I want to think about trying to
gure out how to get one to work. This book is
the accumulation of many hundreds of hours of
experimenting and learning.
Before beginning to build a machine you
should ask yourself: what
is the intended purpose of
building a pulse EDM? If
all you are wanting is the
ability to burn out the oc-
casional broken tap or drill
perhaps a much simpler,
easier-to-operate, and
much less expensive ma-
chine, a Resistor Capacitor
RC-type EDM will serve the purpose. Such a
machine is described in my previous book, The
EDM How-To Book. For those who are new to
EDM the difference between the two is that the RC
type machine uses a capacitor, discharged across
the gap to remove metal. The pulse machine does
$49.95, but current our price is ten dollars less.
I dont know if that means if the current lower
price is a temporary discount price or not. Doesnt
matter. If this is valuable to you, GET IT NOW.
The price may go up soon. (Losers are always a
day late and a dollar short. Winners are always
ahead of the game.) Its a great book. Worth
having. Weve got a copy here for you. 8-1/2 x
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not discharge a capacitor; instead the spark is
controlled by a timer and power Mosfets.
One of the main advantages of a pulsed supply
is decreased electrode wear (in most cases) and
increased cutting speed. As with most things,
this comes at the cost of increased power supply
complexity, which is more prone to failure and
much more expensive to build.
With a pulse machine, work such as that
shown in the photo... To achieve such results, the
Chuck E. Cheese token was burned into tool steel
for 20 minutes using a 200s ON time. Then, for
25 minutes, the burn ON time
was decreased to 25s. The
image was then buffed with
jewelers rouge for about 10
minutes.
If the need is for a tap
burner and electrode wear
is not a serious issue, then I
suggest building the simpler
RC supply. If there is a need
for doing accurate EDM work, such as squaring
corners in milled pockets or machining difcult
shapes in steel or other exotic metals, or ner
nish work such as jewelry work, then a pulse
machine is most likely exactly what you are
looking for...
Deep Hole Drilling
articles from
Machinery Magazine
You get a complete reprint of MA-
CHINERY REFERENCE SERIES BOOKLET NO. 25
from 1910 and two later articles from
MACHINERY MAGAZINE.
Part one covers the basic problems
of deep hole drilling using twist drills,
at drills, getting chips out, errors in
drill sharpening, number of desirable
edges and so on.
Next, you learn how the big boys
could accurately drill out a cannon
barrel and then bore it using a forged
gun-steel boring bar over 61 long and
11 in diameter. (Something we all want
to do!) Other examples are discussed.
The nal topic covers the con-
struction of deep hole drills needed to
drill out spindles of machine tools and
axles of steam locomotives. Obviously,
we dont need to drill castings or forgings this
large, but the principles hold. And these primitive
methods really did produce remarkably precise
machines and armament.
Finally, two articles from MACHINERY MAGAZINE
of the 1920s discusses how an mistake created a
remarkable result while boring shotgun barrels,
and how one machinist made a drill bit to cut a
9/32 hole more than 15 deep.
Old stuff. Interesting stuff. This is the way
the oldtimers did it, simply and accurately. Get
a copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet 48 pages
No. 22580 $6.95
Making Rie Barrels
articles from
Machinery Magazine
reprinted by
Lindsay Publications
Inc
More than 90 dif-
ferent operations went
into manufacturing
barrels for the British
Lee-Eneld rie during
WWI. The rst third of
this booklet shows in
detail how the Brits did
it: the machines, techniques, and tricks necessary
to drill a long, deep, perfectly straight hole into
very hard steel, straighten the tube if necessary
and then cut riing grooves. Its heavily illustrated
with photos (not great quality unfortunately),
and drawings revealing the drills, reamers, laps,
relieving cutters, thread millers and the multitude
of other tools used.
Then its Drilling, Reaming and Straight-
ening Rie Barrels as it was done in another
factory. Again, its wall-to-wall illustrations of
barrel drilling machines, jigs for sharpening
the special drill bit, Pratt & Whitney reaming
machines, straightening techniques, and so on,
all the way to polishing the barrel. You even get
formulas for solutions to brown the barrels.
Finally you get two short illustrated articles,
Machining Riing Bars on the Bench Lathe,
and Drilling a Long Blind Hole.
Machining a rie barrel is quite an achieve-
ment. Heres how it was done almost a century
ago on relatively simple equipment. Get a copy!
5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet 63 pages 75 illustrations
No. 22806 $8.95
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Munitions of War
by Norton & Valentine
Machine Shop
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Report to the government of the United States
Methods
on the munitions of war exhibited at the Paris by Lorus J. Milne
Universal Exposition, 1867 with eighty illustra- reprinted by Lindsay Publications
tions. When Dave Gingery rst showed me his
Chapters include cartridges, breech-loading copy he commented that he thought this was
small arms, eld ordnance, heavy ordnance, the best beginners book he had ever seen. And
projectiles, army accoutrements, sanitary equip- I agree. Its good.
ments, fortications, and iron-clad ships. Chapters
You get details on American cartridges, include shop
Needle gun cartridges (and others), the Spencer machinery, Includes Plans for
rie, Albini, Braedlin, Sharps, Chassepot rie, the drawings and
Electric gun and others. Learn about Armstrong specications, Tooling and
and Whitworth muzzle loaders, twelve-pounder handwork re- Accessories!
eld guns, Krupps guns, Krupps wrought-iron lated to ma-
carriage, Dutch guns, Gatling Battery, Cannon- chining, the
destroyer, the Mackay gun and more. lathe, turning
Explore work between
the Impe- centers, work
rial Arsenal supported
at Ruyelle. chiey by the
Learn what h e a d s to c k ,
materi- outside ma-
chining,inside
machining,
threads and
thread cut-
als were used ting, drills
in heavy guns. and drilling,
Examine the the drill press,
Rodman gun, the shaper, the miller, the grinder, holding the
a British 600- workpiece: a summary, other shop machines,
pounder, a Shunt useful tools and xtures, gears and gear cutting,
gun, French ri- cutting speeds and nish, accuracy in machin-
ing, the Arm-
strong 12-ton
ing assembling machined parts, processing and
nishing metal, materials, and more.
gun, Krupps Most of this you will read once or twice.
1000-pounder, Once you have an idea of what the topic is all
the guns aboard about, you can dig into more-complex texts. It
the Kearsarge sounds a lot like Dave Gingery teachings.
and Alabama, and more. Whats really grabbed my eye in this vol-
Learn about the shells being ume is chap-
used at the time: Pallisers, shrapnel ter 17 with
and segment shells, the parachute its complete
light ball, explosive rie bullets and dimensioned
more. plans for tools
Then imagine youre back in the and fixtures.
army having to erect one of the tents You can build
shown, a soldiers cloak tent, or rig a cleaner for
an army telegraphy set. See what a chuck threads,
MASH unit would have looked like (ugh...). faceplate
Then discover the architecture and science clamp, face-
behind heavy fortications like French armour, plate angle
Russian thick plate, Thorneycroft bars, a 13-1/2 bracket, draw-in collet attachment, spindle-
inch shield, the arguments of iron versus granite nose cap, collet closer, collet, micrometer
and more. carriage stop, external-internal threading tool,
And then take a thorough look at the new- heavy-duty boring bar, heavy-duty boring-tool
est technology in naval warfare: armored ships. holder, centering indicator, dividing xture, lathe
Discover La Gloire armor, Warrior and Mi- boring table, cross-feed chuck and collet holder,
notaur armor, Box-battery iron-clads, French spherical turning attachment, cutaway tailstock
iron-clads, Bellerophon six-inch plate, French center, drill-countersink holder, tailstock die
marine engines, the Monarch, the Captain, holder, tailstock stover attachment, taper-shank
the Hercules, Confederate Rams, Brazil gun- drill driver, perforating die set, simple forming
boat, Mitchells monitors, Halsteds turret-ships die set, drill-angle tester, y cutter for the drill
and more. press, and auxiliary table for the drill press. Now
You get a unique snapshot at armaments think of it this way: When you buy the book, you
with technological and historical details not get each plan for about a dollar a piece, and the
commonly found. Great woodcuts. This should rest of the book is thrown in for free! Not a bad
be of value to historians, Civil War re-enactors, deal, Id say.
model builders, and techological buffs. Its plain Certainly worth having. A book that has been
interesting reading. Rare book. Get one! 5-1/2 x an essential part of the Gingery library. Get your
8-1/2 softcover 286 pages own copy! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 376 pages
No. 23454 $14.95 No. 22237 $18.95
 Ries & Knives The Amazing History
articles from Machinery Magazine
reprinted by Lindsay Publications of Early Weapons
Here in four highly illustrated articles you articles from American Machinist Magazine
get the details on how 1911 Canadian Ross ries During World War One, American Machinist
were mass produced. You see the jigs and special Magazine offered machinists detailed articles on
machines used, but you also watch one man the mass production of various weapons systems
expertly straighten barrels by hand, one after from 6 howitzers and shrapnel shells to the
another. Lewis Machine gun. Thats not something most
American Machinist Memories Next, dis- of us need.
Ordnance 1900-01 cover a
short article
reprinted by Lindsay Publications showing
From out of the pages of American Ma- how switch
chinist Magazine a century ago come seventeen blade knives
articles revealing the history, design details and/or were mass
manufacturing techniques of various types of produced
ordnance from Luger pistols to 12 coastal guns in a factory
on disappearing carriages. in Walden,
Tour of the government armory at Spring- New York
eld MA. See mass production of the Krag- back before
Jorgensen rie. Discover the Pratt & Whitney WWI. Youll
machining procedures for military rie barrels, see the dies used to stamp the parts needed. A series of heavily illustrated articles by H.
from drilling and straightening to nish reaming, More interesting reading from early issues H. Manchester in 1918 are of interest because
riing and polishing. of Machinery Magazine. Get a copy of this. Youll he revealed that so many of the then-modern
See the English Cookson gun. Learn how like it. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 64 pages weapons had very ancient beginnings. These
turret lathes produced 30,000 Ashton horse No. 23446 $7.95 manufacturing articles are not extremely de-
pistols with percussion lock in the early 1800s. tailed, but they are easy reading, entertaining, and
Firearms educational. And if you nd a topic of interest
he tells you in what ancient text he found his
Manufacture 1880 information. You can research it further.
Included are: Cannon Making in Past Centu-
Learn how machinists faced U.S. Dept of Interior, Census Ofce ries, Musket Manufacture
off the 16 foot diameter ring that reprinted by Lindsay Publications in Past Centuries, Early
carried the teeth needed to revolve Here, you get an illustrated history of the Attempts at Submarine
the turrets of the battleships Kearsarge, Kentucky mass production of rearms from 1814 when Building, Early History
and Illinois. Col. North started producing interchangeable of the Marine Torpedo,
Travel to South Africa to study construction pistol locks at Middletown, CT to the recent Ancient Helmet Mak-
of the four-inch gun, the Long Cecil. Examine improvements of 1880. ing, The Development
You learn how of Gun Manufacture,
a 9 billet was bored The Forerunner of the
and then forged into Tank, Fighting with Fire
a rifle barrel. You in Ancient Times, Early
learn about different methods of Attempts at Rapid-Firing
riing the barrel. You can image the Guns, Intrenchments and the Wire Barrier.
proving shed where the new barrel was Also included are two modern articles
overcharged with powder and tested to see if it on hand grenades (just what
would explode. Youll nd that cast steel was a you sometimes need
engineering details ofthe Lee straight-pull rie rare and novel metal when arms manufacture to get through the
both the 1895 and 1899 models. Explore the began, but youll see it was commonly used by grocery store), and
history of rapid re guns from a 14th century 1880. Youll meet the men whose genius created making boring
breech loading Chinese cannon to the modern gun stock duplicating machines. Learn about the bars for big
Hotchkiss guns. Study the announcement of the details of polishing and nishing. You even get
new German Borchardt-Luger pistol. a brief report on ammunition manufacture.
And finally, examine the engineering This is a fascinating history of technology
details of the guns being put on display at the written a hundred years ago by people who were
Pan-American Exposition in St. Louis from a part of the early history. Even Eli Whitney, him- guns one of which
the 12 breech loading rie on the disappearing self, was interviewed for this report. Interesting was used to bore
carriage that could hurl half-ton shells at ships book. Low cost. Unusual interesting reading. a straight 4 di-
miles away to a steel mortar that could lob 12 Great wood cuts. Consider this carefully. 5-1/2 ameter hole 42
shells at the enemy. You get several incredible x 8-1/2 softcover 80 pages feet long on a 24
detailed engineering drawings. No. 20846 $6.95 lathe!
Fascinating collection of the engineering You and I may

ABSOLUTELY
behind armaments. Heavily illustrated. Get a have seen a num-
copy. 8-1/2 x 11 softcover 80 pages ber of the classic
No. 22717 $11.95 illustrations that
NO ORDERS Manchester repro-
duced, but there are quite a few that I had not
Accepted after seen from a rapid ring gun used about 1400
to a submarine cask used about 1320.
February 28, 2013 Interesting stuff. Youll discover that modern
weapons have a long history few people know
No exceptions. about. Get a copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 120
pages
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Hand Forging & A Day at the Factory
Wrought-Iron Articles from the Penny
Magazine
Ornamental Work reprinted by Lindsay
Publications
by Thomas F. Googerty Hop into your
reprinted by Lindsay Publications time machine and visit
Back in 1911 mission style furniture and decora- British factories back in
tion was in vogue. And its back. The yuppies love it. 1844. Visit the steel fac-
This might be your chance to turn your blacksmithing tories in Shefeld and
hobby into a part time paying business creating metal watch carbon being
reproductions. With as crazy as the housing market is, added to wrought iron
there is big money to be made. to produce what was
Here the author
shows you the basics
of blacksmithing but then takes you into
decorative ironwork. Twelve chapters
cover introduction, equipment, working
at the forge, various forms of welding,
twisting, scrollwork, box forging, emboss-
ing, drawer-pulls and hinges, door plates,
iron lamps and more.
This is not about straightening the thought to be the worlds nest crucible steel.
axle on an early automobile. Its about Visit the chemical factory near Newcastle-on-
creating art, attractive items that almost Tyne, the glass factory, Sopwiths cabinet factory,
anyone would want, both then and now. Stephensons locomotive factory, the linseed oil
Youll learn the basics, but youll get more mill, and the starch factory.
ideas than the author has time to jump into like how twisted at bars can Journey to Glasgow to see grassy elds
be riveted into an impressive scroll and twist grill. Youll learn to make covered by acres of newly dyed
braided handles, spirals, raised forms, rosettes, lamps and much more. cloth drying. Near Newcastle
The text gives plenty of how-to, but Ive seen more detailed texts. youll see lead ingots being cast,
Googerty will show what is possible, and thats the strength of this book: small lead shot being molded,
ideas. Some of the constructions are very simple that any beginner should and more..
be able to do. Others look like Sam Yellin himself fabricated them. Any You get great wood cuts.
one idea can start you off in a new direction. If you lived in England in the
If youre into blacksmithing, this is worth having. Get started! Get a 1840s, this could have been
copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 197 pages YOUR occupation. Fascinating
No. 23365 $9.95 book. Well written. Easy to
read. A fun book I think youll
SMITHS WORK enjoy. Get a copy. Worth hav-
ing. 8-1/2 x 11 softcover 152
by P N Hasluck pages
reprinted by No. 23039 $14.95
Lindsay Publications
Yes, yet another in
the Hasluck series! Like
Practical Metal Plate Work
the other volumes some by Paul N. Hasluck
of the material here is reprinted by
covered in Haslucks Lindsay Publications
monster Metalwork- Metal Plate is the
ing: Tools, Materials & British term for sheet
Processes that weve metal. No, not boiler
offered for years. But plate.
you get additional info Chapters include
here. the materials used; geo- and machines you
metrical construction could want.
Blacksmithing Package of plane figures; geo-
metrical construction
Yo u l l b e
shown how to
No. 23390 Hasluck: Smiths Work
No. 23365 Googerty: Ornamental Work training profession- and development of make trays, bread
Usually $19.95. Buy both as a package and al blacksmiths. This solid gures; tool pans, a sauce pan,
save $2.00. Counts as two books for shipping was published for people and appliances a ships ventilator
and handling like us. Youll nd info on used; soldering (air scoop), an oval
No. 945 $17.95 forging small links, con- and brazing; tin- bottom tea kettle
necting rods, and even ning, re-tinning, and more. Youll be
Chapters include forges and small crankshafts on the home forge and galvanizing; shown all the necessary geometry
appliances; hand tools; drawing for use in building model engines. examples of to lay out the pattern without heavy
down and upsetting; welding and You get a book loaded with practical metal theory.
punching; principles of formation; details, and like the others, youll plate work; and Another in the Hasluck series
ending and ring making; miscel- wish it were longer because it deliv- examples of of Work books. If you work sheet
laneous examples of forged work; ers the goods. Lots of book for the practical pattern metal, or plan to, this is something
cranks, model work, and die forging, money. Get a copy. I think youll drawing. to have. Get a copy!
home-made portable forges, and like it. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 160 Youll 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 160
manipulating steel at the forge. pages see all the pages
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The
Photographic
Negative
by Rev. W H Burbank
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Here you get an 1888 encyclo-
pedia of the various ways of making
photographic negatives. A practical
guide to the preparation of sensitive
surfaces by the calotype, albumen,
collodion, and gelatine processes, on
glass and paper, with supplementary
chapters on development, etc. etc.
This book is a compilation of
only the best photographic methods
those that had proven to give reli-
able results. Since only the gelatin
process was in use by the time this
book was published, what you get
is a source of the best of old-time
processes that were already obso-
lete!
Chapters include: general
remarks on sensitive surfaces,
calotype, sensitive surfaces on
glass, preparation of the glass, the
albumen process, the old collodion
wet plate process, the collodion dry
plate process, collodion emulsion,
the gelatine process, development
and xing, stripping lms on paper
and cardboard, failures in the gela-
tino-bromide process, methods of
stripping lms from glass plates,
color-sensitive plates, black & white
negatives, instantaneous photog-
raphy, touching-up the negative,
photo-micrography, micro-photog-
raphy, transformation of negatives
into positions, and direct production
of negatives from negatives.
An inexpensive jam-packed
reference. Real photography for
creative people! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 soft-
cover 221 pages
No. 23594 $9.95
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The Art and
Practice of
Silver Printing
by Abney & Robinson
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
This classic text that was
reprinted a few decades ago,but
even the few reprints available sell
for well over a hundred dollars.
Here you learn how to make
photographic prints on paper with
egg whites, better known as albu-
men which was about the only way
prints were made until the 1880s.
You whip
up egg whites
until theyre
liquid instead
of stringy. After
you add ammo-
nium chloride, you
oat the paper
on the albu-
men for a
few min-
utes and
hang it to
dry. Once dry, in a darkroom which
isnt really very dark, you oat the
paper on a silver nitrate solution
to sensitize and
then let it dry.
Next
you use the
sun to con-
tact print your negative. No enlarger.
No optics.
The authors here, talk about
preliminary experiments, prepa-
ration of albumenized paper, the
sensitizing bath, how to keep the
bath in order, silvering the paper,
washed sensitive paper, cutting
paper, printing frames, preparing
the landscape negative, printing
the landscape, preparing the por-
trait negative, vignetting, printing
the portrait, combination printing,
toning, xing, washing, printing on
plain paper, printing on resinized
paper, printing on gelatino-chloride
emulsion paper, drying the prints,
mounting, defects, encaustic paste
and more.
Simplistic, supercial silver
printing info is available in many
places, but this book provides the
secrets that will make your prints
high quality. The old guys knew how.
Cheap. Abneys rules-of-thumb for
success are worth the price alone.
Photography: the way the old guys
did it. Get a copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
softcover 128 pages text with more
than 30 pages of advertising
No. 23543 $9.95
Haslucks Photographic Notes
articles from Work Magazine
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
What you get here are small, short photo-
graphic articles that appeared after Photographic
Cameras was published in Work Magazine.
You get details on making a variety shutters,
cameras and accessories. Build a hand camera,
a focusing screen, a developing camera, a reex
camera, detachable back for folding hand cam-
era, behind-lens studio camera shutter, a silent
camera, and everset
shutter, see-saw shut-
ter, camera obscura,
roll holder for pocket
camera, bellows con-
struction and repair,
two articles on pin hole
cameras, and more.
Each article is rela-
tively short, but illus-
trated. If you plan to
build a camera, youll nd that old lenses in
barrel (that is, they have no shutter) can be ob-
tained relatively inexpensively. But youll need
a shutter, even if only very primitive, to use the
lens with modern lm. If youre shooting wet
plates, the lens cap will do.
Lots of interesting bits and pieces for the camera nut. Good stuff. Get
a copy! 8-1/2 x 11 booklet 48 pages
No. 23497 $5.95
Photographic Cameras
and Accessories
by Paul N Hasluck
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Another hundred-year-old gem from
Haslucks Work series!
If you really want to explore photography,
build a camera. Its a great marriage of wood-
working, metal working, an understanding of
optics, the chemistry of
photography and the
creativity of an artist.
This series of ar-
ticles will show you how
to test photographic
lenses, build modern
half-plate cameras,
whole-plate and stu-
dio cameras, hand and
pocket cameras, fer-
rotype (tintype) cam-
eras, stereoscopic (3-D
like Viewmaster) cam-
eras, enlarging cameras,
make dark slides, expo-
sure shutters and even
camera tripod stands.
You wont be
shown how to grind lenses or process lm.
This is about building the equipment. The
details on bellowsmaking are rare enough
to make the book worth ordering.
Great details that will allow you to build
a large bellows camera something a real
photographer uses. Nothing on building a wet-plate back.
So build yourself a 1900-vintage photo studio, and see if you can
entice the old lady down the street (who was born in 1900) to pose for
some revealing photographs. (Just dont send me copies...)
Another excellent book. Get a copy! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 160
pages
No. 22520 $9.95

