Elementary Lathe Practice - The Complete Practical Machinist: Embracing Lathe Work, Vise Work, Drills and Drilling, Taps and Dies, Hardening and Tempering, the Making and Use of Tools, Etc., Etc

Elementary Lathe Practice - The Complete Practical Machinist: Embracing Lathe Work, Vise Work, Drills and Drilling, Taps and Dies, Hardening and Tempering, the Making and Use of Tools, Etc., Etc Review

This is a comprehensive step by step guide for beginners to metal lathe work.

The book is divided into 3 exercises which aim to teach the student the basic skills.

Written by an instructor in machine work at an American university in 1917, this book is simply written, with detailed instructions which are illustrated at every step.

Items covered include:

Fitting shaft to a collar,
Use of the 4 jaw chuck
Rough turning and boring
Accurate boring
Drilling and reaming
And much more.

A really useful book for those wishing to improve their metalwork skills.