Lindsay

This small booklet explains how alternators work, shows how to perform some alterations specifically for wind or hydro power production, and even discusses using induction generators.  Compact yet very descriptive and excellent illustrations to drive home the concepts.  A great start if you plan to use junked alternators or induction motors in your homebrew.

16 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 (Paperback)

Item #: BK342

48 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 (Paperback)

The use of Babbitt metal as a bearing material is now rare in modern machinery, but there are still plenty of situations where the model engineer can, or may have to, use it. Well illustrated. 1912 - 1925

Item #: BK531

Step by step details for the rebabbitting bearing process, the equipment necessary, the selection of the Babbitt metals, tinning and pouring temperature of Babbitt, recommended chamfers and much more.

Carbonite Metal Company

8 pages, 8-1/2 x 11 Xerographical Pamphlet

Item #: BK279

Aspin

Was written originally for hobbyists in Great Britain, by some of the comments on availability of supplies and names of sources for supplies.  The universality of the content makes this issue mute whenyou get into the depth of each chapter.  Examples given for making cores and for moulding with "Green" sand are bountiful.  Additional technical information on how and why things are done will bolster your confidence that this process can be done by the individual hobbyist.

90 pages, 5-3/4 x 8-1/4 (Paperback)

Item #: BK628

Gingery

This is a 60 strokes-per-minute portable machine that uses a 14 tpi blade that will cut a 1/4" x 3" flat bar in a couple of minutes, yet weighs little more than 50 pounds.  You'll need a 1/3 hp 1725 motor.  Standard pulleys, belts and pillow blocks reduce the drive to 278 rpm.  The only special equipment necessary is a 100 amp welder.  All holes are dilled and tapped, so a drill press would be a great help, although not essential.

66 pages, 8-1/2 x 11 (Paperback)

Item #: BK303

Gingery

From the inimitable Dave Gingery comes his first model design - a small two cylinder stirling engine. He shows how to make the patterns, cast them if you want and then shows how to build the engine - we know the book is good as we built an engine here! In practice, if you don't want to make your own castings you could fabricate. Great project - you will learn a lot! Full working drawings. Large format paperback.

76 pages, 8-1/2 x 11 (Paperback)

Item #: BK305

Lindsay

Here are a series articles starting in 1913 that discuss chucks.  Photos and discussions on a couple of unusual chucks patented in England, but probably never marketed successfully.  You get a length two part article on lathe chucks - the types then in use, their design, and their advantages.  Chucks started with dogs on face plates and evolved through scroll chucks.

48 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 (Paperback)

Item #: BK357

Gingery

This uses no castings.  It's a welding project using standard structural steel and common hardware items to build a compact, portable bending brake. It is a 30" brake as detailed, but you can scale it up or down in size within reasonable limits. Make neat bends in 26 gauge steel to form duct, boxes, drawers, belt guards for the machines, etc.

52 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 (Paperback)

Item #: BK301

Gingery

160 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 (Paperback)

An amazing testament to one mans creativity and hard work, and an inspiration to other budding machinists and tinkerers. The instructions are relatively easy to follow, but be aware that the production values (lay out, graphics, editting) are quite rough.

Build simple tools: compact clamp dog, heavy face plate, homemade hand reamers, mandrels for facing gear blanks and for cutting teeth, plus a simple fixture for tapping truly perpendicular holes by hand. Build more complex tools: a simple two jaw chuck that can be self-centring for repetitive work and a four-jaw chuck with independent reversible jaws, and a steady rest. Then, you'll build the dividing head that serves as a rotary table, too. This beauty is built around a standard 40 tooth worm gear, providing all divisions through 50 and all even and multiples of 5 through 100. Many other divisions up to 1960 are possible, and it's easy to make a special lathe for an unusual job. Next you'll cut professional quality change gears to add screwcutting capability to your home-made lathe. Dave will show you how to make gear cutters for about $1 each. You'll get a conventional tumbler plate that provides left hand thread cutting, while the basic set of gears cuts all threads of standard inch sizes from 8 to 80 tpi. A fine feed range from 0.0025" per revolution to 0.005" is also provided. You even get a threading indicator for the carriage to simplify thread cutting on the lathe.

Item #: BK300

Gingery

Sure you can buy one.  But what will you pay for one that drills a 1" hole with ease?  And can you brag that you built it yourself?  Quill feed is 2 1/2".  Double reduction provides 260 rpm low speed.

Item #: BK299

Cain

Drills and drilled holes and threading with taps and dies - primarily by hand discussed. Gives sage advice about how to overcome the problems often encountered in this type of work. Covers all thread types with conversions charts, thread gauges, sharpening, etc. Includes tables of all the tools available and explains the difference in various types of drill and their
practical application.