WILSONS
QUARTER Darkroom &
CENTURY IN Wet Negatives
PHOTOGRAPHY compiled by Edward Wilson
Prior to the introduction of
gelatin dry plates about 1880,
photography was a difcult
process attempted only by a
few hardy experimenters. In his
classic 1938 Photogaphy and
the American Scene, Robert
Taft states that a Philadelphia
group of amateur photogra-
phers began in 1864 publishing
the Philadephia Photographer
edited by Edward Wilson.
Two other American
independent photographic pe-
riodicals, Humphreys Journal
and American Journal merged
about 1867 but by 1870 had
stopped publishing altogether.
That left the Philadelphia Pho-
tograher the only independent
publication in the country.
The named was changed in
1889 to Wilsons Photographic
Magazine and was published as
such until absorbed by Camera
magazine in 1914.
Other publications existed
such as Anthonys Bulletin of
Photograpy published E and
HT Anthony, and Photographic
Times by Scovill Manufacturing
which later merged with Ameri-
can Photography. Both rms
were suppliers of photographic
equipment and chemistry.
Being independent of any
commercial enterprise, the
Philadelphia Photographer was
considered by many to be the
very best, with frequent contri-
butions from the most famous
photographic experts in the
country: Abney, Blanchard,
Carbutt, Dallmeyer, Eastman,
Kilburn, Lea, Monckhoven,
Nadar, Sutton, Towler, Vogel,
Wilson, Woodbury, and many
others.
Reprinted here is the 1887
wisdom of the great pioneers of
photography. You get at the top
of each page Wilsons narrative
overview with most of the page
being lled with articles from
knowledgeable photographers
in smaller type published over
the years. Illustrations are quite
common. Unlike other books
that merely present formulas,
here you get advice, ndings,
and recommendations from
practioners right from the
horses mouth.
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Wilsons Quarter Wilsons Quarter
Century in Photography Century in Photography
Chapters 8 & 9: Chapter 15:
Negative
Making- Dry
compiled by Edward Wilson
reprinted by reprinted by
Lindsay Publications Inc Lindsay Publications Inc
The rst seven These days advanced amateur
chapters of Wil- photographers make their own lm.
sons book cov- Actually, gelatin emulsion on glass
er hardware.
Here, you get
plates.
Here you get Wilsons chapter The Ferrotype
details on the
manipulation
on dry-plate fabrication which is
much larger than the wet-plate and How to
of wet plates.
Yo u l l s e e
chapter, reflecting the intense
Make It
darkroom by Edward M Estabrooke
John Coffer has contrivances: reprinted by
a set of reason- d a r k r o o m Lindsay Publications Inc
a b l y p r i c e d layout, venti- Ferrotype? Huh? Tintype to
DVDs showing lators, wash- you and me. It was made on ja-
the process of ing machines, panned sheet iron, thus the name
wet plate pho- icebox to keep ferrotype.
tography. Theyre chemicals cool Here you get the classic
denitely worth in hot weather, manual. This is the 7th edition from
having. Check his bath holders, a 1891, and might be the last edition
website. simple distilla- produced.
tion device, l- Ferro refers to iron. For making
tration setups, unbreakable photographs wrought
drying racks, iron was rolled into very thin sheets
agitators, ways to empty silver
baths, and many unusual devices Classic 1891
not seen anymore. You may want
to adapt them, or build replicas if interest in the process back when
Tintype Manual
youre trying to exactly replicate this 1887 book was published. and jappaned. Onto that was owed
early photography. You get hints, tips, and formulas collodion syrup (rst cousin of
Chapter nine covers negative- from the major players. You see gun-cotton) with salts dissolved in,
making - wet. Here Southworth ex- the special equipment (most of it sensitized, exposed and quickly
plains cleaning easily constructed) needed to cook developed to give a positive.
glass for coating the emulsion, coat plates and dry Chapters include positive
or silvering. Rich- them. Youll see Herman Vogels photography, the ferrotype, the glass
ardson explains (Mr. Dye Sensitization) stirring room, the dark room, collodion,
albumenizing machine used to mix the gelatin silver, developer and development,
glass. Blanchard and silver solution in the dark. the collodion process, fog and other
explains how to The pros will tell you how to make causes of failure, composition and
make a brush pyro-carbonate developer, alkaline- illumination, vignettes and medal-
that bears his pyro, ferrous oxalate, hydroquinone lions, non-reversed ferrotypes,
n a m e to d ay. developer, intensiers and reducers
Fennemore re- and all the basic black and white
veals the formula chemistry that still work on modern
for the long-last- materials.
ing collodion If you plan to make
he uses. Wilson your own gelatin
himself describes the proper mixing dry plates, this is
of the silver bath for making wet essential historical
plates. Snell describes a test for the background
silver bath to see if it can provide material. After all,
good plates. Wilkinson discusses these were the and the non-reversed medallion
pinholes and a cure. On and on. reports from the very people photography. Also include are page
The best general book on that were making the advances after page of heavily illustrated
wet plates Ive come across is John in photochemistry through advertisements mostly for E & HT
Coffers homespun manual. You experimentation, people not unlike Anthony goods, since they were the
can think of that as cake. But this you and me. Gelatin has changed. publisher.
is frosting on the cake. It provides But food gelatin will simulate the Build a camera and make some
interesting tidbits and ideas worth gelatin available back then. tintypes. Reprints from thirty years
trying. Interesting stuff. Reading this is ago of this scarce book are much
If early photography is your like listening to the earliest aviators more expensive than the price we
thing, get a copy of this. Cheap! Its or earliest radio operators swap ask. A classic photography book.
worth reading. And its cheap! 5-1/2 stories. Consider it carefully. 6x9 Get one. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 171
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A Thousand And One Formulas Manual of Formulas, How to Cast
Recipes, Methods &
The Laboratory Handbook for the Experimenter
Small Metal
by Sidney Gernsback
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Here you get 1920 formulas
fo r s o l -
ders, litho- SECRET and Rubber
Parts
on cements and glues, compo-
sitions of all kinds, glass and glass
working, inks, leather polishes,
graphic
ink, how
to make a
PROCESSES
edited by Raymond Wailes
by William Cannon
This classic has been around
metal-craft, perfumes, soaps, pho- gasoline reprinted by Lindsay Publications almost twenty years. And for good
tography, blue-print and other pa- torch, rec- Heres a great low cost col- reason. It delivers.
pers, plating, pyrotechny, polishes ipes for lection of hundreds of formulas Using this excellent sourcebook
and stains, killing ies, on just about every subject you can as a guide, you can easily make high
varnishes and proper use of sulphuric acid, imagine compiled from the pages quality, defect-free castings for al-
paints, clean- hand grenades ???, ashlight of Popular Science Magazine and most any purpose... at amazingly low
ing com- powder like the old photog- published in 1932. cost! ... making obsolete or vintage
pounds,wood- raphers once used, how to You can make soap bubble liq- car parts, hood ornaments, garden
craft, chemical make gas (you need a book uids, solidied gasoline, waterproof and replace tools, kitchen utensils,
lab hints, me- for this??), homemade carbon matches, lacquer for brass, silver automotive parts, replacing broken
chanical lab crucible, methods to copper- solder, pho- antique parts, reproducing sculpture,
hints, elec- plate carbon motor brushes, to g ra p h i c plaques, and other art... all kinds of
trical lab hints, and on and on. printing decorative and useful objects for you
miscellaneous A lot of this is quaint, and not paper, slow- own use or to sell!
formulas and directly useful. Its for kitchen drying putty, Chapters include casting meth-
an appendix. chemists. But a few of the for- blackboard ods, casting your own hood orna-
Not ev- mulas and ideas are worth the paint, ther- ments,al-
erything here is useful in my opin- entire price of the book. Fun reading mite weld- loys you
ion, and some of it is downright if nothing else. Get a copy! 5-1/2 x ing mix- can cast,
dangerous. Learn how to convert 8-1/2 paperback 160 pages tures, pewter alloy, garden sprays, m a k e
coin silver into pure silver, formulas No. 20811 $9.95 soaps, preparations for dance foundry
oors(?), concrete waterproong equip-
Simple Scientic Experiments compound, reworks, cosmetics,
adhesives and much more.
m e n t
yourself,
by Aurel de Ratti Youll learn how to mix up sands
reprinted by Lindsay Publications If youve never seen this stuff compounds for polishing and plat- a n d
Describes forty-six instructive done, then its cer- ing metal. Learn how to blacken asks, make and pour molds, core
experiments in electricity, mag- tainly worth trying. brass, blue steel, to make silver making, problems and their causes,
netism, hydraulics, hydrostatics, But I guarantee you nitrate from old spoons, mix up finishing castings, rubber and
light and acoustics. that the average low temperature alloys, dry ow- space-age substitute, making a top
From a century ago. You American is so tech- ers, brew wine, re-ink typewriter bow rest pad, making a four hole
can build a model hydraulic nologically ignorant, ribbons, make blueprint paper, dye grommet, making door bumpers
ram, acoustic fountain, vortex hell think youre a cloth, make ypaper and much and check straps, making a fender
(smoke) rings, our explosive, genius when you more. lamp pad, metal molds for more
manufacture of gas (no show him one of Unlike other formularies, this precision, and more.
beans needed), these tricks. (Deto- one is new enough to be useful Great little book. Weve han-
static electric nate the our bomb, and old enough to have unusual dled it off and on over the years. If
motor, cheap and watch im wet formulas. Very reasonable price. you havent gotten your copy yet,
x-ray tube his pants!) Interesting book of denite value. then what are you waiting for? Get
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suspended in quick-n-dirty science
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currents and more. If you havent run into the
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Getting the reading some old chemical formula
calling for mirbane oil, salt of satum,
Most Out of or liver of sulphur. A quick check of
this handy list of chemical terms
Your Band- would tell you that you need nitro-
benzene, lead acetate, or potassium
reference.
We have kept unusual and
saw and sulphide.
What we did was enter into our
probably incorrect spellings. We
have made no attempt to verify that
Scroll
by Delta
Saw computer two thousand chemical
equivalents gleaned from a variety
the denitions are correct. What we
have done is provide you with one
reprinted by of chemistry textbooks, industrial master list of the best equivalents
Lindsay Publications and use. Some metalworking, but references, and formularies in our we could nd. Weve already found
From the 1930s comes this mostly wood. Valuable tools when reference library dating back to the it useful, and you will too. Get a copy
booklet that will show you how to making foundry patterns. Heavily early 1800s. The computer merged for your reference library. 5-1/2 x
put your Delta scroll saw and band- illustrated. 6x9 booklet 48 pages and sorted the lists into alphabetical 8-1/2 softcover 44 pages
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Photography in GET A COMPUTER
the Studio & in the and IOne customer wrote, I dont have a computer,
never will.
Field I shook my head in disgust, and told the ladies
to write him and ask if he had an indoor toilet! I said
by E. M. Estabrooke
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Estabrook brought out this comprehesive
book describing photography as it existed in
1888: the cameras, the processes, the formu-
las, the secrets of manipulation.
In the rst part you are introduced
into subbing
glass, prepar-
ing collodion
for making
wet plate
negatives like
Gardner and
Brady did, or
for making tin-
types. You get
details and
formulas for
the developer,
xer, and in-
tensier.
In 1887,
the new mod-
ern gelatin dry
plates were
the rage be-
cause they
were so much
more conve-
nient. Youll
get details
on cooking
your own
emulsion, coating plates (an art in itself), the
developers in use (usually pyro), xers, clearing
baths and more.
You get details on sensitizing albumen
paper, making your print, toning, spotting,
mounting and all the rest. You get lots of
engravings of cameras, lenses, print frames,
camera stands, head rests, posing chairs and
the other details a professional might need for
protraits.
Part II covers eld photography. You get
the latest advice on handling dry plates, put-
ting them in plate holders, and exposing them.
You get more engravings of detective cameras,
satchel cameras, view lenses, drop shutter,
Proschs popular shutter, Eastmans negative
paper, printing on albumen, collodio-chloride,
and a section on cyanotypes, uranium prints,
and more. You even get details on bicycle
photography.
Back then energetic amateurs made pho-
tographs. Today, I know too many lazy bums
who call themselves photographers but only
collect photographic hardware. They couldnt
make a decent photo if their life depended on
it! On the other hand even today there are
amazing adventurous experimenters who still
practice these old methods. And you can be
one of them. True photography!
This great book is not easily found. The
price here is a small fraction of what I had to
pay to get an original. Get a copy! With 32
pages of great advertising. Fun book. Get a
copy! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 272 pages
No. 23535 $13.95
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hell probably answer that he doesnt and never will.
(But thats obvious from the yellow pee stains on the
inside walls of his house!)
Not having a computer is every bit as dumb as
being addicted to Facebook, Youtube or some internet
discussion group. For a lot of people the internet is a
useless, brain-dead excercise in interactive television.
To those people I usually scream at them the same
thing Shatner told the Trekkies: GET A LIFE! (wanna
buy some Facebook stock cheap?)
You can get an old computer for free. People will
almost pay you to take them! And the old software
will work quite nicely. I have a browser that tells me
some of my plug-ins are out of date. Right. Updating
them will only bring more disgusting advertising. I
wont upgrade them until have to. If you have a land
line, you get get a dial up access for $7 a month. Slow? When I bought the 50mm baby brother of
Sure. But its good enough for email. And it will work this premium lens forty years ago, it cost me
for streamlined downloads. Forget video. $235. In todays money thats probably about a
And you should thousand. This 360mm version I got off eBay for
l e a r n to u s e a $76 delivered! I intend to build a 8x10 camera
spreadsheet and a around it, but it has no shutter. I designed with
drawing program. I use Illustrator and built a spring-lever Packard
a simple spreadsheet version for cheap. It works beautifully!
called Appleworks
although any version of Excel is better. And Ive been running Adobe
Illustrator on a Mac since 1988.
A spread sheet will allow
you to program formulas that
you might nd in Chastains
books or in most radio books.
You can run through many
possibilities very quickly. I
have spread sheets that design
radio coils in a ash. Others
tell me how many grams of
hops to boil for how long
to get the desired degree of
bitterness in my ale. I have
Packards patents for a leaf one that helps me design
shutter can be found in the silver-gelatin emulsions so
patent ofce archives. I modi- that I can make my own glass
ed the original design with plate negatives.
Adobe Illustrator on a Mac and And Illustrator? I just
cut custom blades from 1/32 opened some drawings I made
phenolic sheet. in 1989 of a block of buildings
in town that had
been torn down The at compartment behind the main
twenty years lens board contains the pivoted blades
before. I was providing about 1/10 sec exposure
experimenting perfect for the homemade gelatin
with the idea of emulsion I usually expose. An illustra-
turning it into a tor drawing was my rst prototype.
diorama as it looked in 1900.
Ive used Illustrator to design shutters for cameras,
layout out wooden gear clocks with foliot escapement,
make circular slide rules for 80 year old shutters, and
custom dial markings for the experimental radios I
build from time to time. And, of course, Ive used it
many times to build book covers and catalogs.
If youre lazy, forget it. Computer software is like
Ive used spread sheets to calculate angles, a piano. You have to learn to play it. With practice you
and Illustrator to quickly create circular slide can make really great music.
rules that can calculate depth-of-eld, exposure Not having a simple internet connection and a
times, development times and more. I print the basic understanding of a computer is like not having
pieces on card, cut them out, and join them indoor plumbing. You certainly can live without it,
with tarp grommets. Its all quite simple with but used judiciously it can make life much easier and
software. (And Im only using the very simplest richer especially for those of us who are curious
features! ...nothing fancy...) and/or build.
Aviation 1910 Harpers
Aircraft Book
articles from Scientic American Supplement
reprinted by Lindsay Publications Inc
The Practice and Theory of art as it was in 1910. Hell give you
Aviation by Grover Loening. And! a quick history lesson, and show by A H Verrill
Recent Progress in Aviation by Oc- you with incredible photographs You get six dif-
tave Chanute. And two small articles what was happening in this high- ferent sections: why
about early airplane engines. tech arena. Youll see the Wright the aeroplane ies,
We all know that the Wright brothers, Santos-Dumont, Henry model aeroplanes
brothers achieved controlled, Farman, DeLagrange and others and iers, gliders or
powered ight in 1903. But it re- in ight, both alone and while rac- non-propelled aero-
ally wasnt until 1908 that others ing. In the nal article of Chanutes planes, the mod-
built or bought their own planes series, he presents an extensive list ern aeroplanes, hy- Youll nd photographs
and took to the air. In 1909 ying of the signicant ights made by droaeroplanes and of early planes, details
became the rage after Louis Bleriot all pilots from the Wright brothers flying-boats, and of their engines, design
ew the English Channel in a home- on December 17, 1903 to Hubert uses of the aero- details of interest to model
built monoplane that looked plane. Within these builders and early aviation
like little more than wooden sections are eighteen fans.
sticks, piano wire, bedsheets, chapters that will An incredible book, beau-
and a primitive engine. show you how to tifully illustrated revealing
The first article you build models of classic early air- the earliest days of aviation, and
get is a college thesis cov- planes such as the Neuport Mono- showing you how you could be part
ering the technical details plane, a Wright Aeroplane (with a of it.
of airplanes of 1910. You 3 wingspan), a three foot Bleriot, If nothing else, just enjoy
get simple scale drawings construction details on a Curtiss reading and dreaming. Excellent
and technical details of plane with pontoons, and more. book. Jam packed with fun things
the Farman, Doy, Curtiss, You get details on building a to consider. Get a copy! 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
Wright, original Voisin, new full-size glider with 20 wing span softcover 245 pages
Voisin, the Sommer, the from spruce, piano wire and cloth. No. 22210 $12.95
Antoinetter, the
Santos Dumont,
the Bleriot XI, Lathams flight Boats, Airplanes, and Kites
Bleriot XII, the at Mourmelon, by Armand LaBerge
Grade, Pelterie, France in Decem- reprinted by Lindsay Publi-
and the Ptzner. ber 1910. He rose cations
Loening to the incredible This book is intended pri-
talks about con- height of 1500 feet marily as a practical work of in-
trol surfaces, in a 40 mph wind struction for the typical American
landing gear, en- storm! boy who delights in the making
gine horsepower, Then you get of model boats, model airplanes,
transverse con- details on two new and kites...
trols, the frame Wolseley engines You get plans for six differ-
and all the rest. built for airplanes. ent boats from a 12 sailboat and
He also provides When you read the 38 sailing yacht to a 32 and a
extensive refer- details of an engine 38 speed boat. You get plans for
ences to other competition held seven different simple airplanes,
publications, in October 1909 and ve different kites from a
most likely very and how unreliable French war kite, to a box-kite
hard to nd, where he dug up his the entrants were, youll know with- with wings. Other chapters deal
information. The drawings may be out a doubt, the early iers risked with sailing, kite tournaments,
simple, but it might fun to build a their lives every time up. Finally
radio control model of one of these you get Octave Chanutes obituary
early beasts and use it to dive bomb reprinted from Flight magazine. simple motors for boats and more.
your dumb neighbors barking dog! Fascinating technology. You get step-by-step instruction,
Image seeing one of these strange It must have been an incredible photographs of unusual steps such as
looking planes come racing toward adventure not only for the pilots pouring a lead keel weight, and many
you! If youre not an early aviation but for the people on the ground pages of dimensioned drawings. From
buff, youll probably nd this infor- watching. Get a copy and imagine the Great Depression era.
mation new and fascinating. yourself at the controls of one of Heavily illustrated. Fun to page through. A book I knew should be
Then the grand ol man of these overgrown kites. Good stuff! reprinted as soon as I saw it. Order a copy. Youll like it. 8-1/2 x 11 softcover
aviation, Octave Chanute will tell 8-1/2 x 11 softcover 64 pages 132 pages
you about the state of the aviation No. 23470 $8.95 No. 23020 $13.95

How to Build and Fly a Glider as a prototype before building

by Arch Whitehouse
reprinted by Lindsay Publications Inc
In 1929 Arch Whitehouse was editor of
Flying Aces Magazine. And for a mere 25 at
that time you get a copy of this 61 page booklet
and learn how to build a full size glider with a
32 wing span. The author claims he has own
as high as a 100 in an 18 mph wind with it.
These are certainly not the greatest set of
plans ever offered. You get dimensioned drawings
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that have been greatly
reduced on the original
pages so it could be sold
inexpensively. Precise
step-by-step how-to is not provided. This is not
for dolts. If you cant gure out the missing details,
chances are you dont have what it takes to y it
anyway. Someone with reasonable mechanical
skills could build it, Im sure. The smart thing to
do would be to build a scale model out of balsa
the full size aircraft. Make
your mistakes on the model,
not on the real thing.
The cheap paper from 29
is getting brittle and yellow, and I cant believe
too many copies have survived. Its an interest-
ing piece of aviation history, and an interesting
project that oughta be preserved. Inexpensive.
Get one. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet 61 pages
No. 23616 $5.95
Homebuilt Winery
by Steve Hughes
Step-by projects Build custom equipment
using basic off-the-shelf materials.
Tips & Techniques Make the most of your time,
workspace and other precious commodities.
Winemaking Guidance Plan, set up, and
maintain all aspect of wine production and stor-
age.
If youre desperate, I guess you can
make wine
from almost
anything
including
old tennis
shoes. And
almost all
of use get
desperate at
some point,
some more
so than oth-
ers. But the
good wine
comes (usually) from
grapes. You can go out
and blow a fortune on
equipment. But why?
Build it. Maybe you
could build it
and sell it to oth-
ers who dont
know what end
of a screwdriver
is the business
end.
Ten chapters deliver many topics and 43
plans: crusher, manual destemmer, wine press,
winery dolly, racking canes and hoses, siphon
pump, barrel room, diamond bottle rack, hy-
drometer, lab support stand, malic acid test,
riddling rack, disgorging freezer, bottle tree, wine
lter and more. Includes info on building the
backyard vineyard and even making a winery
stool and your own toasted oak.
Building any one of these projects can save
you more than the price of book!
Be careful! Your idiot neighbors will think
the wine press is some kind of the guillotine and
call the authorities. If the cops are anything like
the cops I know, youll never get rid of them.
Theyll stick around until theyve tasted all of
your inventory. And that aint cool, jack...
Advertising agencies want you to believe
that you have to BUY stuff to have fun. How else
are they going to make money? The idiots in this
society believe them. Nuts. Making things to make
other things is fun. Thats what we like to do.
And its smart. Otherwise the big boys are going
to end up with all of our hard earned cash.
Excellent book. I may not stock it for very
long. Get one. 8-1/2 x 11 softcover 199 pages
No. 2119 $19.95
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Cofn-Making and Undertaking
edited by Paul N. Hasluck
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Are you dead? No? Are you
sure? Plan to be soon? Just wanna
be? ...because your income is so low
and taxes so high? Then get started
building a cofn. Its easy, useful,
and oh, so comfortable.
From over a hundred years ago comes this
handy manual with chapters like: special appli-
ances, Lancashire cofns, southern counties and
other cofns, childrens cofns, adults covered
cofns, Polishing, inscription plates, trimming or
lining, ornamented and panelled cofns, shells
and outer cofns, lead cofns, and a quick course
in undertaking.
Being British, its interesting to see the varia-
tions in styles and construction techniques. As
small as England is compared to the U.S., the
variation from one county to the next is impres-
sive.
So what can you do with this? (do I have to
think for you, too?) Geez... the most obvious appli-
cation other than burying the dead would be as a
sidecar for your Harley. That oughta freak people
CHILI MADNESS
by Jane Butel
Its still true. I dont care if Annies Cowboy Chili, Authentic Texas
youre the worlds greatest ma- Border Chili, Hy Abernathys Georgia
chinist, welder, or artist. In my
book if you cant feed yourself,
youre not much of a success.
(Even the dumbest cavemen could
feed themselves.)
If you cant cook anything
else, at least learn to make chili
GOOD chili. And what is good?
Youll decide that. The purists
laugh at using tomatoes and
beans in chili, but if thats what
you want, do it. Just make sure
your chili is avorful, tender,
and seasoned the way you like
it. It should be better than any-
thing you can buy. This book
will show you how to become
an expert chili chemist.
Chapters include origins
of the bowl of blessedness,
chili makings, basic training
methods to chili, chili coo-
507 Mechanical Movements
by Henry T. Brown
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Originally published in 1868,
this 1893 printing carries a com-
plete title of Five hundred and seven
mechanical movements embracing
all those which are most important
in dynamics, hydraulics, hydrostatics,
pneumatics, steam engines, mill and
other gearing, presses, horology, and
miscellaneous machinery; and including many
movements never before published and several
which have only recently come into use.
Youll nd each left-hand page carries nine
illustrations, and each right-hand page presents
brief descriptions of their operation. Some of
the movements are trivial, but others are quite
out!
What
Im go-
ing to do
is have a
coffin in
the living room during the next
family get-together. When the
ol bitch aunts get a look at that,
they will run out of the place
screaming. The rest of us will
open the cofn and nd it to be
berglass-lined and lled with
crushed ice and beer. Well party
while the aunts are running down
the road. Course maybe Ill build
a double or triple-wide model and
bury all the aunts in the same cofn. A good way
to save a little money, I suspect. (and get some
relief from their know-it-all nagging...)
Interesting book. Historical, and, believe it
or not, practical. This is woodworking at its best!
Get a copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 96 pages
No. 23829 $9.95
JUST SOME OF THE RECIPES: Pecos
River Bowl of Red, Buzzards Breath
Chili, A Red Chili Nightmare, Nevada koffs, and then 35
recipes of all shapes
and sizes. Do want
Chain-Gang Chili, Chipotle Chili, Blue mild stuff? Try Gringo
Heaven Chili, Chorizo Turkey Chili, chili or First-Love
White Lobster Chili, Chili Scramble, chili. Medium inten-
Texas-Style Tamale Pie, Chili con sity? Then make up
Carne Burritos, Navaho Tacos, Gren Murrays Girlfriends
Chili Fetticcine, Oaxaca Bites, Grilled Cincinnati Chili, or
Serrano-Lime Shrip, Bacon Crumble Hy Abernathys Geor-
Cornbread, and on and on... gia Chain-Gang chili.
Or if youre like me
(no, I know youre too smart
to admit that) youll want the
nasty stuff like Navajo green
chili, or Reno Red.
Great little book. Just one
recipe out of the thirty ve will
change your outlook on life. In-
expensive. Get a copy, a big pot,
and start cooking! Real men do
that, you know... 8x8 softcover
204 pages (2nd edition more
than 130 new recipes)
No. 96164 $12.95
unusual and
interesting. In
some cases
youll nd that
these
m ove -
ments
were
popular at one time, but are no
longer used. Discover Fairbairns bailing-scoop,
Andersons gyroscopic steam engine governor,
or Claytons sliding journal-box.
Design and build table-top demonstrations
of these movements. Great project ideas! Very
popular book! 6x7 softcover 128 pages
No. 4252 $7.95
The Backyard Home Sausage
Homestead Making
edited by Carleen Madigan by Susan Mahnke Peery
Just one quarter of an acre can produce & Charles G. Reavis
1400 eggs, 50 pounds of wheat, 60 pounds of This is the newly revised third edition of an
fruit, 2000 pounds of vegetables, 280 pounds of old clas-
pork, and 75 pounds of nuts. sic. Make
Learn how to milk a goat, prune a fruit tree, great gut
dry herbs, make dandelion wine, bake whole-grain busting
bread, tap a maple sausage!
tree, make fresh Over 100
mozzarella, recipes both
brew beer, fresh and cured.
m i l l Its all here! Make
summer sausage,
Genoa salami, Ko-
sher salami, brat-
g ra i n s
for flour,
wurst, frankfurters,
bologna, kielbasa, Braunschweiger, chicken Year-Round
save seeds
for next season
sausage, vegetarian sausage and varieties from
bison, squirrel, rabbits, and even sh! This is a Vegetable Gardener
and a whole lot great how-to manual and cookbook! Order a by Niki Jabbour
more. copy. 7x9, softcover, 283 pages How to grow your own food 365 days a year
Chapters include No. 635 $16.95 no matter where you live.
backyard fruits and nuts (other than your in-laws), Begin by planting your vegetables during the
the home vegetable garden, poultry for eggs and
meat, meat and dairy, easy herbs, home-grown
Home Cheese seasons they prefer tomatoes and peppers need
summer sun and heat; asparagus and radishes
grains, and food from the wild, and how to start
your own backyard homestead.
Making thrive in cooler weather; and kale, lettuce, and
scallions tolerate frost and come alive under winter
And you get that throughout for everything by Ricki Carroll sunshine...
from raising chickens and turkeys, growing A new edition Why on earth
wheat, making of an old classic, would anyone
a cheese press, Ricki Carrol has re- do this??? I guess
butter, ice cream, vised and updated people like to
maple syrup, Cheesemaking eat year round,
and a hundred Made Easy. Learn and the author
how to make your lives near Hali-
own cheese from fax, Nova Scotia.
simple Cottage Sounds like Ca-
Cheese and Mozzarella to delicious Blue, Gouda nadian gardeners
and Colby cheese. Youll be surprised how easy need to be a bit
it is. Now you can choose your favorites from sharper than the
seventy-ve different varieties. Great book! Great average Ameri-
drawings and recipes. can who thinks potatoes grow in plastic bags in
A skill practiced for centuries, but one that the back room of the grocery store.
few people know. Order a copy. 8-1/2 x 7 softcover You get chapters on getting the timing
278 pages right, intensive planting, growing into the win-
No. 653 $16.95 ter, designing productive gardens, year-round
vegetables, herbs, building Danys cold frame,
HOW TO succession planting and interplanting charts
and more.
MAKE MIRRORS What kind of veg-
etables? You name it.
other topics. reprinted by Lindsay Publications Beans, Beets, Broccoli
Its time The Brashear, Rochelle salt, and formaldehyde to Kohlrabi, Leeks, Let-
to learn to take formulas are given, together with a detailed dis- tuce to Onions, Potatoes,
care of yourself. cussion of the precautions which should be taken Radishes and to Win-
And! have fun to avoid danger and the technique which has been ter Squash. Just about
doing it. Notice- found to yield the most satisfactory results at the anything any vegetable
ably better than bureau. Methods are also given for the production gardener would want to
the average of reecting lms on glass by the chemical depo- grow.
homestead sition of copper, platinum, or lead sulphide, by You get details on planting, growing and
book, Many, cathode sputtering, and by the condensation of harvesting each vegetable. Sounds neat. Hydro-
many top- vaporized metals. ponics is a cool technology, but big brother will
ics. Good de- Be warned that should you mix some of the want to know want youre growing. This? Hell,
tail. Much to chemical too strong, there may be a dangerous the authorities are too stupid to even know what
learn. Great explosion. But the manual goes into great detail youre up to. They wont bother you. At least,
price. Lazy about eliminating the dangers, and the practice until theyre hungry for something other than
people need of silvering. It is written for the beginner and donuts...
not apply. leaves very little to the imagination. A reprint Get a copy. If you aint heard, this is the
Get started of a 1931 booklet issued by the Bureau of Stan- time to be planning and planting gardens. Excel-
today! Get a dards. Excellent! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet. 15 pages lent book. 8-1/2 x 11 softcover 247 pages color
copy. 7x9 softcover 367 pages 2 drawings. throughout
No. 6216 $18.95 No. 885 $3.00 No. 2117 $19.95
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Secrets of Building A Practical Treatise
on the Raw Materials and the
An Alcohol Distillation & Rectication
Producing Still of Alcohol
by Vince Gingery
When shortages occur, an intelligent per- by William T Brannt
son knows that instead of trying to stockpile reprinted by Lindsay
gasoline, you can make your
MOONSHINE!
Publications
own substitute out of sugar, corn, This is about
potatoes, or almost anything making booze. Trans-
you can ferment into alcohol. by Matthew B Rowley lated from the Ger-
This still will remove the From the backcover man in 1885. Tells
water, creating almost pure ...All the information about ya things other
alcohol, nearly 200 proof, getting a novices distillery going is books dont.
so you can burn it in just provided from simple still making to Chapters
about any type of engine. mash and fermentation techniques, include alco-
Here Vince will teach plus 24 popular recipes. Whiskies, hol, alcohol-
you how to take common fruit brandies, grappa, schnapps, ometry, raw
plumbing parts, copper New England style applejack, even materials, for-
sheeting, and standard rum and cachaca: theyre all here, mation of alcohol, preparation of vinous mashes, preparation
electrical parts and build with instructions adapted for the of alcohol from amylaceous raw materials (starch), distillation
a 6 gallon capacity still. beginner. Because if youre going to of the vinous mash, rectication and purication of spirit,
Hell show you how to make liquor, youll want to make the preparation of liquors, preparation of liqueurs or cordials,
malt, mash, and ferment best you can. And as author Matthew receipts of liqueurs (what you know as recipes), and liqueurs
corn into fuel and turn it Rowley underscores, Making whisky prepared in the warm way.
into fuel. And Vince will or brandy Its all about making booze from grapes, malt, potatoes,
show you how easy it is is not the rice, corn, and more.
to get a license and do all least bit Here you get details on how rum was (and probably
this with the blessing of difficult. still is) distilled in the West Indies, how Scotch is made, corn
authorities. Making whiskey, and dozens of other potions. And you get the most
The still heats the wash some- complete instructions Ive ever seen on turning potatoes into
with a water jacket in t h i n g alcohol. Fuel up your motorscooter! Or make gin, vodka,
which is immersed a youd blackberry brandy, or absinthe.
120 volt water heater want to Great book! Wood engravings of stills and other hardware.
element. Temperature drink... well, that may take some One of the best Ive seen. Get a copy!. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover
is controlled with a practice. 330 pages
continuous thermostat. Fascinating book! Detailed No. 23179 $17.95
Eventually vapors boil how-to. History. Recipes. Nonsense.
through the rectifying Fun reading even if you dont Manufacture of
column to the con-
denser. If you carefully
drink.
You get step-by-step instruc- Whiskey, Brandy and
maintain the precise
temperature, youll get
tions on putting together a ve
gallon copper still with all the details Cordials
almost pure alcohol. necessary so that you dont poison by Irving Hirsch
The fuel you produce yourself. You get recipes that will let reprinted by Lindsay Publi-
is not going to you turn corn into bourbon, grape cations
be cheaper than wine into brandy, and barley malt In 1937 the author, a chem-
gasoline unless beer into Scotch. Even if your brain ical engineer, put together this
you have a low is frighteningly soft because youve industrial handbook to teach
cost source of already put away too much hooch, others how to produce hard
fermentables youll still be able to make booze. stuff. Chapters include whiskey,
and want to treatment of grain, rye whiskey,
make a version distillation of liquors, distillery
you can re equipment and appliances,
with scrap manufacture of brandy, of apple-
wo o d o r jack, of pear brandy, of slivowitz,
coal. But if of fruit brandy, of rum, of gin,
you cant of miscellaneous liquors, of
buy gaso- cordials, blending, maturing of
line at any spirits [very important], articial maturing of spirits [trade
price, alcohol even at three or four dollars a gallon secrets?], clarifying liquors, water, sugar and syrup, coloring
is a bargain. I suppose you could use the still to Without permits, its illegal. and much more.
make whiskey and brandy, but its illegal. You know that. But the author will Were not talking about small moonshine stills or white
Great book! Be independent. Thumb your tell you how to get those permits. lightnin that tastes like liquid re. This is good stuff. Were
nose at the corner gas station. Build a still, and And as always, this info is directly dealing with big stills and big processes the way the pros did
make fuel. Order a copy. 8-1/2 x 11 softcover 76 applicable to making ethanol fuel. it and are probably still doing it. You get diagrams of many
pages Fun book. I dont drink the different types of stills, condensers, lters and so on. You get
No. 6060 $12.95 stuff, legal or otherwise, but it still recipes for everything from gin to creme de cocoa. You get
One very brain-dead customer returned this book looks like a fun project. If nothing useful tips on blending scotch whiskeys, problems that occur
complaining that the still is heated with electricity. else put a copy in your reference if whiskey stays in bond too long, problems with sweating
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American Machinist Memories
ECHOES FROM THE OIL COUNTRY
Outrageous Stories from a Century Ago by Will Osborne, a true machinist
VOLUME 1
July 1900 through March 1901
Outrageous tales from Osborne starting
with his rst article just as it appeared in July
1900 American Machinist Magazine.
You discover how Osborne got to Petroleum
Center in western Pennsylvania: oil country. Hell
tell you about meeting the owner, the room he
stayed in, and the machinery all over the shop
oor. Then its out to repair a 9x12 steam engine
pumping oil out on a lease, details of the work
of the joint turner, crack pot inventors, and his
ride in a buggy sitting on top of twelve cans each
lled with 26 pounds of nitroglycerine on their
way to shoot a well, shrink ts, why the mill
engine wouldnt work, and more
Great Osborne tales. From the beginning.
5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 61 pages
No. 22784 $7.95
VOLUME 2
April thru December 1901
More wild stories of repairing governors,
hiring good men, xing pumps and eccentrics
I am sending an engine in that I want a little
work done on. There isnt much wrong with it,
only it has been standing still for some time and
I suppose the valve is stuck fast. It is one of those
valves, in two parts, that slide together with one
part pushing on the steam-chest cover, and they
will stick sometimes when they get rusty...
Dont put a bit of unnecessary expense in
it, as I had to sell it cheap to sell at all....
Those were the directions we received, and
in a few hours the engine was on the oor being
torn apart. It was rusty, very rusty, and...
Boiler, boiler; yes likely, isnt it? That boiler
has run an engine for years that would do more
work than six of this kind you x. Ten boilers
wouldnt furnish steam enough to run it. Dont
think for a minute, young man, that I dont
know anything. My nine-year-old boy could tell
you more about machinery in a minute than
you know altogether, and I dont think you are
honest enough to learn.
Really I wanted to hit him. In all my ex-
perience with all sorts of people, I never felt
more like ghting than I did then. He was little
and the gray was streaked through his hair, so
ghting was out of the question, and I walked
away leaving him and Mr. Smith to settle it as
best they could.
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SHORTLY AFTER THE
FIRST OIL WELL
was drilled in Western Pennsylvania in 1859,
there was a rush to secure leases and dig more
wells. Wild and wooly boom towns like Pitthole
and Oil City sprung up over night. The hills were
covered with crude wooden derricks powered by
jury-rigged boilers and primitive steam engines.
And scattered among the hills were numerous
sawmills, tanneries, breweries and other small
industries.
W. Osborne was machinist in the late 1800s
when a machinist was much more than someone
who stood behind a lathe or milling machine.
Osborne was a man who xed machines, and
these articles published in the earliest years of
the 20th century recall some of the crazy expe-
riences he encountered. It could easily have been
the most popular column in AMERICAN MACHINIST
magazine at the time.
If you havent read these fun stories, youve
really missed something.
(engines not oil men), bad Babbitt metal, running
an old worn out lathe, sending Charley out to
the repair the steam engine at the nitroglycerine
factory. And much more. Great reading. 5-1/2 x
8-1/2 softcover 64 pages
No. 22830 $7.95
VOLUME 3
January 02 thru June 02
Read about Osborne being sent out to a
hotel to help an engineer who couldnt gure
out why the steam pump would not draw water
from the lake. Read about the amazing trip to the
sawmill through ice and snow to repair the steam
engine. He babbitted the crosshead in thunder
and lightning with snow coming down so hard
he thought it was midnight. You also get a tale
from a reader about John Peatie jury
rigging a cast-iron furnace to repair a
steam-engine part! And more.
Great reading.Crazy. Get one. 5-
1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 93 pages
No. 22687 $8.95
VOLUME 4
July 1902 - November 1903
You get the biggest and best
collection yet. In an eight part series
complete with photographs he de-
scribes the process in detail of forming
a partnership with several men, getting
a lease, and hiring crews to erect an oil
derrick and drill for oil..
You get other bizarre tales of re-
pairing steam engines with cylinders
lubricated with tallow, of nut-case inventors who
were going to get rich, sh sucked into the water
pump, the steam engine that blew up because it
froze, and much more. And much more.
Get a copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 175
pages
No. 22881 $11.95
A man who has never had any fun with a
direct-acting steam pump, or had one of them
have fun with him, has not had all the variety
there is in life. Almost any one of these pumps
can do more different things, and do the same
thing in more different ways, than any other
piece of machinery I ever ran across. If a mans
head swells up so that he begins to think he
knows it all, it can furnish the experience that
will help to reduce it....
Brown was evidently in a hurry, and that
pump was about 400 feet higher up than we
were, and the day was very warm.
I went up with him, and to see how she
was, I turned on the steam. The pump started
right away and took hold of the oil in good
shape... I put things together and started it up
and returned to the shop.
Brown was there almost as soon as I was
and reported things at a standstill. I climbed
the hill again, turned on steam and the pump
started as before. Brown did some very em-
phatic cussing and acted as though he wished
it hadnt. Again I tore everything apart and did
not nd any trouble, and when assembled she
started as before. I began to question Brown
about the source and quantity of his whiskey,
but he declared he had sworn off months
before.
Hank was to be ready at 3 oclock, and
Hall drove up soon after I got there. He had 120
quarts [of nitroglycerine] with him, under and
behind the seat, and the shells and anchors
were on the rack at the side of the wagon....
A line attached to a small pulley was tied on
to the tool in such a position as to bring the
pulley over the hole. A reel was bolted to the
ywheel of the engine so that it was roughly
central and the line from it was brought forward
and run through the pulley. On the end of the
line was a hook made...
VOLUME 5
October 1903
- January 1905
You get stories with ti-
tles like a drilling wrinkle
for the lathe, misled by re-
versing work, trouble with
brass castings, a general
utility boring bar holder,
laying out an oil derrick,
moving to the new shop,
melting gray iron chips in
the cupola, patternmaking
in the small shop, reducing
friction, introducing gas engines into oil country,
a visit to the machinery hall at the St Louis Exhi-
bition of 1904, and more.
More good stuff from ol man Osborne. Fun
reading. Get a copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 64
pages
No. 22989 $7.95
Practical Brickwork
by Paul N. Hasluck
You can make your own
bricks, buy them new, or scavenge
them. Then you can build yourself
a mausoleum. If you want your
mausoleum to be the cooooool-
est in the neighborhood, then
incorporate some of these tricks
from 1905.
Chapters include English
and Flemish Bonds, garden and
boundary walls, bonds for square
angles, foundations and footings,
junctions of cross walls, reveals,
piers, angle and other bonds,
jointing and pointing, damp-proof
courses and construc-
tion, hollow or cavity
walls, chimneys and
replaces, gauge work
and arches, niches
and domes, and Oriel
windows.
Since this is Brit-
ish, incorporating
these patterns and
techniques will give
your home, garage, or
barbecue an old world
avor not often seen.
What I nd espe-
cially fascinating are
the practical hints, tips
and how-to for creat-
LAST CALL.
LAST CHANCE.
Your order must be here by February
28, 2013. No orders will be accepted
after that date. So if there are books
you need, get off your butt and take
care of business now.
ing arches: circular, semi-gothic,
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number of others. Geez... While sooner rather than later if possible.
youre putting in ancient-looking Some books in short supply will not
arched windows, you may as well be reprinted, and youll lose out.
create a domed ceiling. Neat stuff. Some may end up in a land ll.
As always, you had better
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antee some anal-retentive down the either return it for books or refund
block will hate anything you build check before Feb 28. We wont be
simply because its around long after that date, so well
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show up asking you Your order may take longer to ar-
who did the ma- rive than usual. As the volume of
sonry, youll know it orders slows down, we may only
was the right thing to pack every few days, or maybe even
do. once a week.
Fascinating book.
Something the light- Im in negotiations with an employ-
weights will never ee who has an interest in peddling
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understand any- will be available and for how long at
thing!) Get a copy! what price is unknown. Ive advised
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I also have collected material for
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be published by the new owner/op-
erator, but thats their choice. Well
put notices on our website after
Christmas to let you known whats
going to happen, if anything.
I do not intend to create nor mail any
new catalogs. This is the last catalog.
Attention boneheads: Think! This is
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that neatness freak youre married
to throw it away because I may
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(I may choose not to do much of
anything from here on out....)
I also know that a few anals are so
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youre one of them, you had better
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Terra-Cotta Work
edited by Paul N. Hasluck You cant retire!
Oh, no? Watch me!
reprinted by
Lindsay Publications Inc
Make ceramic decorative ele-
ments to add to your stone and brick It has been a good run. More than 30 years digging for books. It has not
buildings. only been satisfying being able to earn a living doing something that I
Chapters include: history and like while avoiding wasting my life in a brain-dead big corporation, but
manufacture, models and moulds it has been nice to know other people share my interest in books.
for Terra-cotta work, kilns for r- When I started out I was convinced I would get all kinds of
ing, modeling complaints. But it never happened. For every complaint, Ive gotten
and moulding a score of complimentary letters. We rarely get a book returned for a
finials and refund despite the fact that everyone has a different opinion as to was
chimney pots, constitutes a great book. That has been a pleasant surprise.
making me- Weve had many great customers, all too many of whom have
dallions and call them corbels. Being British, met the grim reaper. Theyve been hard to replace. Despite a hand
friezes, mak- the designs shown are Victorian. full of lemons, our smaller mailing list is still full of people whom I'm
ing a garden You get a book that will take convinced are a cut above the average American. (And you had better
vase and ow- you beyond turning simple pots be one of them!)
er-pot stand, on your wheel So thanks for your patronage, your support, your goofy letters,
keystones, mea- and into the and just for being an eccentric builder. The world truly needs more
suring and pric- realm of truly people with energy who would rather learn,
ing terra-cotta useful ceramic build, create, and tinker than watch the
wo r k ( 1 9 0 5 creations. In- ol one-eye monster: television (or these
prices), memo- teresting book days interactive television called internet.)
rial monument, based on ar- Predictable, politically correct people are
ornamental ticles extracted safe, but theyre also very boring. So forget
fountain, umbrella stand, chimney from Amateur Work Illustrated mowing the lawn. Nuts to washing the car.
piece and overmantel, matchbox published in England in the 1890s. Get out there and build! Thats what I'll be doing. And the truth
and taper-holder, and moulding and Quite reasonably priced. Get a copy. is, if we both do that, we'll be too busy to miss one another (as
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Seven Centuries
of Brass Making
by O. A. Kenyon
reprinted by Lindsay Publications Inc
Yyou get yet another fascinating collection
of heavily illustrated1920 articles, this time,
covering the brass industry. Its not only about
the history of this special foundry technology,
but youll get a detailed tour of the Bridgeport
Brass Company and watch them pour molds,
make rod, wire and tubes.
Chapters include historic notes, the crucible
process, using the electric furnace, phono-electric
wire, brass
and copper
tubes, sheet
brass, extrud-
ed words and
wires, and
characteris-
tics of brass.
A l s o
included are
several pages
of practical
hints and tips
as told by
the readers
of A MERICAN
MACHINIST to
other readers. And that includes a lot of down-
to-earth practical how-to.
If you pour metal, you should have a copy
of this on your reference shelf. There may be
techniques you may want to try on a small scale,
or others you may want to avoid so that you dont
poison yourself! But this is how the old guys did
it in a simpler time.
For the rest of us, this is a slice of the history
of technology dealing with that dense magical
metal called brass. Get a copy! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
softcover 96 pages 87 illustrations
No. 23993 $9.95
I have made brass castings in a small way for
over forty years, mixing the metals according to
the formulas in Haswells text book, and using all
kinds of scrap brass.
I grade the scrap brass altogether by the color;
I take a sharp coarse le and le each piece; those
which show up a rich red color I use, as there is a
large proportion of copper in the original mixture.
This is commonly known as red brass.
I use ne coke in melting. I take the heavy pieces
of brass, heat them red hot, and then break them
up into small pieces and place them in a crucible
while hot. I ll the crucible full, and start the re
on the forge...
Crucibles
The crucibles, which are ordinarily made of
clay and graphite, usually have a capacity of from
160 to 300 lb. of metal. They require great care
in handling in order to obtain a satisfactory life,
and for this reason and others they constitute
one of the weakest elements in the casting shop.
Ordinarily the life of a crucible is from 25 to 35
heats, depending upon the manner in which it is
handled, and some casters, by virtue of special
practices, get even longer life out of their crucibles.
Comparing modern crucibles with those used in
the middle ages, it is difcult to see any appreciable
difference except the introduction of graphite,
which has greatly increased their durability....
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Iron Melting Cupola Furnaces
by Steve Chastain
A cupola! Flames shooting skyward...
Blinding streams of molten iron ow-
ing into the ladle... Sand castings being
poured... Neat stuff!
You get complete plans and operating
instructions for a 10 diameter cupola.
HOLD IT! Now before you thumb your
nose at me and start telling me that 10
aint much of a furnace, I must remind
you that a cupola is a fast melting furnace.
With nothing more than a shop vac you
can melt 330 pounds of iron in an hours
time. Put on a high pressure blower and
youll get more than 600 pounds of iron. And because you must
have your sand molds already formed and in place before you start
the heat, that means youll need about 2 tons of foundry sand to
accommodate such a large amount of metal!
Steve will show you how to scale this ne little furnace up, if need
be, to produce more than a ton of iron per hour.
Chapters include theory and design considerations, building a
10-inch cupola, cupola operation, air supply and blowers, designing
centrifugal fans, construction of centrifugal fans, construction of
pitot tube and manometer, calculation of air ow, additional cupolas
based on the 15 shell, oxygen enrichment, purchase of coke and
more.
Fantastic book for the foundryman. Get a copy. Pure meat. No
uff. Solid, proven how-to. So good I wish it were ve times bigger.
Get a copy! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 128 pages
No. 1505 $19.95
An Oil-Fired Tilting Furnaceso that the furnace tilts safely
by Steve Chastain
Here, Steve Chastain will and easily. And youll be shown
show you how to build a furnace how to build the blower and a
capable of melting fty pounds of manometer. Then Steve will
aluminum per melt which comes show how a furnace is built and
to about a hundred pounds per used. Steve will give you the
hour. The furnace is to be built formulas and basic theory you
from common materials such as need to make design changes
sand, clay, pipe, rectangular tubing to meet your own needs.
and an old 30-gallon drum. The Tools? Well, youll need a
furnace shown in this plan set may lathe to fabricate the venturi
be built for $200 or less.... And you and a few small parts. Amd
re it with propane or used motor youll need a welder. You aint
oil. gonna build this on the kitchen
The furnace tilts around the table. But you aint gonna need
spout and not the center of gravity a giant machine shop either.
so that the stream of molten alu- Good stuff. Well illustrated.
minum remains in a xed location I wish I had time to build one.
and does not change with the furnace angle. Get a copy. Its worth having. Excellent quality.
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A Charcoal Kiln
Made of Cinder-
Concrete Blocks
by Olson and Hicock
reprinted by Lindsay Publications Inc
These kilns were used by Connecticut
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pounds of charcoal each year for curing tobacco.
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a one- and two-cord kiln, and you learn about
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tables showing typical ring times for coaling Make Fuel for Your Cupola!
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Hardening,
Tempering,
Annealing &
Forging of Steel
by Joseph V. Woodworth
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
One of the great advantages
of steel is the machinists ability to
change its hardness simply by heat-
ing and cooling the steel in specic
ways. You can make steel rock hard
and brittle through hardening. You
can soften it somewhat and make
it less brittle by tempering. And if
you want totally soft steel you can
anneal it.
T h i s
1907 third
edition will
show you in-
dustrial state
of the art as
it was then.
It may be
old, but the
processes
havent
changed.
And when
you see that
this book is all how-to and practical
recommendations together with
great illustrations, youll understand
that this book is worth having.
Especially valuable infor-
mation on making, hardening and
nishing all types of tools, including
mills, drills, taps, reamers, dies,
countersinks and more. But be
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it can be very dangerous if youre
not careful.
Get a copy of this helpful and
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you need it instead of calling us
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Building an
Atmospheric
Forge & Heat
Treat Oven
by Bill Goodman & Bob Holmes
published by Gingery Publishing
Dave Gingery writes in the
foreward
When I rst saw the Goodman/
Holmes forge I was impressed with
its appearance. When it was red
and I saw it perform I was persuaded
that it was a practical project for a
how-to manual and I urged Bill and
Bob to go for it....
If you are working with metal you
will eventually want to raise it to high
temperatures to change its state, its
shape or its degree of hardness. This
piece of equipment will enable you to
do it.
There are several unique features
of this amazing piece of shop equip-
ment. The most outstanding feature
is the high output atmospheric
burner. The cleverness of arranging
twin ames that impinge on each
other results in a single concentrated
ame that raises temperature rapidly.
But radial holes that admit the extra
primary air, thus eliminating the
need for a blower, are the master
stroke...
Unka Dave is right. When it
comes to wanting to precisely heat
treat a tap or other tool, this is the
device you and I need.
This is the usual Gingery qual-
ity: drawings, parts lists, how-to,
even details on the pyrometer. This
is a gas red unit, so you can use LP
gas or propane. Excellent project.
Heat treating steel is an essential
part of metal working. This will give
you the precise control you need.
Order a copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover
72 pages
No. 1558 $15.95
Build A Carbon
Arc Torch
by Don Meador
Put a large electrical current
between a slightly separated pair
of carbon electrodes and you get
a 9000 F ame useful for melting
metal, welding and brazing. Meador
will show you how to build a car-
bon arc torch using wood, tubing
and commonly available carbon
electrodes. You really dont need
much money or expertise to build
an excellent working torch.
You do need a source of high-
amperage current such as an arc
welder, or use the simple water
resistor below. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet
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Water Resistor
for Carbon Arcs
by Don Meador
Build the necessary water
resistor that allows you to plug
your carbon-arc torch directly into
a standard outlet. You get design
equations and theory, and practical
how-to on turning a ve gallon pail
and common materials into a safe,
heavy duty resistor. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
booklet 52 pages
No. 1440 $9.95
Salvage
Carbon Rods
(for carbon arc)
by Don Meador
You can extract carbon rods
from used batteries, remove the
chemicals, and insert it into a thin-
wall brass tube for use in the torch
described above. Chemicals could
be dan-
gerous if
improp-
erlyhan-
dled.
Inter-
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5-1/2 x
8-1/2 booklet 19 pages
No. 3029 $5.95
How to Build
an Abrasive
Saw Cutoff
Attachment
by Kenneth Dixon
Build a metal cutting abrasive
saw using little more than angle
iron, a sheet of plywood, and an
abrasive cutoff disc. Its a hinge
device that is tailored to bolt to your
circular saw frame.
If
you al-
ready
have
a saw
a n d
some
angle
iron,
y o u
c a n
build a powerful new tool for
just a few dollars. Like any power
saw, an abrasive cutoff saw can be
dangerous, but the authors model
has been used successfully with-
out incident for quite some time
now. Low cost, detailed plans with
drawings, dimensions, how-to and
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Mighty Metal
Miter
by Don Meador
With this simple jig you can
make accurate square and angle
cuts in metal from 20 feet long down
to inches in length.
The author writes:
The cost of this book and the cost
of the parts will be recovered the rst
day the Mighty Metal Miter is used.
Ive seen simple square cutting metal
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Metal Miter can make compound
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compound miter, but one that cuts
only wood can be found for $359. I
dont know how anyone that works
with metal can pass this one up.
Uses an abrasive cutoff blade
on a common power saw. Straight
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 How I Pour Babbitt Bearings
by Vince Gingery mation you need to melt
Vince tells us and pour, in other words,
about his Babbitt restore Babbitt bearings.
booklet... Topics include: bearing
Many of us get metal requirements, Babbitt
a great deal of satis- availability, safety, cleaning
faction from restoring the shell, anchoring the Bab-
old tools, machinery bitt, tinning, set up, melting,
and automobiles that preheating, pouring and
How to Build a are destined for the nishing the bearing etc.
scrap yard. We nd In addition, you should
Pipe Bending consider making your own
bearings from scratch. You
Machine will be amazed at how simple
it is.....
by Vince Gingery that there is a lot What you get here is a
Bend pipe of old, heavily- small, jam-packed booklet
and make bed- built machinery that lets you look over Vinces shoulder as he re-
frames, chairs, built to last still stores a saw-mill arbor to like-new condition. Hes
handrails, and available at scrap certainly not inventing anything new, rather hes
just about any- prices. Often all that is required to put one of these showing you how you can do the job today.
thing else your machines back in working order is cleaning and Get a copy. Usual Gingery quality. Heavily
twisted imagi- painting individual parts and re-pouring the Bab- illustrated. Loaded with practical how-to. Good
nation can cook bitt bearings. stuff as usual. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet 44 pages
up. This easy-to- This little booklet contains the basic infor- No. 1524 $7.95
build and inex-
pensive machine
will bend up to Babbitt Bearing Techniques
1 diameter pipe reprinted by Lindsay Publications
using hardwood A hundred years ago, Babbitt was king. It
dies. Need some- was inexpensive and easy to work.
thing bigger? Scale it up, make the lever arm You can take a cast iron shell for a pillow
longer, and buy a gorilla (your mother in law block. You place the drive shaft through the shell
may be just as ugly, but not as strong...) and center it with a simple jig. You melt Babbitt
Vince will show you how to build this very with a torch (propane will do) and pour it into
simple machine that allows you to bend pipe the space between the shaft and the shell. In a
from zero to 180. And with appropriate dies you couple of minutes the metal freezes. You remove
can bend solid round rod, at bar, and square the shaft and check the result.
tubing as well. These articles from early issues of Ma-
chinery Magazine reveal discussions among WWI Babbitted Machinery Construction, Alignment
era machinists about their techniques, secrets, Babbitting, Lining Cast-Iron Bearings with Babbitt
and discoveries. Topics include: Making Bab- Metal, Standard Babbitt Specications, Babbitting
bitted Bearings in Halves, numerous Babbitting Fixture for Small Bearings, Oil Channels in Bab-
mandrels, centering jigs, special jigs for special bitt Bearings, and more.
jobs, Babbitting and Planing Cross Head Gibs, Interesting booklet loaded with old-timers
a variety of Babbitt Bearing Molds, Use of Soft secrets. Many drawings. Great ideas. Get a copy.
Metals in Machinery Construction, Anchoring 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet 48 pages
White Metal, Lining Bearings with Babbitt Metal, No. 22440 $5.95
The whole thing is built from 1/4 x 2 hot
rolled steel strap. Other than a drill press and
welder (just a few beads needed) only common
handtools are necessary.
Brass & Alloy Founding
Get a copy of this inexpensive book and by H B Maynard claiming practice and more.
build this inexpensive project. Gee... You could reprinted by Lindsay Publications Part two will show you crucible furnaces,
even learn to bend electrical conduit and get rid You get details on metals and molding, cop- open-ame furnaces, electric-arc furnaces, melt-
of those 38 extension cords running all over your ing practice, brass-foundry crucibles and ladles,
shop! Build a rack, and torture your inlaws! The and more.
possibilities are endless.
Another quality Gingery publication. Get
Non-Ferrous Casting! Worth having. Great correspondence course
manual. A lot of book for the money. 5-1/2 x
one. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet 48 pages 8-1/2 softcover 108 pages
No. 1468 $8.95 per-zinc alloys, copper-tin alloys, No. 23160 $7.95
aluminum alloys nickel alloys,
Prices and Availability
are subject to change
bearing metals (babbitt),
brass molding practice,
materials for brass
ABSOLUTELY
without notice.
molds, molds
for brass cast-
NO ORDERS
That means even if you got this catalog ve min-
utes ago, some of the books listed in here might
ings, cleaning
non-ferrous cast-
Accepted after
no longer be available, or may have gone up in
price by several dollars. No catalog is accurate for
ings, polishing and
plating, economics
February 28, 2013
very long. The world is constantly changing. of brass foundry,
remelting and re- No exceptions.
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Lil Bertha Electric
Furnace
by Dave Gingery
Let Dave show you how to melt aluminum
and brass with electricity! If you have good venti-
lation and are careful, you can melt indoors, rain
or shine. Electricity isnt cheap, but its no more
expensive than charcoal, and its right there in
the wall all you need. Best of all, you can dial
up the heat you need on thermostat, put the
metal in the crucible, and go ram up your molds.
After the metal melts, it will sit there at pouring
temperature until youre ready. The furnace will
practically watch itself.
You can build this high performance electric
furnace that runs at 1800 practically forever for
very little money. And its surprisingly easy.
Not only that, you can use Lil Bertha to
calcine investment molds, carburize and heat
treat metal, forge, temper, anneal, enamel, re
ceramics, and many other tasks. If you go to
the trouble of getting the harder-to-nd high
temperature electric element, you can re at
2300 for extended periods, making this furnace
ideal for melting brass!
Dave will show you how to size the furnace
to t your needs, where to get and how to handle
crucibles, make the electrical calculations, and
more. This is typical Gingery material top rate
wall-to-wall how-to. Order a copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
softcover 67 pages.
No. 4163 $10.95
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Making Crucibles
by Vince Gingery
Melting metal requires the appli-
cation of heat to a container containing
the metal. The container we usually
use is a crucible. You can buy high qual-
ity crucibles, or you can make them.
Even if you buy the best commercial
grades, they
eventually
wear out
and some-
times break. sition, ram-
If you build ming up, r-
the neces- ing the crucible, making crucible tongs, making
sary simple a concrete mold, making a mold press, safety
equipment rules and precautions, and more.
to make The only fancy piece of equipment youll
your own need is a lathe to create the wooden mold. Vince
crucibles, uses his metal lathe, of course, but a wood lathe
youll have will do the job.
an endless And like all other Gingery books, this is
supply of loaded with a disgusting number of photographs
quality, low- and drawings, with plenty of detailed how-to
cost units of exactly the size you need.
Making a crucible is merely a process of
thrown in just for kicks. In other words, this
is classic Gingery practical how-to-do-it.
shaping clay into the proper shape and ring it.
In other words, this is about making pottery.
If you do nothing more than dream about
pouring metal someday, I think youre a fool not
Youll learn about how crucibles were made to have a copy of this. Its good. Get one. 5-1/2
a century ago, making a PVC mold, clay compo- x 8-1/2 booklet 64 pages
No. 1551 $9.95
Steve Chastains
A Sand Casting
METAL CASTING Manual for the
You get more than just a do-
this do-that text. Steve, a mechani-
cal engineer, has extracted essential
Small Foundry
detail from industrial handbooks,
tempered it by his own expe-
riences, and delivers it in a no
nonsense style that we can use.
This is info you can adapt to your
own operation.
Volume 1 chapters include
how to make a matchplate vibrator,
wooden flasks, flask hardware Chapter 3 covers cop-
and an aluminum ask. You get per alloys: bronze, brass,
construction details on the basic aluminum bronze, and
Gingery charcoal furnace, and construction more. Chapter 4 launches into iron: the effects
details on a 2450 crucible gas furnace with of carbon and silicon, ductile iron, alkali uxes,
cam operated lid. Youll get details on forming alloying elements, etc.
sheet metal into the transition pieces that youll The next three chapters cover gating, direc-
probably need for blowers. You get useful details tional solidication, heat loss from risers, making
on thermcouples and their use in making a insulated riser sleeves, pattern allowances for
homemade pyrometer. shrinkage, match plates, making rubber molds,
You get details on the types of sand, bonding making a vacuum chamber (for rubber molds),
agents, their effect on molds and coremaking, making a match plate, and more.
Petrobond and more. Steve covers coremaking: Chapter 8 provides useful foundry projects:
cement bonded cores, bolted and leaded cores, a sturdy ask lock, a knee operated air valve,
core setting jigs and more. Youll even see cores variations of the aluminum ask, making piston
used to cast the old Packard V-12 engines. castings, cylinder head castings, and casting
You get simple formulas you can punch piston rings.
into a pocket calculator to help in design of And you get the usual biblography, appen-
ladles, avoid problems with core buoyancy, dices, list of suppliers and all that.
calculate the weight of crucible full of molten Great stuff from the head sand-crab. Same
metal and more. He talks about problems, for quality as his other books. Consider it carefully.
instance, encountered with ramming up molds 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover more than 200 pages
with Petrobond and how to solve them.
Volume 2 chapters include solidication VOLUME 1
of metals: the differences between pure metals No. 1560 $19.95
and alloys. Then aluminum alloys are discussed:
effect of alloying, grain reners, heat treatment, VOLUME 2
hardening, melt reactions, practice and more. No. 1564 $19.95
Engraving Metals Design & Build
Centrifugal Fans
by Paul N Hasluck by Dave Gingery
reprinted by Lindsay Publications Dave will show you how to design a fan with
Learn about engravers tools and their uses, simple math that will provide the volume and
elementary exercises in engraving, engraving pressure you need for the system youre build-
plate and precious metals, engraving mono- ing. With a
grams, engraving steel for transfer processes, pocket cal-
engraving name-plates, engraving cofn-plates, culator you
chasing metals and etching metals. can figure
You get a nicely illustrated book of practical
how-to just like the other great books in this Precision Air the dimen-
sions of
series.
Controller for Forge the fan, the
size of mo-
& Foundry tor needed
to drive it,
by Don Meador
The blacksmithing fanatic author will show
you how to tame the wild blast of a shop vac to
produce exactly the heat you need to work metal. and predict perfor-
Hell show you the results of his experimentation mance.
using hardware store valves and components to Youll be shown
create a blast control, and how to connect it to a how to use pillow
commercial repot, Meadors own repot design, blocks, shafting, ply-
or the classic Gingery charcoal foundry. wood, sheet metal
So Conceptually, the design is really simple, al- and other common
go ahead, engrave me a name plate for most obvious. Like materials to build a
my ofce door (just keep it clean). Or bet- everything else, dirt cheap blower
ter yet, a beautiful name plate for my cofn (the the devil can be that outperforms
more outrageous the better! makes for a lively in the details. And any make-do blower you might nd on the
wake). Or when you start printing those coun- instead of mak- surplus market.
terfeit hundred dollar bills, send me a handful! ing unnecessary Dave will also show you how to build a
Great little book worth having. Get one! 5-1/2 x mistakes which simple manometer and pitot tube to measure
8-1/2 softcover 160 pages run the cost up, performance and ne tune your air system. Top
No. 22547 $9.95 this little booklet rate. Order a copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 112
can help you get pages
it right the first No. 4600 $10.95
time. Youll save
time and money.
A nice little Bent Iron Work
booklet with pho- by Paul N. Hasluck
tos and drawings worth having. Get one. 5-1/2 x reprinted by Lindsay Publi-
8-1/2 booklet 22 pages cations Inc
No. 1566 $6.95 Some of this appeared
Haslucks Metal Working,
Build a Full Size Coal but you get much more
here.
American Machinist Magazine Forge Consider this light