104 pages, 5-3/4 x 8-1/4 (Paperback)

Item #: BK275

Cox

An easily-understood book concerning principles, characteristics, operation installation, speed control, braking, etc. Generators, safety, testing and a useful section on identifying and using 'scrap' motors. An excellent primer on the electric motor.

136 pages, 5-3/4 x 8-1/4 (Paperback)

Item #: BK287

Porter

Explains how to make gas jet ejector burners for a forge, a hand torch for metal arts and a crucible furnace for metals and more. It is a do-it-yourselfers dream book, showing beginners how to make highly efficient gas burners inexpensively. These burners use simple gas accelerators as their central operating principle. All that is needed is a $2 MIG tip and some plumbing parts. This eliminates the need for a blower to supply combustion air, allowing the burners to be built in any size. Burners are featured, which are small enough to be used for a jewelry torch or large enough to heat any ceramic kiln. Because these burners are both powerful and portable, they can be combined with low cost space age insulating materials and common containers to build light compact heating equipment. Also described is a blacksmith's forge that can be carried anywhere and stored under a workbench; a portable metal melting furnace; a portable farrier's forge; a portable glass furnace/glory hole; and a mobile hot-work station that aids in combining several crafts. The burners and equipment provide an inexpensive way to get started in blacksmithing, foundry work, ceramics, or glasswork. General information and specific designs are given, enabling the craftsperson to build equipment tailored to their own desires. All the equipment is constructed from readily available materials. It is full of instructions and illustrations and is appropriate for beginners.

224 pg., paperback, 111 illustrations

Item #: BK731

Hiscox

This book is a classic, loaded with photos, drawings and engravings of engines, and all the components that go into IC engine construction. You even get info. on propellers for marine engines and use of steam engine indicators on IC engines. Also included is an illustrated chapter on converting coal into producer gas. The last chapter is a great research tool. You get the dates, numbers and inventor names of several thousand engine patents granted between 1875 and 1910. You get NO details however. This can be useful if you are researching the output of a particular inventor, say, Diesel. Great book. Loaded with rare information of all
types.

476 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 (Paperback)

Item #: BK314

Law

Gears in one form or another are part of most mechanisms, but they are by no means as simple as they may appear. This book explains simply and comprehensively the underlying theory involved, and in its second part, how to cut gears on a lathe or milling machine. It covers all the questions raised by enthusiasts who have watched the author, Ivan Law, demonstrating
gear cutting techniques at exhibitions throughout Britain, where his advise on engineering matters is constantly sought.

146 pages, 5-3/4 x 8-1/4 (Paperback)

Item #: BK339

450 pages, 7 x 9-1/2 (Paperback)

A longtime woodworker's illustrated guide to the tools of the trade and how to use them. For those who would like to have the benefit of a woodworker's extensive experience with hand tools, this is the book to own. Crammed with practical information, it is the next best thing to looking over a craftsman's shoulder as he works with his tools, asking questions and getting straight answers in plain language, seeing how each tool is held and manipulated to get the best work out of it.

From bit brace, chisel, and mallet to saws, specialized planes, drawknife, and spokeshave, Aldren Watson describes in detail the actions of the tools basic to good woodworking. All the procedures are explicitly illustrated with handsome line drawings, and an appendix gives plans and dimensions for making a workbench and other necessary pieces of  shop equipment.

Item #: BK638

Gingery

Yet more good stuff from the Gingery clan, here describing how to make that most useful of things, a pipe bending machine. This one is fairly big, being built mainly from 1/2" x 2" steel strap, but will tackle most shapes, with the appropriate dies. As with most of these designs, it can be scaled down, or up if you want to bend BIG pipes - and have muscles to match! This is another great ideas book. Photos and Drawings.

48 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 (Paperback)

Item #: BK309

40 pages, 8-1/2 x 11 (Paperback)

The machine detailed in this manual is simple and inexpensive to build. Not only does it look professional it will do a professional job as well. A few features are, bronze bushings throughout for simple and smooth operation, a removable top roll making the finish work easy to remove, and an adjustable bottom roll to enable the machine to handle different gauge material. Costing hundreds of dollars less than its commercial counter part, this machine is a valuable asset to any work shop, and the best thing of all, you gain the satisfaction of building it yourself.

Item #: BK307

Don Meador

How to Build the Mighty Metal Miter clearly shows how to build an accurate miter out of common flat and angle iron at a minimal cost. The miter uses a circular saw with an abrasive cutoff blade. But don't panic about cutting or drilling holes in your saw because this project REQUIRES NO MODIFICATIONS OF YOUR SAW! This device is capable of accurately cutting pieces of metal less than an inch long to sections that are 20 feet long. It makes repeated clean cuts on 3/4 inch solid square stock, as easily as 1/8 or 1/4 inch angle iron. The miter not only makes simple straight and angle cuts, but it can even make compound cuts. What more could a hobbyist want in a metal cutter? Think of all the extra metal that can be bought with the money saved from paying the guys at the hardware store for one of their commercial metal chop boxes that only makes simple cuts. How can anyone that works with metal pass this one up?