Machine Shop 1900-01 by Don Meador

reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Similar to TRICKS & SECRETS OF OLD-TIME MA-
CHINISTS, but has more lengthy articles on useful
topics as well as tricks.
Get a copy! 8-1/2 x 11 softcover 80 pages
No. 22741 $9.95
Partial Contents: An Improved Steady Rest
Handles, Ball-Cranks and Hand Wheels One of
the Earliest Milling Machines A Spherical Grind-
ing Rig Cutting Spiral Gears on the Lathe More
Early Milling Machines A Staff Lathe An Antique
Drill Press in an Antique Shop Boring and Turning
Flywheels and Pulleys A Big Right and Left Steel
Screw A New System for the Manufacture of Steel
Balls Some Tricks in Spacing Gear Teeth Spacing
for Prime Numbers of Teeth by a Jack-in-the-Box
Mechanism The Making of a Real Square The
Making of a Real Square Using Test Blocks in Place
of a Square Boring Head- and Foot-stocks of Lathes
Threading a 5-inch Pipe Without Dies or Lathe A
Knife-Edge Square A Non-Wabbling Wabble Drill
Making Small Inside Micrometer Gages A Lathe
Indicator Rectifying Defects in a Band-Saw Mill
Hobbing Worm Wheels in a Lathe A Case-Hardening
Job Handy Vise Attachments and more
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This design uses
commonly available
angle iron, sheet met-
al, nuts, and bolts.
The project requires
simple hand tools
with the exception of
something to cut the blacksmithing. You dont need heat, but you
angle iron...All the do need a bench anvil, hammers, pliers, and
pieces are assembled other sturdy tools to turn iron strap into fancy
with nuts and bolts. lamp brackets, vase stands, candlestick brackets,
Since welding is not unusual picture frames, fancy grills, re screens
required, the coal for your replace and much more. Fastening is
forge is a good project done with simple clamps and rivets.
for either seasoned or beginning blacksmith. Chapters include tools and materials; bend-
Even though the book is mostly on how ing and working strip iron; simple exercises in
to construct the forge shown, details of how bent iron; oral ornaments for bent iron work;
the dimensions were determined are discussed candlesticks; hall lanterns; screens, grilles, etc;
so that the plans can be modied for anyones table lamps; suspended lamps and ower bowls;
particular needs. photograph frames; newspaper rack; oor lamps;
Decent plans at a reasonable price. Get a and miscellaneous examples.
copy and make horseshoes for your camel. Or Small book from 1903. Loaded with great
whatever. Good plans. 8-1/2 x 11 booklet 36 pages how-to. Ive got a copy here waiting for you. 5-1/2
illustrated x 8-1/2 softcover 160 pages
No. 1478 $12.95 No. 21842 $9.95
Building a Gas-Fired Crucible Furnace
by Dave Gingery

Dave will show you how to build

a furnace that will enable you to melt
20 pounds of cast iron in a crucible
with natural gas. When the melt is
ready to pour, both the top and body
of furnace raise up so that you can
grasp the white hot crucible from the
sides making the crucible easier and
safer to control than if you
had to use tongs to lift
the crucible straight
up as is done with
PRACTICAL WOOD
other furnaces.
Although char- You get the usual wall-to-wall how-to the
PATTERNMAKING
coal is widely avail- detailed information that Dave is famous by J Robert Hall
able, it is messy and for. Six chapters cover basic design, reprinted by Lindsay Publications
somewhat expensive. building the furnace body, building the You get 89 lessons that cant all be listed
Gas is low-cost and frame, building the burner, crucible and here. Each lesson, or chapter, starts with the
clean, but requires tongs, and operating the furnace. You words How to. Youll discover how to sharpen
a more complicated get photographs, drawings and proven a gouge, measure lumber, use runners and gates,
burner. Dave will techniques. lay out and cut square
show you all the Excellent! You can pour your own holes, use leather l-
tricks, including how cast iron castings, quickly and safely lets, use templates,
to build the centrif- adding a whole new dimension to lay out and cut a true
ugal blower, so that your machine shop. Get a copy of this. round or ball, make
you get a hot, ef- Highest recommendation! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 cores, make and use
cient and quiet gas softcover 108 pages face plates, use wing
burner. No. 1281 $12.95 core and wing prints,
use babbitt anchors,
CONTENTS use balance cores and
THE FORGE Heating Place - Oxidation - Placing Tuyers chaplets in core work,
- Air Pressure - The Fire - Fuels TOOLS Hammers - make a medium or
Anvils Tongs - Swages - Fullers - Cutting Tools Flatter - Set large spur-gear pattern,
Hammer - Punches - Heading Tools - Sledges - Special use a cupola and crucible in metal melting, and
Tools MATERIALS USED Wrought Iron-Machinery on and on.
Steel-Crucible Steel-High Speed Steel (Metallurgy - Manu- You get a large format book with 89 lessons,
facture - Chemistry) FORMED WORK Bending Rings
and Curves - Stock Calculations - Allowance for loss in
Welding - Ornamental Iron Work - Drawing out and Forgirg
Sections - Drawing Tapers Forging Angles and Corners
Bolts - Solid Forged - Upset Head -Weld Head - Hand
Forged Nuts Reference Tables HOOKS AND CHAINS
Design - Calculation of Stock - Hand Forged Chain Hook
Forgecraft - Grab Hooks - Gate Hook - Hook Formula - Chain Making
- Stock - Tests - Heat Treatment WELDING Denition
by Charles Philip Crowe - Fluxes - Butt, Split, Lap, T, Corner, Fagot Weld Ring on
From 1913 comes this incredibly illus- Shaft - Eyebolt - Allowance to Weld On - Loss in Welding
- Oxidation - Strength - Forging the Weld SPECIAL WLEDS
trated text that will teach you forge work. You The Swivel - Rope Hook - Turn Buckle - Socket Wrench
get lots of photographs. The list of illustrations - Shank Weld - Ornaments - Welding Steel to Iron - Using
covers four pages in the front of the book! Photo a Flux - Electric Welding - Thermit Welding - Hot Flame
after photo. Processes - Cost of Welding- Oxidation Value Introduc-
Check out the contents. We reprinted it tory Steel Working - Heat Treatment - Temperature Color wall-to-wall illustrations, including dimensioned
almost 20 years ago, let it rest, and now have Names TOOL SMITHING The Heating Fire - Proper drawings of patterns of useful castings such as
brought it back, most likely for the last time. Heats - Hammering Steel - Cutting Steel - Machine Tool bearing caps, a hand lever for a machine, a crank,
If beating iron with a hammer is your Forging - Clearance Angle - Bent Tools - Offset Edges a foot pedal. a hand wheel, a pulley, and dozens
- Shank Tools - High Speed Tools - Time and Tool Used
thing, add this to your library. Youll like it. HARDENING AND CARBONIZING Why Steel Hardens more.
5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 175 pages -Hardening Crucible Steel -Oxidation Scale Liquid Baths Youll
No. 21087 $11.95 for Heating Steel-Effect of Heat on Steel-Examination of visit three
Fracture - Right Hardening Heat-Critical Temperature - different
Recalescence - Cooling Baths - Hardening in OilWarping foundries
and Cracking-Pack Hardening-High Speed Steel Mushet to watch
Steel-Treatment of-Case Hardening- Carbonizing Materi- molders
als-Guide for Hardening TEMPERING Heat Treatment ram up
Summary -Oxidation Color- Graduation of Hardness-Oil
Tempering for Tools-Oil Tempered Forgings Liquid Baths molds, to
and Methods-Special Tempering Methods-Case Harden- see their
ing for Colors -Annealing- The Cooling Rate-Guide for inventory
Tempering METALLOGRAPHY Drawing Showing of stock patterns, and more.
Critical Points and Recalescence Theoretical Drawings Hall taught in Santa Monica in 1943, and
Showing how Iron and Carbon, mix forming different you'll nd his book more action than words.
Structures in Steel - Cryohydrate - Eutectic Alloy Alpha Excellent how-to that will help you make bet-
Iron - Beta Iron - Gamma Iron - Hardenite - Martensite ter castings. Get one! 8-1/2 x 11 softcover 188
Austenite - Carbide of Iron - Cementite - Pearlite - Sorbite
Troostite pages
No. 21095 $14.95
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Marine Coppersmithing Copper Work
by Frank J. Carr
Anyone can beat a piece
by Augustus F. Rose
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
of metal with a hammer,
but only a few people can
All too many people dream
about taking a piece of sheet metal
make it look anything and turning it into a automobile
close to what they had in body or a custom gas tank for their
mind. To see the incred- motorcycle like those bizarre (but
ible work marine cop- incredibly talented) guys on televi-
persmiths were called sion do.
upon to do quickly and Dream
reliably is a testament to is about
their skills. as far
as most
people
get. Youll
never
amount
to any-
thing unless you stop dreaming,
get off your butt, and just do it. You
have to make mistakes and learn
from them. You cant learn to ride
a bicycle by just reading a book.
Heres an interesting way to
understand working sheet-metal.
This 1908 high school textbook
will show you
how to an-
neal a sheet
of copper and
and the use of start working
solders, braz- it on an anvil
ing, anges, reducing a pipe and to produce a
We reprinted this a number of years making a cup joining, branches, pitcher, por-
ago, and let it disappear. But because tube bending, templating, expan- ringer, bowel,
of the interest in working sheet sion joints, sheet brazing, sheet ink pot, or a
metal in recent years, we though it bends, testing , miscellaneous,
might be wise to bring it back for a shipwork and compartmentation.
spoon. Youll learn what types of
saws, hammers, and anvils to use.
while. After all, there are skills here
that are unusual.
Youll learn the unique de-
mands of copper rst and foremost.
Youll learn how to make simple
objects such as hinges and nger
Working copper is a bit differ- And then youll learn the techniques pulls, and then youll graduate to
ent than sheet steel, and here youll that are, in many cases, a cross be- box corners. Youll learn how to
get the details. tween what a pipe-tter might use make rivets, draw wire and small
Chapters include: tools and and a automobile body man. You tubing, polish, make a stamp out of
equipment, heat, annealing and learn to create wooden templates tool steel, and even do some simple
melting temperatures, acids, tinning for guides in fabricating compli- enameling.
cated copper pieces. So why start here? Because you
PREFACE You learn to heat, bend,
fit, and finish copper
can use a small inexpensive piece
of copper (get it from a local sheet
...Coppersmithing is a complicated work. metal shop or gutter fabricator)
manual skill involving such a wide range of Oh, I know. Youve and use the basic hammering tech-
operations that no man can claim to know all got it in your head that niques that Dave Gingery (and those
there is to know about every part of it. There youre gonna build a tattooed TV guys) use to produce
are many phases of coppersmithing, and many thousand gallon cop- three dimensional shapes. You can
ways of doing each job, and the author has per still to make illicit literally learn the basic techniques
made no attempt to show all of them. What whiskey. Well... Ive gotta on a table top using a small piece
he has tried to do is to show what seemed to think this will help you. of copper which is much softer
him the best and simplest way of doing marine But dont have a clue and more ductile than steel. Start
coppersmithing. what youre gonna tell small where you can make all the
No doubt because of its general com- the revenuers when mistakes and then move up to the
plexity and the lack of written information they show up at 2 am! big stuff if you nd it appealing.
about the trade, coppersmithing has been a (but thats not my prob- The instructions here are more
neglected phase in the education of engineers lem...) brief than I would like, but if you use
and designers. It is hoped that this book will Heavily illustrated. this in conjunction with the basic
bring to their attention the many possibilities Great rare material from instructions in Dave Gingerys How
for efcient, streamlined design, light weight, 1944. Industrial qual- to Work Sheet Metal, youll be well
and the saving of materials to be found in the ity metal work that you on the way to power hammers and
use of copper for lines and ttings. It is also rarely see in print. Cop- an English wheel.
hoped that it will be of service to the men of per isnt going to be ex- Nice little book for money. We
this craft, helping them to improve the qual- pensive for ever. So now have sold a great many copies over
ity of their work so that they can build better is the time to be learning. the years. If you havent gotten one
ships. It is hoped, too, that this book will prove Get a copy! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 yet, then its time to consider it now.
of value to the craft itself... softcover 195 pages 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 123 pages
Frank J. Carr. No. 20285 $11.95 No. 20145 $7.95
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Blacksmith
Shop & Iron
Forging
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Have you ever made a bolt
head by welding on a ring? Have
you made a rocker arm? How about
a steam locomotive reverse shaft?
Or a rudder frame?
Besides these rare topics, you
get a complete discus-
sion of blacksmith
shop equipment: the
forge, tuyeres, bellows,
hood, chimney, fuels,
anvil, all types of ham-
mers, chisels, and all
the rest.
The sec-
ond part will teach
you about the mak-
ing of cast and wrought iron and
basic operations of forging. Youll
make an eye hanger, gate hook,
and other educational projects.
Youll learn how to weld and make
a small chain and tongs.
This 1906 technical school
textbook will teach you both the
basics and new tricks. Excellent
book. Great illustrations! Inexpen-
sive! Order a copy today. 5-1/2 x
8-1/2 softcover 96 pages
No. 4074 $7.50
Elementary
Forge Practice
by Robert H. Harcourt
reprinted by Lindsay
Publications Inc
Yes, another blacksmithing
book. From 1917. And its a good
one.
Chapters include materials
and equipment; drawing-out, bend-
ing and twisting; common welds,
special welds; hammer work; an-
nealing, hardening, and tempering
steel; and tool forging.
There are no photographs, but
there are detailed drawings illustrat-
ing 42 different exercises which
include s-hook, beam strap, twisted
gate-hook, practice welds - fagot,
ring - round lap weld, common
eye-bolt, angle weld, forged open-
end wrench, at-jaw tongs, link
tongs, cape chisel, cutting-off tool,
threading tool, cross-peen hammer,
ball-peen hammer, geologists pick,
machine rock-drill and more.
The author taught blacksmith-
ing, and this was the textbook he
used. Its brief, to the point, and
informative. Excellent. Consider it.
5x7 softcover 148 pages
No. 21699 $9.95
Navy Foundry Wood Pattern-Making
Manual by Herbert J McCaslin
reprinted by
by the United States Navy Lindsay Publications
reprinted by Lindsay Publications Melting metal isnt
Looking for a great foundry handbook? I difcult. Burn enough
hate to admit the government ever did anything fuel fast enough, and
right, but this 1958 NAVSHIPS publication is a you can melt metal.
gem. Its loaded with some of the best foundry What IS difficult is
photos and drawings Ive ever seen. You can making a useful cast-
learn by merely studying the illustrations. ing. You need to make
From the preface a wooden model that
The Manual is divided into two general sec- can be used to make
tions. The rst section, chapters 1 through 13, an impression in the
contains information of a general nature, such sand into which the
as How Metals Solidify, Designing a Casting, metal can flow and
cool. Fabricating that
In 1958 the government model, the pattern, is
an art and a science.
may actually have done Here you get the secrets.
something right! You get two parts: bench work and
lathe work. In the rst few chapters
Sands for Mold and Cores, Gates, Risers, and you get basic information on precision pour complex castings
Chills, and Description and Operation of Melting woodworking, but then it gets useful. relatively easily.
Furnaces. Subjects covered in these chapters are Instead of building an end table, youll You get dimensioned
generally applicable to all of the metals that may learn how to build patterns so that drawings, demonstra-
be cast aboard ship. you can cast a surface plate, clamp, tions of how the mold
The sec- link, bracket, pedestal, pawl, lathe-leg, is rammed up, how
ond section, bell-crank, tool-rest slide, steady rest, to turn the cylinders
chapters 14 tailstock, hopper, gear case, cylinder needed in a wood lathe,
through 21, head, starwasher, lever, rammer head, and much more. Its all
contains in- carburetor connector, glue-pot, water heavily illustrated. There
formation on jacket, piston, handwheel, ywheel are many pattern books
specic types and more. And as you go along you out there, most of so-so
of alloys, such are shown how to make the necessary quality. This is one of the
as Copper- cores, and the secrets that allow you to very best Ive seen. And
Base Alloys, from it you can produce
Aluminum- valuable castings for
Base Alloys, your lathe and model
Cast Iron, engine, instead of some huge globe valve for an
and Steel. oil pipeline.
Specic melt- Great book. If you pour metal, this is de-
ing practices,
suggestions
for sand mix-
GONE!
nitely something you should have. Melting metal
is easy. Casting it is a different matter. Get a copy
of this. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 296 pages
es, molding practices, gating, and risering are No. 22059
covered in these chapters.
This manual has been written with the how-
to-do-it idea as the principal aim. Discussions as
to the why of certain procedures have been kept
A Small Sample of the Contents Page
to a minimum. This manual contains information ... MACHINE-FINISH Finishing the surface of metal; PATTERN 14 TOOL-REST SLIDE Giving greater
that should the indication mark used on the drawing to specify strength to a pattern by the arrangement of the
result in that the operation is required; nish allowance. core-print; arranging a core-print so as to simplify
production PATTERN 3 PLATEN Finish allowance for cast the construction of the core-box; proportioning a
of consis- iron; drilled holes; sandpapering small interior core-print so as to balance a core.
tently bet- concave surfaces. CORE-BOX FOR THE TOOL-REST SLIDE Core-
ter castings PATTERN 4 SURFACE-PLATE The name of the frame construction.
parts or members of a casting; the requirements of PATTERN 15 STEADY-REST Simplifying the parting
by repair of a mold by the use of a dry-sand core; registering
a casting which determine the molding position of
ship per- the pattern; draft allowance on coped surfaces; built a core; strengthening a fragile section of a pattern;
sonnel. up patterns; application of the butt-joint; glue, its methods of producing openings in web members of
A l- preparation and use; the size, selection and use of patterns; the compass-saw.
though wire brads; leather and wax llets; the trimmer; the CORE-BOX FOR THE STEADY-REST Core-box
it pays to llet press. Questions on patterns 2, 3 and 4. .... arrangement and construction....
know why PATTERN 11 SUPPORT Shaping patterns; nish PATTERN 31 TOOL-REST Making provision
proce- allowance on the walls of cored holes. upon the pattern for the mounting of a casting
CORE-BOX FOR THE SUPPORT PATTERN Shap- between the centers of the lathe; responsibility of
dures are the patternmaker; the dowel-joint; application of
ing the cavity of semicircular core-boxes; arranging
performed the material for core-boxes; roughing out the core counter sawing....
the way they are, the rst step IS to perform cavity upon a saw-bench; the core-box plane; the MOUNTING THE MATERIAL FOR TURNING
them. Consider this to be pure practical how-to. rabbet-plane; testing with a try-square the accuracy PARTED PATTERNS Methods of holding stock
It delivers. Excellent book. No two ways about of a semicircular core-box.... together while turning; the pinchdog; the corrugated-
it. If you pour metal, you need this book. Get a PATTERN 12 LATHE-LEG A pattern layout; pattern fastner; stiffening the material for turning fragile
copy of this. You wont be disappointed. A gem! construction; band-sawing; application of a templet; parted patterns....
8-1/2 x 11 softcover over 300 pages what to avoid when operating a bandsaw. Questions
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40 Power Tools Gas Burners for
You Can Make Forges, Furnaces,
articles from Popular Mechanics
From out of 1941 comes
this classic collection of them
there secret plans for building all
those cool power tools you always
wanted.
Build a 10 table saw, 10
planer, drill press taping attachment,
a power drag saw for sawing logs,
a swing saw, several different drill
presses, planer, sander, tool-post
grinder, sheet metal brake, belt
sander, bandsaw, power hacksaw,
cross slide for a wood lathe,
homemade wood lathe, wood
shaper, scroll saw and more.
The publishers do not suggest
you build these machines. Of
course, not. Most people have no
imagination. And we all know idiots
are dangerous.
These
machines
are a ing the
testament
to the
ingenuity
and spirit
of men
who not
s u r v i ve d
but grew
through
the Great
Depression and WWII.
Fo r m o s t o f u s, t h e
illustrations incredible drawings
and photographs alone are
entertainment enough. Its fun
reading an idea reference that
ought to be in any builders
library.
Ive seen too many garbage
plans on the internet sold for $50,
$60 or even $80 a pop that arent
half as good as any one of those
found here. And you get forty
total!
Plans! Send in for these here
plans. Worth having. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
softcover 96 pages
No. 1626 $12.95
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and Kilns
by Michael Porter
You get full instructions for
building a variety of burners for
forges, kilns, crucible furnaces
and more from readily available
materials. These are simple propane
burners that even beginners can use.
All are normally aspirated --- no
blowers are used.
Chapters
include
the burn-
er sys-
tem and
its fuel,
build-
ing the
1/2-inch
burner,
build-
3/4-inch
burner, a
propane
b o t t l e PROPANE
gas red ONLY!
forge, building a forge cart, 1-inch
furnace burner, 1-1/4 inch furnace
and kiln burner, foundry furnaces,
farriers forge, multi-hole glass
furnace, brazing, and more.
You get well illustrated proven
designs for a variety of furnaces. The
foundry furnace, for instance, will
melt seven pounds of aluminum
from a cold start in about 20 min-
utes. The other furnaces look really
interesting, too! And all burners
seem to be built from commonly
available plumbing ttings.
I havent read the whole thing.
If I did, Id never have time to put
this catalog together. What I have
read is really good stuff. A copy
will certainly go into my library.
Since these are normally aspirated,
dont expect to melt down your
neighbors SUV. These small burners
wont generate the heat. Propane
isnt cheap anymore, either, but its chains, beams etc; pour-
still economical for smaller furnaces
like these.
If you plan to build any type
of furnace, you should have a copy
of this in your reference library. Get
one! 8x10 softcover 198 pp
No. 1590 $19.95
The Founding of Metals
by Edward Kirk
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
To easily melt cast iron you
need a cupola: a cylinder lined with
a refractory. This is the book that
in 1877 established Kirk as an au-
thority in
the eld of
foundry.
The
rst section
covers the
technology
of melting
iron in a
cupola and
pouring
c a s t i n g s.
The sec-
ond half
covers mis-
cellaneous
topics the
author
thought ev-
ery worth-
w h i l e
found-
ryman
should know.
Some topics run several
pages, but most are only several
paragraphs, simply written, and
direct to the point. You get practical
information.
This is the technology that
produced steam locomotives for the
railroads, cast-iron storefronts for
the rebuilding of Chicago after the
1871 re, and its also the technol-
ogy to cast the giant anchors that
The Art of Casting in Iron
by Simpson Bolland
reprinted by Lindsay Publi-
cations
In 1893 Bolland wrote
this supplement to his
beginners foundry book
book. Here, he talks about
the unusual topics, tricks,
techniques, and history that
turns the beginner into a
true, practicing sand crab.
Chapters include:
evolution of the found-
ers art; blast blowers;
mixing cast iron; cupolas
their erection and
management; reverber-
tory or air furnaces; cast-
ing one hundred tons
of cast iron; castings;
foundry appliances;
ing, flowing-off and
feeding castings; studs,
chaplets and anchors;
high-class moulding;
founding of statues in
iron and bronze; art
of taking casts; pattern-mold-
hold up the Brooklyn bridge to this
day.
Early, hard-to-nd technologi-
cal information for cupola opera-
tors. Get one! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover
272 numbers pages, 21 woodcuts,
almost 300 pages total
No. 23187 $11.95
Partial Contents
Mixing and melting irons hard iron,
Hard and soft iron, Soft iron, Burnt
irons, Shot-iron, Shrinkage of iron,
Coal Large coal, Small coal, Coke,
Coal and coke, Charcoal, Cupola,s
Construction of cupolas, The founda-
tion, Bottom plate, The iron bottom,
Caisson or shell, Cupola stack, The
scaffold, Charging-door, Elevators,
Scales, Lining, Fire-brick, Tuyeres,
Different shaped tuyeres, Capacity
of cupolas, High and low cupolas,
McKenzie cupola, Return-ue cu-
pola, Straight cupolas, Daubing the
cupola, Swivel cupola, The sand
bottom, Front or breast, Two fronts
or breasts, The spout, Stopping bods,
Stopping or bod sticks, Tapping bars,
Lighting the re, Charging with coal,
Coal melters, Charging with coke,
Coke melters, Pig-iron, Pressure of
blast, Dumping the Cupola, Fire in
the dumps, The dumps, Pig-mold
for over-iron, Combustion and heat,
The melting point, Blast machines,
The atmosphere, Fluxes and uxing,
Limestone ux, Oyster-shell ux,
Fluor-spar ux, Marble spalls ux,
Patent uxes, Charcoal ux, Potato
ux, Clean iron and sound castings,
Polling iron, Slag, Daubing for ladles,
Ladle rest, Percentage of fuel, Percent-
age of fuel and castings, Iron lost in
melting, and much more!
ing in clay;
moulding a
spiral post;
Berlin fine
cast-iron
work; mal-
leable iron
castings; re-
clays and re-
bricks; gan-
ister; graphite or plumbago;
repairing broken castings;
beams of cast iron; steel;
enamel for heavy castings,
pipes, etc; and numerous short
recipes and tricks for every-
thing from pattern varnish to
brassing and Japanning cast
iron.
Youll nd a little bit of
everything. Nicely illustrated.
Down-to-earth practical how-
to. This is good stuff that is
rarely found in most foundry
books. Worth having. Get one.
5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 392
pages
No. 22644 $19.95
Platers Guidebook Graduating Engraving & Etching
by Chambers and Hogaboom reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Sandwiched in between pages professinals This well illustrated 1921 book
of advertising are direct-to-the-point in the 1936 reveals secrets of cutting lines into
useable information needed by plating in- metal and plastic with routing ma-
dustry. chines.
CHAPTERS Need to
know how
Chapters include graduating
machines and their use, engraving
Polishing & bufng; abrasive
rolling and ball burnishing; to clean
solvent and vapor degreasing; and polish
metal cleaning; solutions for aluminum? for graduating
plating: brass, bronze, cad- Stainless? Or what solution to use in a milling ma-
mium, chromium, copper, gold, to remove chrome or nickel from chine.
nickel, rhodium, silver, tin, zinc; an old bumper? Or how to turn Youll see ma-
tanks, stripping solutions; metal copper chocolate brown? Or turn chines (cross-
coloring; saw dust tumbling; steel blue? Or do anodic anodizing section draw-
specications for plated coat- of aluminum? The practical details ings included)
ings; electrolytic deposit tables; are here. that engrave
replenishing the metal content If youre investigating plating, with a tiny pre-
of cyanide baths; methods of this is a valuable reference to have. cision router
analysis of plating solutions; and Inexpensive! Get one! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 mounted on
list of chemicals. softcover 128 pages a pantograph.
No. 21451 $8.95 machines and methods And youll see
and etching and etch- the products of
Electroplating with Chromium, ing uids. Within these
chapters youll see power-
their work: dies
for date stamps,
Copper & Nickel driven linear engraving
engines, circular engines, a circular more.
radio dials, and

by Freeman and Hoppe graduating machine used to put Small, well illustrated, low cost.
reprinted by Lindsay Publications scales on astronomical instruments, Get a copy. (And I wont take NO for
Here you get a book revealing
to industrial people how chrome
plating was done when the process
machines that graduate numerous
rules simultaneously, graduatingGONE!
with a pantograph and even a xture
answer.) 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 60
pages
No. 21788
appeared in factories about 1930.
The explanations presented are
simple to understand and straight plating. But not here. You start at the Precision Lead Screws, Gears,
to the point. beginning. This is probably the best
Chapters include: fundamen- plating book for experimenters that and Pantographs
tal electrical considerations, chemi- Ive ever seen. articles from Machinery Magazine hundreds of gears, but the basic
cal fundamentals, applications of Be warned! You will NOT reprinted by Lindsay Publications techniques are interesting, and the
chemistry, plating department, pol- be able to plate on the kitchen You dont need a precision ideas useful.
ishing and polishing compounds, table. Electrical equipment, nasty master screw to cut another screw And if youve ever considering
cleaning for plating, specications chemicals, and safety equipment thread. Someone must have made building a pantograph engraving
for plating, deposition of copper, are required. the first precision screws from machine, youll like this article from
nickel plating, chromium plating, Excellent book. Worth reading. scratch. How was it done? Here, the early 1920s. Youll see many dif-
testing deposits and solutions, and Worth knowing. And worth having youll learn the secrets of making ferent machines, each with its own
an appendix and bibliography. a copy in your technical library. Get precision screws for
Modern plating texts are com- one. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 212 scientific instruments
plicated. The reader is expected to pages including preparation,
know the chemistry and process of No. 23420 $14.95 cutting, recutting, and
especially the lapping
Turning Metal on a Simple Lathe that removes residual
errors. This is same tech-
by John F. Maloy nique shown in a classic
Maloy rst saw free- Amateur Scientist article
hand turning performed in the 1950s. And the lap
by an expert blacksmith. is similar to the application
Years have passed since 1000 threads and benets.
then, Maloy has used the per inch Merton nut Youll see
technique to make steam of the 1930s. Great stuff drawings of
engines, small airplane en- for the precision fanatic. bearings, cut-
gines, and a muzzle But be prepared to make ters, sharpeners, layouts and
loading barrel riing up, measurements more. You also get a photo
machine. He has also cut high carbon steel, with an inter- and a brief mention of a
managed to bore a make additional grav- ferometer! pantograph capable of die
hole 44" deep free ers. Illustrated but less Another milling and making three
hand that was off well described are con- article will show you dimensional copies. Best
center by only .010" structions of a bell how a 4 foot lathe background material Ive
at the opposite end! chuck, turn a nned leadscrew was cut having only found so far for designing
Maloy will show cylinder for a 3/4" 40 millionths of an inch error your own pantograph en-
you how to make a pipe tee engine. Sur- across the entire length! graver.
cutting tool, temper it prising accuracy! Great Also learn how small gears and Heavily illustrated. Same fasci-
with a propane torch, reading. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 pinions for clocks, water meters, nating quality. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet
sharpen it, make the booklet 24 pages. etc where mass produced just after 48 pages
rst pass, the second pass, nish it No. 884 $4.00 WWI. You may not want to make No. 22326 $5.95
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Secrets of Aircraft Sheet Metal
Fabrication
The Watchmakers South Bend
Forming by Section Lathe Watch Company
& Tube Bending & by Ward L.
Goodrich
articles from Machinery Magazine
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Forming by Press Its Use and
Abuse. (As if
Here you get a series articles published in 1912
that show you how movements and cases for the
Brake people actually
need advice in
"Studebaker Railroad Watch" were mass produced
in South Bend, Indiana. This was no small opera-
by the Navy Department abusing a ma- tion. Youll see the three-story, 55,000 sq ft building
- Bureau of Aeronautics chine!) A study that housed the operations. Youll see the internal
reprinted by Lindsay of the lathe in its workings
Publications of the
Unauthorized circu- watch
lation of this pamphlet by and then
anyone is prohibited. examine
A series of books the spe-
were prepared by the c i a l i ze d
jigs, fix-
various forms, tures, and
past and present, machin-
correspondence its construction ery used
school people, and proper uses. to create
International For the student watches.
Textbook Com- and appren-
pany, for the US tice. Yo u l l
Government. Chapters l e a r n
No doubt these include a brief about
were the text- history, con- watch
books used to struction of a gearing,
teach beginners what they needed to watchmakers watch

1 know to be useful in the production

of WW2 airplanes in the early 1940s.
Most booklets were 32 to 48 pages in
length, heavily illustrated, and clearly
written. Were putting two such booklets in one
cover. Other booklets will follow.
Here you get FORMING BY SECTION AND TUBE
BENDING. Youll learn about section bending by
hand, by shrinking, by rolling, including rolling
an angle to double curvature (something you
would need on a high performance airplane, but
a skill rarely taught in books.) Youll see a two
roll forming machine, wrap forming of sections,
a stretching wrap-former, extrusion bending on
double-action press, bending large extrusions
in bending xtures, and more. Youll learn tube
bending by hand, about tube-bending xtures,
bending with internal mandrel, tube bending
with bismuth alloys, and more.
The FORMING BY PRESS BRAKE booklet will teach
you forming by a brake many of us already have.
Youll learn about the power press brake, bending
characteristics of aluminum alloys, standard dies,
corrugating in the press brake, the assembled
corrugating die, the hinge-action corrugating
die, channel forming on rubber pad, contour
forming on rubber pad, bending hat-sections,
bending parts with tapered ends, multiple punch-
ing, purpose of joggle dies, joggling bulb angles,
joggling J sections and more.
Youll see in large clear photos the machin-
ery, the dies and the men using them. You get
drawings showing dies, jigs and other essential
xtures.
This is far beyond the basic sheet metal work
that other books present. These were the more-
or-less secret methods used to mass produce
the aircraft used to end the Second World War.
Great reading. Highly informative. But
remember! Circulation is prohibited without
authorization. Get one! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 two booklets:
45 pages & 35 pages
No. 23764 $9.95
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lathe, the construction and use of the split chuck
(collets), face plates and large chucks, cement
chucks and cementing work into position, hand
train computations, the main spring, detached
lever escapement, compensating balance, jew-
eled bearings and more. Youll see the special
rests and slide rests, various forms of tailstocks transfer chuck used to make the precision master
and their uses, cutters and drills and how to make plates, specialized gauges and dial mikes, tech-
them, niques of making a lapping gauge blocks, and
turn- more. Youll learn how watch plates were made,
ing with how multiple drilling machines drilled dial foot
holes, and more. Youll see the belt driven lathe
that faced off the watch plates, construction de-
tails of the machine that punched numbers and
letters into parts, the automatic screw machine
that produced tiny machine screws, the machine
for cutting teeth in brass gears, the polishing
machine used to nish the escape wheels, the
graver and slide rest, damaskeening machine used to decorate parts
grinding and pol- with fancy engraving, the machine for cutting
ishing, snailing and in jewel settings and
damascening, mul- more. Learn how Precision Mass
tiple edged tools for jewels where pol-
continuous cutting, wheel cutting attachments ished and gauged, Production
for the watchmakers, turning and pivoting long how watch dials Secrets in Detail
thin work with the steady rest, idler pulleys and were made, and the (details on how
belts, counter shafts and foot wheels, develop- characters printed to make gage
ment of the watchmakers bench, and interesting on, and much more. blocks)
advertising. The last two articles
You get great how-to and illustrations for reveal how gold-lled watch cases were made
small lathes and their use. If youre interested and the machinery used.
in building a small lathe from scratch, you may Pocket
very well want to include some of the proven watchesare
ideas revealed here. A lot of this is old hat if miracles of
you have a larger lathe and have been using it. precision.
But much of the material here is applicable to A n d ye t
watchmakers and builders of other tiny, precision they were
machinery. cranked
This was poorly reprinted years ago (by out by the
someone else). Here you get a digitally enchanced thousands.
copy of all pages as they originally appeared. Here youll
Great lathe book! These machines are so learn how
small you can turn an extra bathroom into a it was done.
machine shop! Interesting book. Get one. 5-1/2 Interesting stuff. The price is right. Get a copy.
x 8-1/2 softcover 272 pages 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 64 pages
No. 23519 $12.95 No. 23381 $8.95
Secrets of Aircraft Sheet Metal Secrets of Aircraft Sheet Metal Fabrication
Fabrication Forming by Hydraulic and Crank Presses &
Forming by Draw Cast and Molded Dies
Bench, Power Rolls by the Navy Department
and Spinning & Heat reprinted
Bureau of Aeronautics
by
Treatment of Lindsay Publications
Sheet metal has long
Aluminum Alloys been formed in huge press-
es with complicated dies.
by the Navy Department Here, in this third volume
Bureau of Aeronautics of the Forming series,
reprinted by Lindsay Publications we explore much smaller
They can dene the process every bit as presses driven by the usual
well as I can... crankshaft, but also by
The draw bench is used in the aircraft industry hydraulics, both using
for forming long, narrow parts of uniform cross- simpler, easily made dies.
section, such as the angles, channels, C sections, and In the first section
you get chapters on
drawing operations,
controlling factors,
characteristics of
the hydraulic press,
the triple-action
press, corrugated
forms, the double-
action press, puck-
ering, punch and
die, hydraulic press

3
products,conditions
governing stretch
forming,
beading
c o n -
hat sections used for stingers and stiffeners. tours,
One of the fastest methods of forming long, oversize
narrow parts of the same cross-section through- press,
out their length is by the use of roller dies in roll single-
forming machines. action
Metal spinning is the shaping of
a disk of metal to a hollow form while
the disk is revolv-
2 press,
collec-
tor ring, dies of zinc, Kirksite, Dural, details of
ing rapidly in a auxiliary plaster patterns, die casting to produce
lathe. pressure dies, the use
Youll learn of a die as a
how it works, mold, drop-
multiple-draw hammer
d i e s, r o l l e r forging, pro-
dies, drawing gressive dies,
streamline tub- concrete and
ing, oprations plaster dies,
of a roll forming plastic dies
machine, use of and forms,
contouring rolls, stretch-press
rolling a gaso- d i e s, a n d
line tank cradle, spinning tools, spinning chucks, much more.
size of blank and lots more. Each section is short, ring, size and capacity of crank This double book, like the rst two,
and straight to the point. And the illustrations are press, effect of thickness of mate- is loaded with numerous photographs
top rate. rial, bending dies, forming dies, and drawings to educate people coming
The second booklet covers the details of blanking-drawing-piercing dies, into the WWII workforce.
aluminum heat treatment with types of alloys, examples of crank-press work, And although these presses are bit
cooling curves, theory of solution and precipita- and more. big for our basements, I have to won-
tion treatments, theory of annealing, salt-bath And you watch these guys der if a scaled down version might do
furnaces, electric air furnaces, fog quench booth, form up drop tanks for WWII useful work in the small shop. After
solution heat treatment, soaking period, preven- aircraft. all, hydraulics are not that expensive
tion of distortion, age hardening, refrigeration of The second booklet in- anymore, especially if you can pick
quenched parts and much more. cluded covers the construction them up used. Be careful! Presses are
More unusual detailed how-to from the guys dies that you will use in these presses. You get a great way to lose ngers and hands...
who built the aircraft of World War II. Maybe its formulas that will give you an idea of what you More great info of techniques that most of
time to consider building a full-size B-17 in your can get away with in working sheet metal without us would think could never work. Find out how
basement. Youll need this. Get one. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 damaging it. the WWII generation did it. Get a copy! 5-1/2 x
softcover 84 pages Then you get discussions on patterns from 8-1/2 softcover 152 pages
No. 23799 $9.95 wooden mock-up, from plaster mock-up, cast No. 23802 $11.95
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Strength of Materials
by J P Den Hartog
Every mechanical engineer studies strength
of materials. Has to. Just like a doctor has to know
anatomy.
From the
back cover:
Among in-
troductory texts
on the strength of
materials, this work
is particularly distin-
guished. It was origi-
nally developed by
Professor Den
Hartog to meet
the needs of engi-
neering students
at M.I.T. for a
sound yet lucid rst course in strength of materi-
als. As such it has also enjoyed wide popularity
in engineering schools throughout the world.
But the book was remarkable in a number of
other ways, so that it has become one of the fa-
vorite refresher and reference works for engineers
as well as a popular self-study text. Perhaps the
chief reason for this is that in addition to all the
customary elementary material on the subject (i.e.,
clear introductions to the fundamentals of tension,
torsion, bending, compound stresses, deection of
beams, etc.) it also contains a considerable amount
of more advanced material concerning methods of
great practical value to working engineers which
are not usually included in introductory texts.
This material is presented in starred sections
(which may be omitted on a rst reading without
interrupting the ow of the presentation)...
Other material not usually found in elementary
texts but which are frequently of great value to
the practicing engineer are the discussions of the
statically indeterminate truss, reinforced concrete,
plastic deformations, thick-walled cylinders, thick
curved bars, Maxwells Reciprocal Theorem, and
photoelasticity.
If youre building a machine, a bridge, or
a building, its important to know if the com-
ponents are strong enough to carry the load
without failing. But why make them any bigger
than necessary? Thats expensive and heavy.
A few simple calculations can greatly ease
the design process for you. A pocket calculator
and a fraction of the knowledge in this cheap
book can mean the difference between knowing
what youre doing or just being a brute-force-
and-ignorance designer. Youll nd some calculus
here, most of which can be easily ignored if that
troubles you.
!
This was published in 1949, but geez... the
GONE
author even goes into using strain gauges. And
if you dont know what they are, YOU DO have
a lot to learn! Get started. Good book. Low price.
Get one. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 323 pages
No. 1501 $15.95
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Mechanics
by J P Den Hartog
Tesla was right. Edison was a rst class
knucklehead inventor because he didnt make
preliminary calculations that would have saved
him time and energy. Instead, Edisons technique
was to try everything under the sun until some-
thing worked. Is that what you do?
Suppose you want to design a y-ball
governor. Here you learn how to calculate the
necessary size of the yballs such that at a par-
ticular rpm the governor produces the desired
amount of control movement. Complicated?
Sure. But once you understand, its easy with a
pocket calculator or a computer spreadsheet.
First published over 40 years ago, this work has
achieved the status of a classic among introductory
texts on mechanics. Den Hartog is known for his
lively, discursive and often witty presentations of
all the fundamental material of both statics and
dynamics (and considerably more advanced mate-
rial) in new, original ways that provide students
with insights into mechanical relationships that
other books do not always succeed in conveying.
On the other hand, the work is so replete with
engineering applications and actual design prob-
lems that it is as valuable as a reference to the
practicing engineer as it is as a text or refresher
for the general engineering student.
Mechanics is not a heavy book, despite the
amount of material it covers and the clarity and
exactness with which it treats this material. It is
undoubtedly one of the most readable texts in the
eld. More than 550 drawings and diagrams in the
regular text and in the highly praised 112-page sec-
tion of problems and answers further contribute
to its lucidity and value.
The emphasis is consistently on illuminating
fundamental principles and in showing how they
are embodied in a high number of real engineering
and design problems concerning trusses, loaded
cables, beams, jacks, hoists, brakes, cantilevers,
springs, balances, pendulums, projectiles, cranks,
linkages, propellers, turbines, flyball engine
governors, hydraulic couplings, anti-roll devices,
gyroscopes and hundreds of other mechanical
systems and devices.
Chapters cover: Discrete Coplanar Forces,
Conditions of Equilibrium, Distributed Forces,
Trusses and Cables, Beams, Friction, Space Forces,
The Method of Work, Kinematics of a Point, Dy-
namics of a Particle, Kinematics of Plane Motion,
Moments of Inertia, Dynamics of Plane Motion,
Work and Energy, Impulse and Momentum, Rela-
tive Motion, and Gyroscopes. Particularly in the
last two chapters Den Hartog provides advanced
material not usual in introductory texts.
No one ever gets a degree in Mechanical
Engineering without knowing this stuff. And
you can learn it, too. Or at least, learn enough
of it to make a real difference in how you build
machines. A lot of book for the money. Get one!
5-1/2 x 8 softcover 462 pages
No. 1507 $15.95
Phonograph Notes
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
A talking machine was a radical new
technology that mesmerized people. Before the
phonograph, the only available music was live
music. To hear someone speak, you had to be
there in person to hear them. And all of sudden
it became possible to store sound for later use. It
was a stunning development one that todays
iPod generation is far too ignorant to appreci-
ate.
Here in one low-cost book-
let you get a collection of
original articles covering not
only Edisons original cylinder
machine, but Berliners more
familiar disk machine.
First you get How to Build a Working
Phonograph as reported in SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
SUPPLEMENT not long after Edisons announcement,
complete with drawings and details.
Then from WORK magazine in England in the
1880s comes another how-to article on building
a simple cylinder machine.
Next
you get a
fascinating
interview
with Thom-
as Edison as
he explains
and demon-
strates his
invention to
a reporter
from the New York Sun newspaper.
Then you get a fascinating illustrated techni-
cal report from 1908 on Emile Berliners gramo-
phone how it worked, how it was developed
and what the state of the art was at the time.
Finally four articles from AMERICAN MACHIN-
IST in 1912 will take you into Edisons factory to
show you the equipment and techniques used
to make cylinder machines, the needles, and the
wax cylinder records. These articles, as usual, are
heavily il-
lustrated.
Home
shop ma-
chinists
today
b u i l d
and use
these ma-
chines. Its
as amaz-
ing today as then to build a simple non-elec-
tronic machine in your own shop that records
sound.
Great reading about one of the simplest
but most amazing inventions ever. Lots of ideas,
history, and how-to. Build a machine. Worth
knowing about and worth experimenting with.
Get a copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 76 pages
No. 23934 $8.95
Aircraft How to Do Aircraft Sheetmetal Work
Sheet Metal 1941 by Norcross & Quinn
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
by the War Department Have you ever seen the smooth hammer over a V block. Or a
reprinted by Lindsay Publications contours and perfect transitions on man using a bucking bar while
Even before Pearl Harbor America was gear- the skin of a DC-3? How did they do riveting. Or a man using a vixen
ing up for war. And the rst thing you do is teach that? Airplanes, like custom autos,
people useful skills other than sex, booze, and are exquisite examples of sheet
gambling. And everyone knows theres nothing metal craftsmanship. This book
more romantic than sheet metal. Especially if will show you how it was done in
youre being shot at by Zeroes. 1942.
Here from February 1941 is a introduction to Chapters include blueprint reading;
sheet metal and how it is worked with emphasis shop math; properties and standards
on building aircraft. It was only 13 years after of aircraft materials; how to mea-
the rst World War ended in which airplanes sure; templates; aircraft sheetmetal
layout; how
to cut sheet;
files and
how to use
them; form-
ing, stamp-
ing, and le to rapidly trim
hydraulic an aluminum alloy
presses; sheet.
drilling and This is all nuts-
how to do and-bolts how-to. No
were built from wood, cloth and piano wire. In it; how to rivet; jig assembly in modern fancy theory or math.
41, war planes were being built of metal, and aircraft factories; skin tting; spot welding; One of the best sheet
these were the skills needed. and shop projects. metal books Ive ever
You get fourteen chapters: hand tools and You learn to work sheet metal in the most seen. Just what you need to help you restore
machines, soldering, elements of sheet metal basic terms. Youll see a man removing wrinkles your Bughatti. Or make a radio chassis or tool
work, properties and uses of aircraft sheet metal, from a curved sheet using a planishing hammer box. Excellent book. Get a copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
aircraft rivets and fasteners, wires and cables, and bumping stake. And a man bending an paperback 285 pages
bumping and forming methods, repairs, radiator extrusion to an irregular shape using a rawhide No. 21893 $14.95
repair, fuel and oil tank repair, airplane plumbing,
plastic sheet for air-
craft, protective coat- Sheet Metal Pattern Drafting
ings for aircraft, and
cadmium plating. and Shop Problems
by James S. Daugherty
Youll see drawings
and photos of nibblers, reprinted by Lindsay Publications
shears, brakes, crimp- There are many sheet metal books available moldings with
ing machines, bench that will show you how to make the duct-work for complex miters,
plates and stakes, your home heating system. This book takes that fancy roof venti-
methods of making knowledge a step further. It begins with a clear lators in several
seams, cor- explanation of the basics in drawing, geometry different shapes
rect and in- and drafting and moves from there into solving and tapering
correct ways common duct work problems. shapes-like pyr-
of riveting, stiffeners, extrusion, and a hundred The genius of this book comes in Parts II amids, cones and
other techniques in use then. Remember, build- and III where you learn how to make roman funnels. You also
ing a tool box is one thing. A craftsman can build get the se-
an airplane, and there arent many of us who can crets of shape triangulation, which will
do that. allow you shift the shapes from round
Anyone to oblong or from square to round. This