5 1/2" x 8 1/2", 29 pages, 21 illustrations

Item #: BK727

Gingery

Centrifugal fans are not exactly tools, but such fans do have their place in the workshop as air extractors, blowers for furnaces (or raising steam etc). As usual Dave Gingery covers all angles, in simple language. 112 pages, well illustrated, formulae etc.

112 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 (Paperback)

Item #:  BK306

Bob Mann

Workshop Equipment Manual No. 10

Using simple plans and photographs this booklet describes the construction and assembly of this machine, whose main feature is the ability to form wheel rims from cold flat mild steel; this wheel can be used on farm carts and other basic equipment.

20 pages. 1987

Item #: BK 362

Lindsay

Shows how this can be done by the capacitor, the autoformer or the dynamic converter methods. Also includes basic three phase and induction motor theory. Complete with drawings, diagrams and capacitor values.

20 pages, 4-1/2 x 7 (Paperback)

Item #: BK350

Lindsay

Extracted from a 1903 technical school textbook on milling, this 31 page booklet will give a good basic grounding on indexing and how to use it.Very useful and cheap!

31 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 (Paperback)

Item #: BK352

Lindsay

Yet more extracts from Machinery Magazine on aspects of lathes, in this case articles covering Forces Acting on the Saddle in a Lathe, Cutting Coarse Threads on a Standard Lathe, Cutting Worm Gears with an Improvised Hob, Hobbing in the Lathe, 2 articles on the Design of Lathe Tailstocks and another 2 on Inspecting Lathes, Design of Back Gears and A Short Bed Precision Lathe. 1912 - 1926

48 pages, 24 illustrations, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 inch (Paperback)

Item #: BK356

Lindsay

More good information extracted from Machinery Magazine, this time exclusively on Screw-Cutting. The bulk of this book contains two articles - "Thread-Cutting Attachments" and "General Thread Cutting Practice in the Lathe", but there are also shorter ones on cutting Square Threads, Multiple Threads, Finer Pitches and Coarse Threads. Whilst the articles are old and essentially industrial, the information here is universal and will be useful to the model engineer.

48 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 (Paperback)

Item #: BK607

Barritt

The best lathe book I have seen that gives instructions for specific machining operations. Produced originally by the American Technical Society and intended for students, you get specific sections on the lathe, lathe tools and screw threads, plus 50 "job tickets" demonstrating a particular machining operation with both text and sketches of settings etc. You may not need to do the specific jobs shown, but they really illustrate a lot of
skills you will probably need to use at some time.

176 pages, 8-1/2 x 11 (Paperback)

Item #: BK629

Lautard

Part 1.  Dozens of hints, tips and tricks to help you get things done faster, easier and better in your shop.  Excellent reading for the machinist, apprentice, gunsmith, shop instructor and hobbysit.  Working drawings and detailed instructions for making 15 useful and practical machinists tools and lathe accessories.

210 pages, 8-1/2 x 11 (Paperback)

Item #: BK335

Lautard

Part 2.  You will now have complete working drawings and instructions for making a small pantograph engraving machine, toolmaker's block, bench vise accessories, jig borer, kerosene-burning blow-torch, plus details on an indexing device for your equipment.  160 illustrations.

213 pages, 8-1/2 x 11 (Paperback)

Item #: BK336

Lautard

Part 3.  Covers many old and obscure tricks of the machinist trade.  Included are drawings and instructions to make a cullet chuck system for any late, a miniature impact hammer, shop-made taps, a lathe spindle nose thread modification plus much more.  205 illustrations.

259 pages, 8-1/2 x 11 (Paperback)

Item #: BK337

112 pages, 5-3/4 x 8-1/4 (Paperback)

The accuracy of a finished job begin with the exactness of the initial marking of materials and continues with the accuracy of the measurements made as the project progresses. How to use measuring equipment and how to mark out work - not always the simple matter as it might seem - are essential skills for any engineer. The purpose of this book is to show how these skills are acquired and employed. Well illustrated.

Item #: BK338

Gingery

Build a 7" capacity metal cutting lathe accurate to .001".  12" between centers.  5" swing over saddle.  Uses castings produced by the charcoal foundry.  Cost only about $50 (fifteen years ago).  Some incredible lathes have been built as a result of this book.  A detailed how-to book.

128 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 (Paperback)

Item #: BK296

Gingery

Builde a shaper! 5x5 capacity with 6" stroke.  Variable speed.  Automatic variable cross feed.  This is no toy!  There is hardly an easier and cheaper way to cut keyways, splines, dovetail slides, irregular profiles and more.

144 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 (Paperback)

Item #: BK297