GONE!
of the chapters book also includes patterns for skylights,
could be a text- a watering can and a three-dimensional
book in itself. sphere.
So you dont What does this mean to you? Well, if
get extremely you apply some creativity, you can turn
detailed how- those ugly at roof vents you currently
to. This will give have into a brass or copper cupola that
you an intro- will make your neighbors ask for one just
duction into the technology that is not commonly like it! Install a skylight in the kitchen, or
available these days. better yet, above your garage workbench!
This is valuable to guys restoring airplanes, The possibilities are endless.
obviously, but its also amazing to see the simple Loaded with pictures and patterns!
tools that built high performance aircraft on Order one today. Great book, odd shape
which so many lives depended. It seems to me, 10 x 8, softcover, 176 pages.
if you can build an airplane, building something No. 22946
less important like a street rod oughta be pretty
easy. The techniques apply.
Great straight-to-the-point book. Sorry,
nothing on sex, booze or gambling. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
softcover 147 pages
No. 23942 $10.95
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Gingerys Slip Roll Sheet Metal
Machine Technology
by Vince Gingery by Dave Gingery
Use three 1-1/2" diameter steel rolls made Daves last book! It
from pipe in a was written in the late
simple congu- 1980s but is only now
ration to turn being published.
a flat sheet of Daves gone. I
24" wide metal miss him. I
into cylinders would have
of adjustable called this
diameters. Vince something
used a bandsaw, drill press, and a like How to
welder to build this useful machine. Learn to Work
A valuable tool for sheet metal work- Sheet Metal by
ers. Usual Gingery quality. Get a copy. Fabricating Some-

8-1/2 x 11 booklet 40 pages
No. 1335 $9.95
Dave Gingerys
Working Sheet
Metal
by Dave Gingery
Let Dave Gingery
get you started in work-
ing sheet metal with
a hammer, a tree stump
and a simple bar clamp you
can attach to the front edge
of your workbench. He'll show you all the basic
joints and edges, and how to
Learn the make them without fancy
Basics of machines. He'll even show
Sheet Metal you how to make a gas tank.
This is not the ultimate sheet
Using Very metal book, just the straight
Simple Tools! scoop on how to get great
results with simple tools
from someone who has done it. Consider this
carefully!
5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 90 pages
No. 1334 $9.95
Dave Gingery Explains
His Book...
This book was inspired when someone gave a
friend of mine a furnace. Local sheet-metal people
all wanted $1000 or more to install it. My friend is
almost as stingy and tight-sted as you and I so he
didnt go that route. Instead, I picked up a couple of
sheets of galvanized metal, a couple of joints of prefab
duct and st full of S slips and drives and we did
the job in a half day for less than $75.00. ...We didnt
have any of the fancy equipment for the job but we
did it any way. Thats what this book is about.
No photos of exotic equipment in these pages. And
no instruction in using press-brakes, leaf brakes, slip-
rolls, bar-folders, turning machines, edgers, crimpers,
lock-formers or any of the commercially built equip-
ment found in commercial shops... Instead, this book
shows you how to do the work without machines.
Sheet metal work was my second trade and I
worked it for years... So here I am showing how to
produce what you need without the machines, and
there is hardly a limit to what can be made.
The chapter on layout is brief but it covers all
the basics. It would be no trouble at all to write 500
pages on pattern problems and examples alone. But
that has been done very well by many [others] in the
past. My message is that the principles are few and
simple.
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thing That Is Actually
Very Useful.
Vinces com- Forget HVAC...
ments in the pref- Build Something
ace can explain the More Useful...
book better than I Great Sheet Metal
can. And the pho-
tographs speak for Projects from the
themselves. Neat
stuff.
Master!
What I nd quite interesting are the plans
for the 24 leaf brake
built primarily from
hardwood. Before
you thumb
your nose at
a wooden
brake,
both Dave
and I must
remind you
that most early
sheet metal brakes
were wooden. This
would be a great project for the model maker,
the radio builder, or an artist who needs only a
lightweight unit. Hardwood and piano hinges
are commonly available.
Build a grill, tool box, a tote tray an in the
process work through all the lessons Dave Gin-
gery knew you should learn. Great instruction,
and great projects! Gingery quality as usual. Get
one. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 112 pages
No. 1588 $14.95
PREFACE
To prepare for constructing the projects in the
book, I purchased a 24 pan & box brake Model
#G0557 from Grizzly industrial for $189.00 and
a spot welder for $300.00. The other necessary
tools such as tin snips, scriber and straight
edge etc., I already had in my possession. I was
amazed at what I was able to produce and the
quality I was able to achieve with such a small
investment. And that investment could have
been reduced to near zero if I had chosen to use
the wooden brake presented in the book, and
pop rivets instead spot welds.
The charcoal grill and the three drawer tool
chest were intimidating at rst glance, but I just
dug in and took the projects one step at a time.
Before long it became clear that what was at
rst perceived a difcult challenge turned out
to be a breeze. And thats what Dad always
emphasized....
Aircraft Welding
by L S Elzea
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Boneheads think you must have the latest
high tech equipment before you can do good
work. Gotta have a CNC machining center, a
network analyzer, or the latest MIG or TIG welder.
Nuts. A craftsman can work wonders with simple
tools. And its that craftsmanship that is taught
here.
In 1942 Walter Beech commented The
Beech Aircraft Corporation at the present time
has in its employ more welders who have been
trained under the supervision of Mr. Elzea than
have come from any other one source.
High-Performance Welding
that Helped Win World War II
So how were WWII airplanes put together?
Rivets. And welds produced by oxy-acetylene
torches. Here you get the secrets of how metal
tubes and other components were combined to
build engine mounts, landing gear, and whole
fuselages. This is about high performance weld-
ing with simple gear.
Chapters include: equipment, tools, weld
characteristics and types, stress, jigs, methods of
construction, welding aluminum and stainless,
exercises in welding steel aluminum and stain-
less, drawings and prints, air corps specications
and more.
Since this is a textbook published to train
the countless welders that were to be needed
for war production, you know that it is simply
written, loaded with straight-to-the-point how-to,
and is heavily illustrated with photos from Boe-
ing, Douglass, Beech, North American, Martin,
Lockheed, Cessna, Ryan, and other aviation
rms.
If you really want to make your torch do
amazing things, then get a copy of this book and
get started. Excellent book. Get one. 8-1/2 x 11
softcover 136 pages
No. 22911 $15.95

Thermit Welding
by Ethan Vial
A mixture of powdered aluminum and ferric
oxide, once ignited, burns ferociously. And hot?
About TWICE the temperature needed to melt
steel.
It burns in a special crucible/furnace, ows
out the bottom, produces a lot of slag (naturally),
but also very useful steel. Back a hundred years
ago it was routinely used for welding railroad
track, broken crankshafts on huge steam engines,
and many other things. These days you dont see
it much, but there are rms still offering thermit.
It might be a useful way to produce small steel
METAL SPINNING
for Craftsmen,
Instructors, & Students
by Reagan & Smith
You can chuck a piece of sheet metal in a
lathe and using simple tools spin it into a smoothly
contoured shape that can become anything from
a teapot to a missile nose cone. Here youll learn
historical facts about metal spinning, why people
are interested in spinning, the necessary mechan-
ical setups, spinning tools, chucks for spinning,
the treatment of different metals, lubricants to
be used, the actual process of spinning, and ed-
ucational
as well as Barnes Metal
useful proj-
ects. Working Machinery
by W. F. & John Barnes Co., Rockford IL
Sure, you reprinted by Lindsay Publications
can turn More than a hundred years ago, Barnes
a bronze made a very complete line of Foot and Hand
bushing, Power Wood Working Machinery, embracing
but can you turn a sheet of copper into a beau- Circular Saws, Scroll Saws, Mortising, Tenoning
tiful vase or candlestick? and Moulding Machines, Lathes, etc. ...
A simply written 1936 technical school But what you get here are beautiful engrav-
textbook. Very few people, including expert metal ings of their machine tools, some foot powered,
workers, know how to spin. You can learn right others belted to overhead line shaft: lathes, their
here. Order a copy! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 80 friction disk drills, 20 drill with self feed and
pages automatic stop, three-spindle drill press, grind-
No. 4830 $9.95 ers, lathe tools,

METAL SPINNING
chucks, twist
drills and
more.
from Machinery Magazine W h a t
reprinted by Lindsay Publications date? Dont
Heres a great little 1910 booklet from the know. Couldnt
publishers of Machinery magazine that will nd one. But I
introduce you to metal see the Almond
spinning. See the tools, drill chuck of-
chucks, and forms, fered, and I
youll need and how know Thomas
to use them. See a zinc Almond died
lamp shade spun in in 1906. All il-
castings needed for model making. one operation, a Ger- lustrations are
You get a collection of how-to articles that man silver reector for beautiful en-
ran in AMERICAN MACHINIST magazine in 1919 cover- gravings, so I
ing history, the fusion welding of heavy sections, would guess
welding crankshafts etc, rail welding for electric this booklet/
railways and more. a light, copper catalog ap-
You learn in detail what kind of thermit to and aluminum peared in the early 1890s.
use, how to create a mold around the part youre forms that look When you read the tales told by old time
welding or repairing, how to repair and set up like spittoons, machinists in the books weve offered over the
the crucible needed, how to ignite the thermit and more. years (Echoes of the Oil Country, for instance),
and make the pour. The real trick in welding This is youll have a very good idea of the machinery
broken parts was in preparing them by aligning, a great intro they were using. Was it the best? Hardly. Aint no
cutting away some broken edges, and separating into converting such thing. But even with these simple machine
by a critical amount to compensate for inevitable sheet metal into tools they could create near-miracles which was
shrinkage due to cooling. beautiful and a testament to their ingenuity and persistence.
Top rate. Nuts and bolt details for the useful three Its fascinating picture booklet. If youre
WWI machinist who had to use it. Stunning dimensional looking to restore an old lathe, or build one from
performance. Potentially very dangerous. Great forms. This is a scratch, here are some great ideas. Its worth
material. Get a copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 96 skill to have. Order a copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet having. Get one! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet 48 pages
pages 38 pages (no woodworking machinery)
No. 23845 $9.95 No. 21370 $4.95 No. 23888 $5.95
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1945 LeJay Manual
by Lawrence D. Leach
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Most of the fty articles in
this 1945 edition deal with the
conversion with now-antique auto
generators into 110 volt alternators,
other voltage generators
and motors. A lot of this
info was used in areas of
the country that hadnt
been electried. You could
buy old generators from
auto junk yards, build a
windmill, repair old auto
batteries, and use the elec-
tricity to run homebuilt
motors, welders and so
on.
A lot of the infor-
mation in this booklet is
now of limited value simply because
INCLUDES: Plans for 110 Volt AC Light
Plant made from Ford Model T Gen-
erator 6 Volt Slow Speed Generator
(with plans for all-metal windmill) 6
Volt & 12 Volt Slow Speed Generators
from Dodge G or GA Northeast
Generator 32 volt slow speed wind
light Plant Generator How to Make a
Grinder, Series Motor, Constant Speed
Motor, A Universal AC or DC Motor and
a Soldering Iron 75 to 110 Ampere
Arc Welder Made from Dodge G
or GA Generator Pendulum Type
Fence Controller made from Ford T
Coil Plans for Building a Complete
Wind Light Plant Including Tower,
Propeller and Generator Charger
110 Volt AC Light Plant Generator
B Eliminator For Your Battery Oper-
Windmills & Windmotors
by F. E. Powell
reprinted by
Lindsay Publications
Learn about different
types of turn-of-the-century
windmills, some of them
unusual. Build a model tower
windmill similar to those in
Holland. Build a real power-
producing windmill with
three foot diameter sails. Build a 6
foot diameter windmill capable of
driving a 30 watt dynamo at 16 mph.
Youll see many detailed drawings
showing how the all-wood machine
is built, and how metal gearing
brings the power down to ground
level.
Another chapter reveals a 10
foot diameter windmotor. The last
chapter gives you tips on gener-
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you cant get the generators listed.
But the rewinding data, hints and
tips provided can help you in other
rewinding projects for other types
of generators.
Just one or two projects is
worth the price of the book.
Each plan is well illus-
trated.
This is a manual worth
having in your reference
library. Great ideas. Great
value. Fun to read. Useful
projects. Worth having. Or-
der a copy! 8-1/2 x 11 booklet
32 pages
No. 20013 $8.95
ated Radio Directions for Repairing
Your Own Batteries A Water Wheel
Made from Old Automobile Wheel
Electric Outboard Motor from Old
Ford T Generator Gas Engine or
Motor Driven Generator with Draw-
ings Armature Growler for Testing
Auto or Slow Speed Armatures 110
V. or 220 VAC Portable Transformer for
Arc Welding 110 Volt Spot Welder
Direct Drive 32 Volt Wind Plant Bat-
tery Spot Welder Electric Scooter the AC voltage coming out of the and end up with an arc welder.
Electric Go Bike Carbon Electrode secondary will be proportional to
Holder for Soldering, Brazing and Light
Welding 110 Volt AC 500 Watt Self
Excited Generator from Dodge Model
G or GA generator AC Welding on the primary and 30 turns on for electroplating. We put a 1/4-20
Transformer Using Dodge Generator
Coils and much more!
ating electricityhigh tech
in 1910! Better generators are
available now, but the basic
principles still apply, and the control
methods still work.
These mills may not be as hot as
modern designs, but building one
of these babies should be relatively
easy and low-cost. Great designs
from a simpler time with simpler
materials. Low cost. Get a copy.
5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 88 pages
GONE!
well-illustrated
No. 4279 $6.95
Quick & Dirty
Transformer
Design and
Construction
Here you get two
discussions on the wind-
ing of transformers.
First you get De-
signing and Building
Transformers from 1938
which covers power
transformers for 25 to
133 cycles per second up
to 1500 watts published
by Technical Service right transform-
Publishing Company in er cores given
Chicago. the amount of
You wrap wire power you want
around steel. Thats the to transform and
primary. You wrap an- the kind of steel
youre using. If
Simple, non-mathematical methods, you cant nd
illustrations, tables and charts for modern silicon
designing transformers of all kinds. steel, the author will show
you how to make a work-
Describes special transformers such ing core using stove-pipe
as are used for ultraviolet lamps, steel from the hardware
neon tubes, etc. No complicated store. The tables will tell you
formulas or trick charts but simple, how many turns of what
usable shop instructions. Of value to size wire youll need on
radio repair men, home shop work- both windings. Youll get
basic illustrations of a
ers, electricians, experimenters, winding jig and core jig,
students, instructors, etc. along with info on auto-
transformers, and other
other coil wire around the same things as well.
steel. Thats the secondary. You You might be able to scale this
put AC power into the primary, and up to provide 40 volts at 200 amps
A friend of mine and I years ago
number of turns in the windings. wound a transformer with a very
For instance, if you have 300 turns heavy duty, low voltage secondary
the secondary, you have a ratio of mild steel bolt across the copper
10 to 1. If you put 110 volts into the strap secondary. In seconds the bolt
primary, youll get 1/10 that voltage was red, then white hot, and then
out, or 11 volts. And since very little melted all over the concrete oor
power is lost, youll get out 10 times (which was a dangerous thing to
the current going into the primary. do.)
You could put 20 amps into the The second discussion is seven
primary and get 200 amps out of the pages from 1922 on induction coils.
secondary. Of course, that assumes You get basic theory, test character-
you use wire and a core thats big istics, current waveforms, primary
enough. forms, secondary-type coils, design
This cookbook will show you of windings and core, tables, insula-
with many tables and examples tion recommendations, interrupters
how to design and build a power used and more. You might be able
transformer to do what you want. scale up a coil and produce 36
Do you need 2000 volts out at 3/4 sparks! That oughta take out com-
amp to build a transmitter power puters for 5 miles in all directions!
supply? Or 5000 volts out at 1/5 Or if you get zapped, you might
ampere to drive a Tesla coil? Do leave stains in your underwear. High
you need a transformer to take AC voltage. VERY high voltage.
off a windmill alternator at 80 volts Two useful transformer discus-
and drop it to 12 so it can be recti- sions in one low-cost booklet. Get
ed and used to charge batteries? one for your library. Youll have it
You may have to wind your own when you need it. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
transformer. booklet 48 pages
Youll learn how to choose the No. 23853 $6.95
 Dynamos
& Electric
Motors
How to Make Them and
Run Them
by Paul N Hasluck
Design, Construction reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Another gem from Hasluck.
and Operating You get a collection of articles from
Principles of
Electromagnets
for Attracting
Copper, Aluminum &
Other Non-Ferrous
Metals
by Leonard R Crow Wo r k
Wind a coil of wire around a cyl- m a g -
inder, and you get an electromagnet azine of
called a solenoid that will attract which
iron and steel. But it certainly wont Hasluck
attract copper and aluminum. But was edi-
the special toroidal coil described tor de-
here pow- scribing
ered by AC how to
will. build
This your own electrical equipment.
book will Chapters include: the Siemens
explain dynamo, the Gramme dynamo, the
Manchester dynamo, the Simplex
dynamo, calculating the size and
amount of wire for small dynamos,
ailments of small dynamo-electric
machines, small electric motors
without castings, how to determine
the direction of rotation of a motor,
how this un- how to make a shuttle-armature mo-
usual electro- tor, fty-watt undertype dynamo,
magnet works, why it attracts cop- and a four-hundred-and-forty-watt
per, aluminum and similar metals Manchester type dynamo.
with low electric resistivity, and
show you how you can build one.
Small book, but loaded with
unusual information. Reprint of
a 1935 classic. Get a copy. 5-1/2 x
8-1/2 booklet 38 pages
No. 3092 $11.95
Some of the motors and
dynamos are small table-top ma-
chines which would make great
experimental projects. You might
be able to scale them up to gener-
ate signicant power from a water
wheel or windmill. Who knows?
The 450 watt machine has inter-
esting possibilities.
Lots of illustrations and details.
Lots of information that can be
adapted. Great lessons to be learned.
GONE!
Get a copy! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover
160 pages
No. 22539 $9.95
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DYNAMO!
How to Make a Dynamo
by Alfred Crofts
How to Build a Fifty-Light
Dynamo
by A. E. Watson
You get two books on building
DC generators in one cover: Crofts
(1900) How to Make a Dynamo,
and Watson (1895): How to build a
fty-light dynamo or four horse-
power motor.
Two Rare Dynamo
Books in One Cover!
Dynamos can be used as direct
current generators or motors. You
could probably build exact replica
of these machines and get excel-
lent results, but these machines
needed soft iron castings for the
eld windings. You could use this
a starting point and perhaps adapt
the iron from an existing machine
together with the instructions here
to develop a hybrid.
Crofts gives you drawings of
all the components from the shaft,
commutator, shaft rocker, lubrica-
tor, the gramme motor, multiple
windings and more.
This machine will power about
ten 16 candle-power lamps, is
about 16 inches wide and requires
about 14 pounds of copper wire
for the eld magnets (more if shunt
wound), with about 4-1/2 pounds
for the amature.
Crofts book (British) contains
much text explaining to the raw
beginner what hes up against and
how to get the machine generating
electricity.
Watsons book (American) on
the other hand contains detailed
dimensioned drawings and less text.
This is a big machine with a base
about 34 long by about 20 wide.
The eld windings will require 38
to 42 pounds of copper wire, but
remember this will generate four
horsepower when used as an elec-
tric motor, and thats a continuous
rating.
This will give you an idea of
how primitive a machine can be
and still produce useable amounts
of energy.
Interesting book. Worth hav-
ing. Two books in one cover. Such
a deal! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover about
192 pages
No. 23748 $11.95
Wireless
Telephony
by R A Fessenden
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
From out of the Annual Re-
port of the Smithsonian Institution
comes this paper ...
Fessenden invented voice over
radio before 1908. An unknown
genius. Airheads idolize Tesla. This
guy was way beyond Tesla, but few
people know of him.
You get, in the rst part, an
overview of radio, its development,
who the major players were and
what they contributed. The second
half then describes in detail how
Fessenden and his crew came to
perfect a
method
for trans-
mitting
voice
(and mu-
sic) for
miles
and miles
without
wires.
And with-
out transistors or tubes! The system
he developed was so quiet and
distortion free that a listener could
hear people breathing and walking
around in the transmitting room!
The
beauty of He transmitted
this paper voice without
is that it tubes! Without
r e v e a l s transistors! Far
who the more amazing
players in
the new than Tesla!
eld of radio were at the time when
major advances were being made.
A hundred footnotes will give you
more articles and papers to explore.
You get scores of patent numbers
that can you can download.
You get great photographs of
the equipment he built and used
(you may be able to build replicas),
patents, footnotes, and more. Youll
be introduced to the major play-
ers: Henry, Thomson, Houston,
Fitzgerald, Crookes, Dolbear, Branle,
Minchen, Lodge, Marconi, Popoff,
Ferranti and many others.
You get the story of radiotele-
phony from the MAN himself. Learn
the truth! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet
48 pages
No. 23560 $6.95

Five Acres and
Independence
by M. G. Kains
Tell the boss to hang it, and
move to the open country and
homestead! Its possible. This re-
print of the 1935 original will show
you as it did thousands during the
Depression how to survive comfort-
ably on ve acres. Youll learn about
greenhouses, coldframes, soil,
manure, fertilizers, compost, tools,
weeds, orchards, pruning, grafting,
seeds, transplanting, berriers, things
to sell every day, grapes, storage, and
much more. Theres so much info
here at such a low price, you cant
afford not to have a copy. 397 pages
5-1/2 x 8-1/2 paperback
No. 608 $9.95
The Canning,
Freezing, Curing & Smoking of
MEAT, FISH & GAME
by Wilbur F. Eastman Jr
Preserve meat for the future.
You get a mixture of plans, tips,
how-to instructions, and recipes for
preserving all types of meat with all
types of processes. Learn about Can-
ning, Freezing, Curing, How to Build
a S m o ke -
house, Beef
a n d Ve a l ,
Pork, Lamb,
Po u l t r y,
Game, Fish,
and Recipes.
Learn about
sausage,
brine cur-
ing, freezing,
wrapping,
smoking hams and bacon, making
jerky and pemmican, eld dressing
wild game and more! A classic book
rst released in 1975 and updated
in 1989. Get a copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
paperback 202 pages
No. 9061 $16.95
ABSOLUTELY
NO ORDERS
Accepted after
February 28,
2013
No exceptions.
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Contents
PART 1. GENERATOR BASICS
Safety Efciency Of Energy Conversion
Wind Power And Bio-gas Genset Types
Sizing A Generator Motor Loads And Start-
ing Air-conditioning And Refrigeration
Transfer Switches & Back Feeding Parallel
Operation Of Generators Voltage Drop In
Feeder Lines Mounting Your Generator Set
Basic Electricity Generator Suppliers
PART 2. BUILDING GENERATOR SETS
Generator Project Overview: Engine Gover-
nors Making A Governor Spring Winding
Spring Design Converting Engines To Bi-fuel
Operation Commercial Gas Carburetors
Designing Gaseous Fuel Carburetors Build-
ing Gas Carburetors And Adapters Making
A Gas Valve Engine Flywheels Making
Flywheels And Couplings Flywheel Hous-
ing Making Flywheel Housings Making A
Remote Starter Home-made Castings Solve
Problems Making A Water-cooled Exhaust
Manifold
PART 3. HEAT RECOVERY
Basic Denitions Volumetric Efciency
Principles Of Combustion Outline Of
Heat Exchanger Design And Construction
Selecting An Engine Engine Analysis
Thermodynamic Analysis Properties Of
Fuels - Table Cooling Systems Miscel-
laneous Cooling System Topics Designing
Shell And Tube Heat Exchangers Stresses In
Heat Exchangers Estimating The Length Of
The Water Heater Loop Building The Shell
And Tube Heat Exchanger
PART 4: NOISE ABATEMENT
Noise And
Vibration
Making
Vibration
Isolators
Proper-
ties Of
Sound
Mufflers
And Exhaust Systems
PART 5: FUELS AND FUEL STORAGE
Corrosion Fuel Tanks Salvaged Tanks
Propane Tank Vaporization Capacity Proper-
ties Of Fuel Oils Vegetable Oils And Animal
Fat Fuels Making An Experimental Batch Of
Bio-diesel Oil Filtration And Clarication
PART 6: BATTERY AND
Inverter Systems Batteries Inverters Con-
clusion Bibliography Suppliers Index
Generators & Inverters
Building Small Combined Heat and Power
Systems for Remote Locations and
Emergency Situations
by Steve Chastain
Be your own electrical utility.
Build a power plant. A big one. At a
fraction of the price of a new one. Or
build components and sell them to
others who want to build units. Lots
of ideas and opportunities here!
You get more information in
this book than in half a dozen others
combined.
Steve distills
down the
knowledge
he gained
building
power plants
to provide
electricity
for his home when hurricanes
take down power lines.
Steve will show you how
he took an old Pinto engine
and mated it to a commercial
alternator. Then hell show you
how he made a carb so he could run it on propane instead of
gasoline: patterns, castings, and machining. Youll get details
on the remote starter he built. Hell show you how to build
a governor from scratch: patterns, molding, casting and ma-
chining including winding a custom spring. You can make
a new ywheel housing to mate the engine with alternator.
You learn how to create a water-cooled exhaust manifold to
recover waste heat. Youll learn how to make a gas regulator
valve, mufers, vibration isolators, and more.
Hell tell you about his experiences with cleaning waste
oil so it can be burned in a diesel engine, about his experiences
mixing up biodiesel, and more. You get details on oil lter
technology, sound deadening efciency of various materials,
the heat transfer properties of liquids for use as coolants, and
on and on.
What you get is more detailed how-to information in
one place than Ive ever seen. And this is the rst book Ive
found that shows you how to make engine components from
scratch. There are lot of energy books on the market. Most
are not worth the selling price. Heres one, as expensive as
it is, that is certainly worth MORE than its selling price. A
power plant could save your butt during the next weather
crisis. Or you can build components or complete units as a
side business.
This is all proven. No speculation. Steve, a mechanical
engineer, will show how its done. A top-rate energy book!
Probably the best Ive ever seen. Something you should have.
Get a copy! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 352 pages
No. 2085 $34.95

Generator Secrets
by S. W. Duncan
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Here you get the secrets the old boys knew
in the 1930s about taking an auto generator and
converting it into a 110 volt 60 cycle AC alterna-
tor that could power their farm or home. Its all
nuts-and-bolts how-to. Great stuff.
The specic examples in the beginning
chapters give detailed instructions for rewind-
ing a Ford Model A, Model T, and Dodge Type G
generators. Later chapters talk about the general
principles that can be applied to almost any
generator. Thats where the real value of this
small book lies.
Chapters include: changing Ford Model A
generator to 110 volt alternator, constant voltage
at variable speed, converting Dodge generator to a
110 volt 500 watt self-excited ac generator, chang-
ing T model to 110 vac generator, making eld
and armature coils, change Delco generator to
110 volt AC, the winding of automobile armatures,
characteristics of DC generators, suggestions on
mechanical construction of generators, guring a
new winding for an old frame, a farm light plant
to 110 volt AC, and glossary of denitions.
You learn how to build a simple coil winder,
a reactor for welding, a magnetizer for mag-
neto magnets, winding bobbins, a growler, and
more.
This book is not applicable to modern
automobile alternators. You must start with an
old generator and go from there. Obviously,
you wont use a Ford Model A or T or even an
early Dodge. Youll use what you can nd. And
generators are still available... at scrap yards on
old vehicles, even on eBay...
at very reasonable cost.
About two years ago I had
the generator rebuilt on my
forktruck. Put a new regula-
tor on it, too. Generators are
still in use. You have to look
for them. They arent going
to come to you.
Get a generator and
rewind it. Burn it out.
Rewind it again using the
information you learned from your mistakes.
Get another generator, and rewind it, too. Sell it.
Recover the money you lost on your mistakes.
(Money lost on mistakes is not money lost at
all. Its the tuition you pay to learn in the school
of hard knocks. Its money invested, not lost.)
After youve learned how to rewind, you can
do it as a sideline business, write a book show-
ing others your experiences, or get a really large
generator to wind as a high power alternator.
You arent going to nd this on TV. Secrets
from decades ago. Originally called AutoPower.
Good stuff. Reasonable price. Valuable alter-
nate energy info. Get a copy! 6x9 softcover 56
pages
No. 4791 $6.95
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CONVERT WOOD INTO
CHARCOAL AND ELECTRICITY
by Richard H. Buxton
If you put wood into a pipe and heat it, gas,
tar and water vapor will be driven off. You can
pipe this gas around into the re that is heating
the pipe. When the whole unit cools, you can
extract high grade charcoal, noticeably superior
to the grocery store variety you use on your
grill.
If you route
the generated gas
through a series of
primitive, low cost,
easily made lters,
you end up with a The author lives in the Appalachians and
fuel that will pow- has access to a lot of hardwood. You may want
er a lawn mower or need to consider making charcoal from
engine which can hardwood scavenged from pallets. And last I
drive an alternator heard, scrap pallets grow almost everywhere.
to charge batteries. Making charcoal is essential information for the
In other words, you ! foundryman.
ymen s!
can make electric- r The homesteader and survivalists will nd
n d
ity from wood!
Buxton will Fou steader the idea of turning wood into electricity a valu-
able skill. You can generate gas from any old
show you how its Home ists!
i va l wood, not just hardwood, and in fact, I wonder
done. Hell show
you the unit he built Surv if you could convert brush, leaves, maybe even
grain to electricity. Its an idea to try. True, youre
from common brick, a piece of only generating small amounts of power, but its
well casing, old plastic buckets, heater hose, an enough to power lights, radios, refrigerators, etc
old Chevy truck radiator, silicone adhesive and like those used by campers.
so on. This is about a proven idea that needs to
His main goal was to melt metal. He had be taken to next level by experimenters. And
built Stewart Marshalls cupola, but just didnt get that means YOU. Get a copy of this heavily il-
the results he expected. He traced the problem lustrated report on how he did it and the results
down to the coke he was using. After he started he got. Its unusual and certainly worth having
using his homemade charcoal instead of coke, in these uncertain times. Order a copy! 5-1/2 x
he started melting iron like crazy! You can do 8-1/2 softcover 63 pages
the same. No. 22873 $9.95
Homebrew Wind Power
by Bartmann & Fink
A hands-on guide to harnessing the wind.
Harnessing the wind can
be a tricky business, but in
this ground-breaking book, the
authors provide step-by-step,
illustrated instructions for build-
ing a wind generator in a home
workshop. Even if you dont plan
on building your own turbine,
this book is packed with valuable
information for anyone consid-
ering wind energy. It covers the
basic physics of how the energy in moving air is The height of the spindle
turned into electricity, and most importantly, will should be the same as that
give you a realistic idea of what wind energy can of the pipe. The spindle
do for you and what it cant. housing has the 2-1/2 inch
If you really intend to get into wind power, diameter hole you cut in
you must have this. one side. If you cut the hole
Chapters include: introduction, renewable off center like we described
energy basics, power in the wind, electricity earlier...
from a spinning shaft, furling and regulation, Great book. Somewhat
shop safety, mold building, coil winder, frame, expensive, but in view of what you get, its cheap.
tail, magnet rotos, stator, rectiers, alternator as- Ive seen too many energy books in this price
sembly, blades, rotor assembly, towers, raising, range that are rip-offs. (You can get them from
failures and prevention, scaling it up or down, other book dealers, not me.)
sources, glossary and more. Again, If you really intend to get into wind
!
GONE
This is good stuff. Well written theory and power, you must have this. I havent seen this
how-to. kind of quality since the 1970s. Get one. 8x10
...Now center the 3 inch pipe (spindle housing) softcover 320 pages
on the stator bracket, shown at right in Figure 9.12. No. 2097 $39.95
Electrical Things Boys Like to Alternative
by Steve Chastain
Make Learn how to make your own
free diesel and heating oil. Plus tips
by Sherman R. Cook
reprinted by Lindsay
Publications Inc
From fifty years
ago comes this nifty
manual showing boys
(apparently enrolled in a
shop class) how to build
a variety of electrical
projects from a door-bell
and night light to a corn
popper, crystal set, and
toy motors.
CONTENTS: Push Button Min-
iature Lamp Socket Low-Voltage
Switch Bell-Wiring Projects
Pocket Flashlight Bicycle Head-
light Emergency Night Light Tele-
graph Key Single-Coil Telegraph
Sounder Double-Coil Telegraph
Sounder Streamlined Telegraph
Sounder Telegraph Projects Car-
bon Rod Transmitter Telephone
Transmitter Telephone Receiver
Telephone Circuits Alternating
Current Buzzer Single-Coil Buzzer
Double-Coil Buzzer Electric
Shocker Door Chimes Electric
Top Horizontal Toy Motor Tiny
Toy Motor Vertical Toy Motor
Crystal Set Pyrograph or Burning
Pencil Electric Arcing Pencil
Table Stove Electric Corn Popper
Electric Wiener Cooker Electric
Soldering Copper Electroengraver
Plan Your Work Making and
Finishing Bases Locating Parts on
the Base Hiding Connecting Wires
Cutting Tubing and Pipe Sawing
Thin Metal Cutting Screws and
Bolts to Length Using Tin Snips
Selecting Drill Sizes Drilling
Holes in Soft Metals Riveting Parts
Together Punching Sheet Metal
Bending Metals in Vise Enlarging
Holes in Sheet Metal Threading
Cutting an External Thread Cutting
an Internal Thread Straightening
Wire Small Coils Making Fiber
Washers Winding Coils With
Breast Drill Winding Coils by Hand
Winding Coils in Pairs Winding
Radio Coils Finishing Metal Parts
Protecting Metal Finishes Wiring
a Lamp Socket Tying the Under-
writers Knot Wiring Attachment
Plugs Soldering
Ive been around for a comes in the form of hard
while. When I was a boy, work.
the Dead Sea was only
sick.
George Burns Nobody loves me but my
mother, and she may be
Some people dont recog- jivin, too.
nize opportunity when
it knocks because it
Energy Secrets
You get thirty three projects up
front illustrated with detailed draw-
ings and interesting photographs.
The last third of the book teaches
basic construction techniques such
as coil winding, soldering, building
a punching jig, the general use of
hand tools, and lots more.
Build yourself a crystal set or
one of three motors, or better yet,
help your kids or grandkids to build
an interesting project and stimulate
their interest in technology. (And
as technologically ignorant as this
society seems to be getting, that
oughta give him a big head start
over other kids in his class!)
Fascinating book. Check out
the illustrations and the contents.
Youll see. Get a copy. Start building.
5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 205 pages
No. 23241 $11.95
-H. L. Mencken
B. B. King
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on engine swapping and off grid
power generation.
You get another excellent
book from The Fabricator. Just
like the others. Except! Alternate
Energy can mean solar, wind,
water and other types of power.
This volume cov-
ers primarily re- money.
cycling of used Chapters include: basic
motor oil, because chemistry, renery products
many people are and operations, diesel en-
burning vegetable gines, practical alternative
oil already. You fuel technology, running on
can nd info on waste oil, installing a diesel
vegetable, but not engine in a car, and off grid
much on motor power generation.
oil, so Steve con- Hell show you the secrets
centrates on the of oil ltration and
resource most clarication, viscos-
people ignore. But re- ity testing, blending
member that these tech- for viscosity, oil col-
niques apply equally to lection and storage,
vegetable oil, too. building a waste oil
Look out on the road heater, building a
and youll see countless tank shed, fuel dis-
vehicles. Each has a gal- pensers and nozzles,
lon or more of heavy oil atomizing burner for
in the crankcase. After it centrifuge sludge,
has accumulated enough running on waste oil,
dirt and sludge, it has to rewiring auto control
be replaced, and the goo circuits for a diesel
engine, and much
Steve! more.
Steve cleans oil with
I bought the centrifuge and have since got-
ten my set-up together. Have run at least 3500 a centrifuge which he
miles on a mix of 75% oil and 25% diesel in my builds and offers com-
1997 Ford Powerstroke. Absolutely no issues mercially inexpensively.
and I run more quietly and more smoothly on No detailed plans are
the oil. I thought that I was taking a risk at rst provided. Probably for
but this has turned out better than I could have good reason. An oil cen-
hoped. Every time I ll it up I am pleased because trifuge is large enough to
I feel like I am more self-sufcient than before. be dangerous.
Thanks for a great centrifuge that works. Fyi, I worked with
we are running a 2001 and 2006 Powerstroke all kinds of used oil,
on 50% oil and 50% diesel with absolutely no gear oil, transmission
complaints. If you have access to wmo and you uid, hydraulic oil and
dont do this youre an idiot. Thanks, Mark vegetable oils. For waste
vegetable oil processes,
recycled. So why not recycle it into the method of collection is a major
your life? And you can. inuence on the properties of the
Not long ago, talking to Steve, oil, with gear pumps forming water
he pointed out he had not stopped emulsions. Probably 20% or more of
at a lling station in months, and the people who are using this process
are producing heating oil
PURPOSE: for their winter furnaces.
The purpose of this book is to describe proper- The viscosity and blend-
ties, processing and use of waste oil as a fuel for ing charts are good for
use in diesel engines and burner applications. this too.
Projects including collection and conversion Heavily illustrated.
equipment for use of waste oil, engine swap- Great detailed how-to
ping, silencing and disposal of process sludge. from a guy who has
The equipment is suitable for a small shop and DONE it! Steve teaches
may be built primarily from scrap materials the technical details
such as discarded propane tanks, sheet metal, few people know and
pipe and scrap aluminum. certainly are not going
to learn by watching
hadnt gotten an electricity bill in American Idol. Get a copy, get
about 18 months. And he did it started, and get ahead of the game.
by picking up used oil, cleaning 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 192 pages
it, and burning it. He saved tons of No. 2111 $24.95
Gingerys Magneto Magnetizer Experimental
by Dave Gingery
Learn how to build a device chine. And beside you all the tricks on Crystal Set
to recharge old magneto magnets
and create new iron magnets for
these newer mag-
nets usually dont go
building the base,
winding the coils, Receivers
experimental purposes. Its a proven dead like plain building and testing ARTICLES FROM
device built from currently available ones. the power supply, MODERN ELECTRICS 1911-12
materials, and at low cost. See how a mag- and, of course, on reprinted by Lindsay Publications
This machine will not recharge neto works, how to using the machine. Youll be amazed by the wide
newer alnico, samarium, and sim- test one, how the Order a copy today. variety of make-shift equipment in
ilar alloy magnets since these need magnetizer works 8-1/2 x 11 booklet the early days. This isnt so much
an enormous magnetic impulse and will show you 36 pages a b o u t
beyond the capabilities of this ma- in detail how to No. 3008 $7.95 crystal set
build one. Hell give circuits as
it is about
Coil Winding Machine
by David J. Gingery
building
the com-
Dave will show you how to understanding impossible task of ponents
build a coil winder like those avail- of coil geom- winding universal needed
able in electronics catalogs years etry, the cal- coils by hand. much like
ago from common, easily-obtained culation of This is a typical VOICE OF THE
materials. Although it may look complex gear Gingery how-to book CRYSTAL.
complex, it really is not. Youll nd ratios, heart- loaded with illustra- Build
that it is easy to build. You dont need shaped cams tions, dimensions, coherers,
to be a mechanical genius, or need and special and step-by-step de- variable
expensive tools. This little machine followers, etc. tailed text. Excellent and adjustable condensers, loose
will wind universal and honeycomb Its an art and publication. Not a couplers, sliders for tuning coils,
coils, and even pi-spaced coils such a science. Here, you can expect to whole lot on use of the machine, making a universal detector, galena
as used for RF chokes and trans- tinker with the friction drive until and thats where tinkering will be detectors, tickers for receiving
formers. you nd useable drive ratios that needed. Order a copy. 8-1/2 x 11 Poulsen arcs and much more.
To wind truly high-end profes- can give quite acceptable coils. This booklet 24 pages Early radio. Youll like it. Get
sional spacewound coils like those coil winder bridges the gap between No. 386 $8.95 a copy. 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 booklet 48
in old IF transformers requires an the professional models and the pages
No. 23276 $6.95
Old-Time Secrets of But revealed are precisely the
techniques used to create the pow- Design of
Making Permanent Magnets erful magnetic magazine used by
Michael Faraday to invent his disc Magnets &
from various sources tion of magnetism terms, generator that so intrigues
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
You CAN make
other books you may
want to acquire, and
the perpetual motion and
free energy crowd.
Electromagnets
powerful permanent additional terms If you dream of building by T B Montgomery
magnets. youll need to un- a slow-speed permanent reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Here you get a derstand if you are magnet alternator or just Pump current through a cop-
collection of chapters, to become a so- want to tinker with magnets, per wire and you get a magnetic
articles, bits and piec- phisticated magnet youll denitely nd this of eld. Wrap that copper wire into a
es from early physics experimenter. value. coil, and the magnetic eld intensity
texts and Machinery You can make Well illustrated. Unusual increases dramatically. Youve cre-
magazine and a com- powerful perma- material. Good stuff. Get a ated an electromagnet.
plete reproduction nent magnets, but copy! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover Chapters include: electro-
of a 1919 booklet on theyre not going 120 pages magnetism, types of magnets used,
permanent magnets to be as efficient No. 23055 $9.95 forces developed from magnetism,
published by the Esterline Co. In as modern samarium or magnet design procedure, and per-
addition you get additional explana- neodymium magnets. manent magnets. You get a formula
for nding the pull of a magnet and
Solenoids, Electromagnets & materials and bobbins, insulation of
coils, magnet wire, insulated wire,
a complete design section with
curves,
Electromagnetic Windings windings, forms of windings, heat-
ing of windings, and tables
formulas,
and ex-
by Charles R. Underhill and charts. There are also amples for
reprinted by Lindsay Publications practical solenoids, iron- 233 illustrations listed creating
Here youll learn the se- clad solenoid, plunger showing everything from c l a p p e r,
crets of creating an electromag- a practical multiple-coil solenoids,
electromagnet that nets, elec- winding to rim solenoids e - t y p e s,
generates a eld of tromagnets telescoped to form disk AC and DC
needed intensity, with ex- solenoids. electro-
drawing minimal ternal ar- Build that perpetual mo- magnets.
amperage at avail- matures, tion machine that some You also
able voltage without electromag- people claim is possible. get useful info characteristics of
overheating. netic phe- Or how about a ying the different materials used in
Chapters in- nomena, saucer? Nuts. Just get a (1948) permanent magnets.Great
clude: magnetism alternating currents, copy for your reference library... easy-to-read-and-understand info.
and permanent
magnets, electric circuits, electro-
magnetic calculations, the solenoid,
AC electromagnets,
quick-acting electromagnets and
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 Convert It and talking with
by Brown & Prange reporters...
A step-by-step manual for con- Michael Brown
verting an internal combustion vehicle is an experienced
to electric power. mechanic and has
Convert It takes you by the hand been building elec-
tric vehicles for
years. Hell show
you the entire pro-
cess of converting
a car to electric.
You can get clean, low-cost performance. In fact
electric autos cost about a third of what gas car
costs to run.
Why dont Americans have electric cars?
Simple. Most auto owners are too lazy to learn
Secrets of and/or spoiled. For now, electric cars will only
be accepted by people who are comfortable with
Lead-Acid Batteries and love to tinker with machines people like
us. Good book. Nuts and bolts. Photos. Great info
by T J Lindsay through the entire process of converting an in- from an experienced builder. Get a copy. 8-1/2 x
People with their feet on the ground realize
that the common ol lead-acid cell represents the
cheapest, quickest way to getting the job done.
ternal combustion car to electricity, from choos-
ing a donor car through removing the internal
combustion system, installing the electric system,
No. 3069 GONE!
11 softcover 128 pages self-published
$24.95
Life is about getting results. And lead-acid is one and all the way to driving, charging, maintenance
great success story because it gets results. Here
you learn the ins and outs of using these old
workhorses.
Build A Solar Cell That Really Works
You learn about battery chemistry and why Hell show you to make a working cell,
these things work at all. You learn what specic by Walt Noon test it, troubleshoot it if necessary, and even
gravity is and how its used to measure charge. You Walt Noon will show you give you ideas on an experimental painted
learn how high high and very low temperatures how to quickly and inexpen- cell that hes working on. In addition, hell
affect performance, about the different ways to sively build a copper oxide give you schematics
charge batteries, about gassing problems, cell photo cell. Admittedly, its overall of test circuits, sample
equalization and more. efciency doesnt come close to applications, and inter-
You learn how to connect batteries in vari- modern silicon cells, but neither esting projects that hes
ous congurations to get a large energy storage does the cost. You can crank out tried. Youll also get
device. You learn about the so-called secret cells for pennies. Connect many names and addresses
rejuvenators sold to suckers, and about a simple cells in parallel and series, and of suppliers.
treatment that will sometimes restore part of a you can generate surprising That author is not a
old batterys performance. You get sample cal- amounts of power. pro, but he has safely
culations, techniques the pros use, problems to The process requires only built and used these
watch, and more. simple tools. The chemicals, like solar cells. You can do
Again this was written for people who want all chemicals, can be dangerous if mishandled, the same. Get a copy
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starting their cars. And this is the absolutely es-
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will also help anyone who regularly deals with
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about them. You can be different. Customers have by Leitman and Brant
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over the years. Get a copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover guide covers it all from your EV enjoyment, and
48 pages transforming an inter- sources.
No. 86 $4.95 nal combustion engine If you think this is
vehicle to an electric one a set of them there
Keep It Simple! to building an EV from plans, youre seriously
When some technical problem arises, scratch for the same mistaken. If you have to
ignorant people always seem to jump for high- amount or even less than be told where to drill that
tech solutions because thats whats in the news. purchasing a traditional hole and how big to make
Thats all they know. car. The book describes it, then you obviously
Gasoline is expensive so Im gonna put a each component in detail dont have what it takes
nuclear power plant under the hood of my car. motor, battery, control- to build and intelligently
Good luck! Kind of sounds like the Canadian TV ler, charger and chassis and provides step-by-step use an electric vehicle. On the other hand if you
comedy, The Red Green Show. instructions on how to put them all together. A have the basic automotive expertise that any high
A small pickup truck can be powered by complete source chapter shows you where to nd school kid (at least when I was in high school)
lead-acid batteries. You dont need a fuel cell or each component, or a full-service shop that will has, you stand a good chance of pulling it off.
ssion reactor. There are simpler methods. Low- convert your car for you. You have a lot to learn, but this is a great
tech solutions will often do the job. Proven, work- Chapters include why electric vehicles are place to start. The sooner you get started, the
ing systems were built in the early 1970s when still right for today, electric vehicles save the sooner you can become independent of wildly
energy prices increased dramatically. Forget the environment and energy, electric vehicle util- changing gasoline prices and availability. And
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The Impoverished Radio Experimenter Series
1
Experimenters notes on Vacuum
Tube Substitutions, Inexpensive
Tube Power Supply, Grid-Leak
Detectors, Regenerative Receiver
& more!
You must try building a simple radio with
tubes! Its easy, and its cheap. (And dont tell
me that doesnt appeal to
you...) Do you remember
the excitement when you
built your rst crystal set?
This is even better.
You can substitute
later, common vacuum
tubes for the rare, early
types you see in early
radio circuits and get a
beautifully working radio.
Why spend $10 to $30 for a
201A triode? A 6C4 or 6C5
2
You can wind a coil and hook it up to
a capacitor, but how will you know if
its right? A grid-dip oscillator, or gdo,
is a measurement device that will tell
you. And its very simple rst used
in the 1920s.
Here, you learn to build a one-transistor
model around the components you
can salvage, steal or buy. Youll have
a machine that makes coil winding,
and tank circuit fabrication pre-
dictable rather than merely guess
work. You wont need to have the
exact coil form specied in that old
magazine article. You can gure
out for yourself how many turns
to use.
You get instructions on gdo use
from the manual supplied with the
classic Millen gdo fty years ago.
You get photos of ads and specs so
3 The Best Radio
You cant build much of anything, me-
chanical or electrical, unless you have
useful measuring tools.
Here you build a
simple impedance bridge
that will allow you to measure the
value of inductors and capacitors.
That means that if you nd an old
choke in a radio chassis in the alley,
this will tell you whether it is 2.5
henries or 17 henries. This bridge
will tell you if that old paper capacitor
you removed from the underside is
still .01 mfd or has changed.
Not only can you test old com-
mercial parts of unknown value, you
can also build your own
capacitors and inductors
and measure the results.
Then you can intelligently
use the parts to build all
kinds of radio gear.
Youll nd plans for
a simple one IC oscillator
that will put out a 150-
1500 cycle tone. Use it
on the bridge or for other
tests. Youll get plans for another very simple one
IC amplier that will make a pair of low-impedance
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will do the job. Here
are tips, hints, sugges-
tions and secrets for
substituting common
inexpensive tubes in
early circuits.
You also get de- variable capacitor and the home-made power
tails on a crystal set
that was converted
to a grid-leak tube
radio. Youll get de- HAVE to use the ex-
tails on how various
tubes worked in the
circuit.
Then youll be
shown how to build
a simple and cheap power supply from parts
you can buy from current electronic catalogs
that will power a two or three tube radio.
You get pages of tube charts and basing
that if you want to buy a used gdo, and theyre
out there, youll know what exists. You could
even convert an old tube
model to solid state.
Youll learn to use motion dial drive for
the gdo along with sim-
ple formulas that will
put your
tank circuits on the frequencies
you want. You can use other for-
mulas along with a known coil or
capacitor to measure the value of
an unknown coil or capacitor. In
other words, for a radio builder,
you gotta have a volt-ohmmeter
and gdo. Otherwise, youre just
wasting valuable time.
Youll learn how to take a pen-
tagrid converter tube and build
a one-tube shortwave converter
that will put shortwave broadcast
of Walkman type headphones, available al-
most anywhere, look like a pair of 2000 ohm
phones which are not so easily
found.
Youll learn how to make
pointers for knobs, and shield-
ed cases from low-cost lumber
that will make your home-built
gear look like expensive an-
tique radios. Youll see a large
homemade variable capacitor
built from surplus printed cir-
cuit boards and shaft collars,
and the simple one-tube short-
wave regenerative receiver that
was built around it.
Your impedance bridge will allow you
to experiment with audio lters that will
dramatically improve the selectivity of a
regenerative receiver so that you can copy
code in crowded amateur radio bands.
And youll get some ideas for that larger
power supply youll need for more advanced
receivers and transmitters.
Same nuts-and-bolts how-to. Heavily il-
lustrated. More ideas than youll be able to
pursue in a month of Sundays. Get a copy!
5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet 48 pages
No. 22733 $6.95
diagrams, a reprint on tube theory from 1931, a
bibliography of research papers from the late 20s,
and you get a brief demonstration of a one-tube
regenerative receiver built with a 6SN7 glass tube
from the 1950s (had to scrape the mud off it)
using a circuit from 1927. It uses a home-made
supply described.
Early radio circuits
are simple. You dont
act parts specied. Mix,
match, substitute and,
above all, do it on the
cheap. Old time radio fun
for pennies. Thats what
its about. Add this to your
reference library. 5-1/2 x
8-1/2 booklet 48 pages
No. 22407 $5.95
stations from around the world on a frequency
that an ordinary AM radio,
or crystal set.
Make a top rate slow-
your radio. Its 7.5 to 1
ratio makes tuning sta-
tions easy far better
than many expensive
antique dial drives.
Make a simple rig
for winding professional
quality hi-Q space wound
coils.
You get many more
hints, tips, and ideas for
exploration. Stop whining! Build your OWN
parts. You can do it.
Valuable info. Cheap! Get a copy. 5-1/2 x
8-1/2 booklet 48 pages
No. 22571 $5.95
Books Ever Written
thats the way one customer put it. Thats
arguable, but they are among the best writ-
ten for beginners.
I wrote the series for the 15 year-old
radio builder I once was. Back then I was
puzzled and would ask men who considered
themselves electronics wizards questions
about the circuit. Their face would go blank.
They didnt know squat, and I was embar-
rassing them. I had nowhere to turn for really
good info.
Late in life I decided to write a series
that a high-school kid could understand
guring that old men with the intellect of
a 15 year-old (and I know way too many)
could get results. The rest of us could use
the ideas to take radio building to the next
step.
The books and magazines I had were
too brief and didnt explain much. Some
articles were so complicated that I didnt
stand a chance of understanding them.
I set out to advise a 15 year-old. When a
customer tells me theyre the best, it means
I must have achieved my goal.
The Impoverished Radio Experimenter Series

4
Some guys think its Next, the shortwave con-
impossible to build a verter idea of Vol 3 is taken
regenerative receiver as to next step: a modern tube
good as the Nationals and a crystal controlled
old SW-3. Thats bull. You oscillator. When this unit
should be able to build something was put in front of the TRF
every bit as good, if not better. And the receiver, 15 meter (21 mhtz)
ideas needed to do that are here. amateur band signals came
First, we start out with a dem- ooding in from all over the
onstration receiver that will hit you planet, loud, stable, and aluminum plate and simple pul-
with many ideas, some of which distinct. leys that can be mounted on a
youll want to try. This receiver is a Then to make tube homebuilt receiver. You get a
four tube regenerative with experimentation easier and larger projects slow motion dial drive with a long
an RF amplier (TRF). The possible, we build a quality power bandspread dial that makes your
rst conguration uses two supply capable of providing a homebuilt receiver fun to use and
audio tubes with a passive wide range of voltages at high will impress the socks off your
audio lter in the back end. current levels. half-wit in-laws.
The second version uses a Finally we explore slide More useful ideas for the radio
simpler audio lter, and rule dials. These simple, in- builder. With schematics, draw-
one of the audio tubes is expensive fabrications of string ings, and photos. Jam-packed like
replaced by a power tube and pulleys were used in millions of the rst three volumes. Get a copy!
that drives a loudspeaker old broadcast radios, and they worked 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet 48 pages
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5
Here you get details on building a The authors the receiver, and can use to align
three tube superhet that is actually demonstrated other receivers as well. Youll learn
easier to build than the regenerative how easy it how to build a winder to make IF
receiver shown in Vol 4, but easily was to build coil winding easier and a simple
outperforms it. Three inexpensive a superior oscillator that you can use to check
octal tubes mounted in plastic relay sockets, receiver they the frequency of junk IF transform-
driven by homemade IF transformers made could use on ers found in the alley or at a ea
the air. This is market.
no more com- This is so much better than a
plicated than regenerative, easy
bolting three to build, and its dirt
simple radios to- cheap. If you want to
gether: a pentagrid converter, an IF amplier, experience the same
and a detector/BFO. excitement that you
You wind the IF transformers on card- did when you rst
board cores taken from kitchen plastic wrap, heard a crystal set as
from cardboard boxes and aluminum foil, will put them inside of corrugated cardboard a kid, then you have
deliver signals that are more stable and far more boxes covered with aluminum foil. The to move on and build
easily separated than any regen will. And you can whole radio is mounted on a pine board. bigger and better
power this radio with the simple power supply Its easy to tune, easy to adjust, and youll radios. And this is
shown in Experimenter Vol 1. discover in an instant why regenerative one you MUST try.
This radio is an adaptation of a circuit that receivers were relegated to the dumpster. Its great. Youll see. Get a copy! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2,
appeared in QST in August 1938. Then (and still You also get plans on how to build a simple 48 pages.
today, I suspect) hams were terried of superhets. three-transistor oscillator that you use to align No. 22938 $6.95

6
Build a loose coupler. Its a plates. But the real circuit into a regenerative receiver for
very early form of a dou- beaut is the simple, the AM broadcast bands and lower. The
bly-tuned RF transformer low-cost regulator receiver and antenna are simple to build
like an IF transformer but that will turn any and perform remarkably well. With the
with variable coupling. If power supply into a sensitivity of the regen receiver and the
you havent tried one on a crystal rock-solid performer. directivity of the loop I was able to pull
set, you should, especially if you live You can put the regu- in very weak stations 80 miles away in
in an area where you have many AM lator on your existing daylight from my basement. I was able
radio stations. You build supply and dial in just about to take the same receiver down to 60 khz to hear
a loose coupler from any voltage you want. And that WWVBs digital time carrier from Colorado.
cardboard tubes and voltage wont change whether you draw 2 You get details on how to take almost any
sheets of cardboard. Its mA or 400! Its great for receivers but has the oscillator circuit and turn it into a receiver by
easy. Also included is a capacity to handle sizable tube transmitters attaching the necessary lters that sort out the
reprint of a construc- as well. various signals.
tion article from a 1911 Next, build a loop antenna. Several are Finally, you get some notes on amateur
issue of Electrician & shown. Attach the simple, low-cost two- band code transmitters. Also provided are some
Mechanic Magazine transistor amplier, and you have an articial schematics and basic information on single tube
that will show you how long wire. If you live in an apartment or have transmitters I was able to build in a matter of
to build a fancy coupler a small lot, this loop antenna can simulate minutes and put on the AM band. You can do
just like the spark boys once used. a long wire and allow you to experiment with it, too.
Then its on to another power supply. Here, crystal sets. Its cheap but really performs. Get started. Get a copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet
youll learn how to use a commonly available Next, Ill show you how I took a loop 48 pages
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Beginning Instruments of Amplication
Hydroponics by Pete Friedrichs
You can only do so much with crystal sets
SOILLESS GARDENING before you add an active amplifying device.
by Richard E Nicholls Doing so opens up a whole new exciting world
If youre reading this catalog while sitting in of experimentation.
your jail cell because you were dumb enough to Here you learn how to build a micro-
grow marijuana in your basement and expected phonic relay amplier which is really an ear-
to get away with it, you dont need this. You phone feeding a carbon microphone to achieve
know all about hydroponics. You dont know an increase in signal level. On the surface the
much about drug device sounds ridiculous, until you realize
enforcement. that before vacuum tubes this is exactly how
On the oth- telephone companies amplied signals so they
er hand if your could be carried
greatest thrill is to long distances. It theyre not high-vacuum
sit in your favor- really does work. tubes, their performance is comparable to
ite lawn chair in Then hell that of the earliest tubes made.
your underwear, show you how he Oh so you want to build a transistor? Pete
drink light beer built a balance- will show you his experiments with a cop-
and fart while beam amplifier per oxide device which didnt work so well.
watching your which is sort of But the point contact device he built using
bug lamp, youre a more advanced a chunk of germanium stripped from a
way too lazy for model of the micro- surplus WWII diode worked
this book. phonic relay. To get surprisingly well.
For the rest the most out of these devices you You get basic theory of tri-
of us who would need a matching transformer. Its odes, semiconductors, details
like fresh tomatoes and much more in the dead very much like the transmission on Petes surplus vacuum
of winter, we can use in your automobile, and Pete will pump, details on solid state
the simple techniques show you how its built. experiments by others, and
taught here. Sure, there Then Pete will show you the so much more. This is tin-
are many companies vacuum tubes he built. Youll get kering, experimentation, and
who would love to sell details on his experiments with inventing at its best. You get
spice jar glow tubes, a canning a big book, well written, and
jar diode, a bell jar vacuum triode, well illustrated. Get a copy!
a tennis ball triode made from a glass votive jar, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 297 pages
a hamster bottle triode, and more. Although No. 3112 $19.95

The Voice of the Crystal

by Pete Friedrichs
BUILD a crystal de-
tector...BUILDheadphones...
BUILD capacitors... and all
and everything else you
need to create a functioning
radio.
Chapters include the

you a complete system for thousands of dollars Tan Your

and gallons of expensive chemicals, but the
truth is you dont need them. Simple systems
with simple formulas for nutrients will turn out
vegetables in sand sand, gravel, vermiculite, etc
for cheap. And dont tell me that doesnt appeal
to you.
Chapters include the science of hydropon-
ics, methods, home hydroponics, what to grow,
preventing and treating problems, resources and
more.
Build a simple system from dimension
lumber. Mix up the nutrients from powders
and feed with simple gravity systems. Geez... if
youre really sophisticated you might actually
use a pump. Its easy. The big boys tell all the
fools that they must have fancy equipment and
expensive supplies typical advertising aimed
at Joe Q. Gullible because the basic law in life
has never been repealed: a fool and his money
are soon parted. (Hint: dont be a fool...)
Cheap book. Tells you what you need to
know to get started at a very reasonable price.
Originally out in 1977. But hydroponics is more
gallows head-
phone, the tin
can headphone,
the cigarette
lighter head-
p h o n e, t h e
boom detector,
the paper tube condenser, practical variable
condensers, the roong metal condenser, the
crank coil, thoughts on simple tuners, thoughts
on antennas and grounds, and much more.
Pete built, wrote, illustrated, and published
this remarkable how-to book. Its wall-to-wall
how-to, experiments, photographs, diagrams,
and hints and tips. There are more ideas here
than youll have time to explore.
You have to see Petes beautiful crank
coil... his remarkable homebuilt detector... his
incredible paper capacitors... his variable con-
denser...
And yes! You CAN build this stuff. In my
opinion, a must-have book for anyone who builds
radios of any description, old or new. Get a copy.
Hide!
by Phyllis Hobson
A classic text on home
tanning of leather and furs
with a special section on
working with leather. Tan-
ning doesnt take money, it
takes time and just a few tools
together with the knowledge
contained in this volume rst
offered in 1977.
Youll learn what tools
and chemicals youll need,
how to select the hide, the steps for tanning
leather and fur, how to test for tanning, old-time
Indian tanning methods, how to make your
own dyes, what qualities of leather to look for,
which tools you need for leatherworking, basic
leatherworking techniques and where to nd
tools and supplies.
If you hunt or trap or raise your own
livestock, this can be of great value. Excellent

cover 127 pages

No. 2055
GONE!
than a hundred years old. Get a copy. 7x10 soft-

$10.95
Top quality. Youll like it. 5-1/2 x 8 -1/2 softcover
184 pages
No. 3099 $14.95
information. Get one and get your hands dirty.
5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 135 pages
No. 62 $12.95
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 Radio Tube Data and
Substitution Chart
by Raytheon Manufacturing Company
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Raytheon. Thats a big name
in defense, and during World War II
they were pumping out high quality
vacuum tubes for the military.
Here you get a tube manual
listing the receiving tubes com-
monly available at the end of the
war. I see no date on the manual,
but the owner wrote in June 1945,
and judging from the tubes offered,
thats an accurate date.
You get specications and
tube basing for metal octals (my
Neon Signs
favorite), early miniatures like the by Miller & Fink
9002, battery operated tubes, ve reprinted by Lindsay Publications
pin 2.5 volt lament tubes (still easy Sure. Equipment, techniques,
to get), six and seven pins jobs, even and sign design have changed since
the loctals. You get data on regulator this book rst appeared in 1935, but
neon fanatics tell me that this early
edition has valuable information not
Secrets of Building found in later editions.

Electrostatic
Lightning
Bolt
Generators
by Walt Noon
Build low Even if youre not interested in
cost genera- making neon signs, youll nd loads
tors lightning of useful information on rare gases,
bolt genera- glass blowing, and vacuum systems
tors from eas- that could be useful in experimental
ily obtained physics, high voltage, or even in
parts. building your own experimental
Learn vacuum tubes!
about the tubes and even the at, miniature Chapters include the luminous
electrophorus, hearing aid tubes. You even get tube, mate-
the Rotostatic data on the early tubes like 00 rials, electrical Neon!
generator, his bizarre Cat-o-Static and 01, the 30, and the 15. You equipment,
generator, motor speed controls, dont get data on late tubes like types of signs, High Voltage!
external Van de Graaff generators, the 6AU6, 6U8, or television sweep designing the Vacuum
the classic internal Van de Graaff tubes. No transmitting tubes. sign, glass Systems!
generator, ideas for an extremely You get a valuable section on tube bending,
high voltage Van de Graaff, inductive subsitution. That could be useful if pumping systems, bombarding,
electrostatic generators, the Dirod you nd an old tube and wonder lling, testing, aging, installation
generator, and more. if it could become a receiver. You equipment, special applications,
Details on voltage measuring nd that a circuit uses a expensive tricks of the trade and more!
equipment, interesting experi- tube that you cant afford; just use This is a quality straight-to-the-
ments, ion mo- a similar cheap tube instead. You point book loaded with diagrams
tors, ion blow-
stainless steel bowls
with rough edges painted
with corona dope
get tips on modifying a receiver and photographs that you wont
ers, the Franklin to take a substitute. nd just anywhere. It might be fun to
bicycle hub electrostatic mo-
rubber
belt
We added pages to the original make bizarre neon signs, repair an-
tor, the Poggen- manual from a reprint we originally offered years ago entitled How to tique signs,
dorff Corona Build and Operate Short Wave Receivers. You get ve articles: The Superior or just get
brush assembly
supported by
metal copper wire that
bracket is bolted to PVC
pipe and is electrically

Motor, and even Short Wave Receiver Used at G2DT, How to Obtain Smooth Regeneration into the
connected to the
bowls with a jumper
wire
pvc
pipe

capturing free in S-W Receivers, The Hams Own Receiver, Adding an Untuned Radio trade. But
electrical energy Frequency Stage, and How to Gain Detector Sensitivity. In addition, you even if thats
Classic from the atmo- get two brand-new pages with suggestions on how to take a very old radio not your
Van de Graaff
sphere. circuit and modify it to use more modern 2.5 or 6.3 volt lament tubes. goal, youll
bowls attach to
pvc pipe with a
Generator friction fit provided
by a rubber band
around the pipe
top assembly

You get an So if you see an unusual circuit from 1923 and want to use 1943 tubes, nd loads of unusual, interesting
pvc wrapped with
pipe electrical tape

easy-to-read text loaded with pho-
tos and drawings. Excellent book!
Worth having. Get a copy. 5-1/2 x
8-1/2 softcover 91 pages
No. 20900
this will give you an excellent chance of making it work. information. Consider this carefully.
Lots of valuable info for the vacuum tube radio builder at a very It certainly is NOT run of the mill.
reasonable price. Get one for your reference library. 8-1/2 x 11 booklet Order a copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover
48 pages 288 pages
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Amateur Radio Ofcial 1935 Short Dangerous
Wave Radio
A BEGINNERS GUIDE
by J Douglas Fortune Electricity!
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
Yes! You can be a hot-shot 1940 radio am-
ateur! Learn how to build a regenerative receiver
Manual
edited by Gernsback & Secor
articles from early magazines
reprinted by Lindsay Publications
and a crystal controlled breadboard cw trans- reprinted by From out of the pages of MECHANICS & ELECTRIC-
mitter that will allow you to talk to people all over Lindsay Publications Inc ITY MAGAZINE and MODERN ELECTRICS MAGAZINE prior
the world. You get construc- to 1914 comes a collection of articles on high
C h a p- tions arti- voltage and high power machines.
ters include: cles, bits and Here you get a major series of articles by
introduction pieces from Stanley Curtis revealing details of a Tesla coil you
to amateur ra- the pages of could build having a secondary 18 high and
dio, learning Shortwave 5 in diameter. You get details on the coil, the
the code, re- condensors, power transformers, various spark
ceiver theory gaps, and all kinds of unusual technology.
Craft Magazine Other articles cover the construction of a
that will show Tesla coil with a secondary wound on a glass jar
you how to about 4 diameter about 9 long, how to build a
and construction, build a one tube high-frequency resonator, how to build an X-ray
crystal oscillator pocket set, a set (dont aim it at me!), and a series on building
transmitter, two- one-tube all an induction coil that could give a 6 long spark.
stage transmitter, electric oscil- And that includes details on insulating the wire,
three-stage trans- lodyne, the two building the spark gap, constructing a motor-
mitter, construc- tube Champ, driven mercury interrupter, and even building,
tion of modulator the Duo-Am- if needed, a plunge
for three-stage plidyne, and battery with mercury,
transmitter, and plenty more. potassium bichromate,
reference. The last part and sulphuric acid.
Youll learn how to build a push-pull 6L6 of the book de- And you get a
audio amplier that can be used as a modulator votes usually at number of short arti-
to turn a morse code station into an 50 watt AM least one page cles on high frequency
radio station for voice communication. And of to the technical electricity, building a
course, all of these plans require Thordarson details of a commercially available 1935 short- miniature Tesla coil, a
transformers, since Thordarson published the wave receiver Including details on 16 different small carbon-arc furnace, a coil winding jig for
book originally. The truth is you can use a variety Allied Radio Sets, 10 Atwater-Kents, 8 Crosleys, secondaries, and a water rheostat.
of other makes and types. and scores of others. These are the classic original articles. If
Great for hams who want to relive the old You get details on three different versions youre an avid collector of Tesla material, you
days, or just remember them. These sets still of the Hammarlund Comet Pro, the Hallicrafters may have seen some of this before. But these
work and can be used on the air. And YOU can Skyrider and SuperSkyrider, The National HRO, magazines are very difcult to locate, and these
build them! Get started! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover SRR, SW-3, and more! More than 239 different articles that show you how to make everything
155 pages shortwave radios in all! from scratch are rare.
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11 softcover 240 pages a copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 64 pages
No. 22768 $18.95 No. 23411 $6.95
Telephones &
Microphones Metalworking for Amateurs
edited by F Chilton-Young
How to Make Them and Use Them reprinted by Lindsay Publications
edited by Percival Marshall You get a collection of British
reprinted by magazine articles from the early andmak-
Lindsay 1890s. ing castings;
Publications Part One covers brazing and and turned
H e r e soldering with simple tools. You get work and cores.
you get de- six small chapters on soft soldering; You dont get de-
tails on build- soldering tin, zinc, and composite tails on a furnace,
ing simple metal; soldering copper, brass, bronze, but you do get
telephones silver, etc; soldering jewelry; brazing interesting details on difculty in pouring
which in- heavy joints; and autogenous soldering small brass castings, guides for sliding-bar,
volves simple (forge welding). You get great drawings how the pattern was made, wax dressing
electricity, metal working, and woodworking. of different torches, blasts, a forge, for core, material for mould, steel bar as
Components of a telephone are essential to charts, formulas and more. core, pouring plaster into mold, extraction of
early radio as well. Headphones is a contraction Part Two covers practical gas-tting. I dont mold, smoking mould and tying it together, the
of head telephones. know what practical value this has, although I crucible, melting the metal, fuel and brass for
Youll nd details on building carbon mikes nd it interesting to learn how you could plumb casting, heating the mould, and much more.
and magnetic earphones. You get details on your house for gas lights in the days of Queen Interesting unusual stuff. It always fascinates
wiring them up into working telephone system Victoria. Three sections discuss how to blow a me to watch craftsman from decades ago get
with batteries, bells, ringing key, induction coil joint, gas brackets and pendants; iron tubes and amazing results with the simplest of techniques.
and more. ttings, chandeliers, gas res; and cast nose- Thats what this is about. I like it. I think you
If youre looking for a science project or pieces, screwing and cutting iron tubes, making will, too. Get a copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 118
want to build your own radio equipment, you pendants, etc. pages
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Radio Pioneers Radio Tube Fundamentals
by George J Christ
by the Institute of Radio Engineers reprinted by Lindsay Publications enough to be very
reprinted by Lindsay Publications Back in 1951 when this rst appeared, every- educational, but
You get a fascinating book published in 1945 one was talking about electronics. World War II simple enough
by the New York section of the Institute of Radio had marked the end of the Great Depression and that I could un-
Engineers (IRE) had created incredible advances in electronics. derstand it when
as a keepsake for Television was the rage. There was more interest I was a kid. The
their Radio Pio- in electronics than ever. People wanted to
neers Dinner in learn about the new inventions, so Gern-
November 1945. sback put out this
The IRE was nifty little volume.
founded by Arm- Here you get
strong, Alexan- a nice short book,
derson, de Forest, straight to the point,
Dubilier, DuMont, that explains to beginners
Fa r n s wo r t h , vacuum tubes and their use
Gernsback, Heis- in radio. author tells you what you
ing, Hazeltine, Chapters include the need to know but tries to
Jewett, Miessner, electron, the diode, the triode, the tetrode, the keep it simple so as not to confuse you.
Pickard, Sarnoff, pentode, multi-purpose tubes, phototubes and A excellent book for tube nuts (the steam
indicator tubes, vacuum-tube grid bias, and engines of the electronics world). No, it wont tell
radio-tube applications. you how to build a million watt stereo amplier.
Secor, and many oth- You get accurate and simple discussions But if you dont know whats in this book, then
ers. on plate resistance, load lines, class A ampliers, you dont deserve to brag to people that youre
You get a history perveance, oscillators, cross-modulation, mixers a vacuum-tube stereo expert. And if you build
of the IRE from its be- and much more. This isnt the best book on tubes radios, this will explain so many of the mysteries
ginning in 1908 com- ever published. If thats what you want, then buy you encounter in old circuits.
plete with photos of a copy of Reich or Eastman on the used book Get a copy. Worth having! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
John Stone Stone, market. These are engineering texts full of math softcover 96 pages
Robert Marriott, Pick- and theory. But not this little book. Its detailed No. 23624 $9.95
ard, Kennelly, Pupin,
Jones 1936 Radio Handbook
The Receiver Chapters amp, a Jones
Pierce, Morecroft, by Frank C Jones 20-40 meter
Langmuir and oth- reprinted by Lindsay Publications Inc superhet, take
ers. A number of years ago we reprinted the a look at the
Discover the his- complete 1936 Radio Handbook, but decided Perrine super-
tory of the Veteran not to print more when we ran out. Here weve het, the RME-
WirelessOperators brought back just the chapters that deal with 69 receiver,
Association, the Amateur Radio Relay League, the building receivers. and more.
Radio Club of American and more. See some of You get the receiver chapter from Jones Finally
the early wireless catalogs and amateur stations. 1936 Radio Handbook covering shielding, Q, you get a very useful tube chart providing bas-
Get a brief, but to-the-point, chronology of radio methods of band-spreading, plug-in coils, tickler ing information, biasing voltages, wattages, and
developments to 1925. Through pictures meet winding, audio coupling, and more. Then you more.
the great radio pioneers and their equipment. build the 2-tube DX-ER using 30s, a twinplex This is one jam-packed little booklet that
Fun reading. Well illustrated. Unusual qual- with transformer coupling, a noise-free two-tube will keep you building for the next ve years.
ity. These are people who created the electronic autodyne receiver, the regenerative Gainer Just very best receiver parts of a great handbook
world in which we live. Get a copy. 8-1/2 x 11 based on a 2-1/2 volt lament 57 and 56 tubes. brought back at one cheap price. Get one! 5-1/2
softcover 64 pages Build six different Super-Gainers, the x 8-1/2 booklet 48 pages
No. 23462 $8.95 Jones 222 superheterodyne, an outboard RF No. 23608 $5.95

The Lindsay Super Gainer 2.5 mh .01 to

In the JONES 1936 RADIO HANDBOOK
(above) youll nd his Supergainer which
audio is a superhet converter with a regenerative
3 220 amp detector. Heres my version. It uses a very
220
1000 455 kc if xfmr 5
4
sensitive 6AC7 pentode and a 6J7 detector.
A 6SJ7 and other pentodes will work as will
350H

B+ .1
reduces the 6F5 in his book or the equivalent 6SF5.
22K

chances of .1 8 22K The 100 h choke and two variable resistors in

oscillation
.1 B+
the cathode circuit provide the smoothest, most stable
8
22K

regeneration Ive ever encountered. But it should do that

1,3
47 6 22K B+ since the detector operates at one frequency only: 455kc.
.1 To adjust you place the 2000 ohm pot at about 12
4 1500
oclock and adjust the 200 ohm set pot so that the detector
ant 5 22K just begins to oscillate. You never have to touch the 200
33
100h

B+ ohm pot again.

470
2000

22K
200

B+ is 150 volts. Audio can be a 6C5 driving earphones.

to .1 Youll need a local oscillator to drive the 6AC7, but it needs
local very little signal. If you use a 6SA7 for the rst tube, you
osc may nd the audio output to be a little low.
regen set My version of the Jones Super-Gainer receiver works
regeneration control
quite nicely. Take the circuit and improve it!
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