Lathe Books

Check Out These Really Cool, Old Reprinted Books! Described By Lindsay Publications as "Unusual Technical Books, Past And Present, Of Exceptionally High Quality Revealing Skills And Secret Processes Almost Forgotten"! Books on how to run a lathe, aircraft sheet metal work, more to come-check back soon! Many are from the early 1900's, and are brand new reprints. Excellent as a gift for that hobbyist in the family. (Narratives and photos copyright Lindsay Publications, used with permission).

by Fred "Mr Machine Shop" Colvin
"Practical suggestions which will give the young machinist or apprentice the foundation principles of engine lathe work." Great book. Well illustrated. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 softcover 117 pages.

Comparable to "How to Run a Lathe". Everything you need to know to start machining metal. 1942. Great book. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 softcover 112 page

Collection of eight different booklets in one cover: grinding valves, sharpen reamers, true brake drums, test differentials, bore rebabbitted rods, make bushings and more... Great ideas. Great how-to. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 softcover 96 pages.

In this series of articles reprinted from Machinery Magazine about 1921 you get details on how precision bench lathes were quickly and accurately built with ordinary rather than custom built machine tools. You'll walk through the Potter and.....

How To Run a Lathe 1942
South Bend Lathe Booklets
The Care And operation Of A Lathe 1942
Bench Lathe Manufacture And Handscraping 1921
Running An Engine Lathe

If you love lathes, this is for you!

Machinery's Industrial Secrets
articles for Machinery Magazine

More articles published after WWI. First is an article on designing change gears. You get the simple calculations involved in designing change gear mechanisms for machine tools so that speeds will.....

articles from Machinery Magazine
reprinted by Lindsay Publications

Yeah, I know. You can't bring yourself to admit it. But it's true. The Brits have been the leaders at model building in the home machine shop, what they call "model engineering". One reason is that small, reasonably priced, yet.....

Articles from Machinery Magazine
Reprinted by Lindsay Publications

Devour a couple of lengthy articles written during WWI. It's a detailed comparison of British and American lathe design: bed types and shapes, saddle dimensions, headstock types and drives.....,

Thread cutting in a lathe. That's what this is about. Today most threads are cut rapidly by rolling a cylinder between two dies. When precision is required, threads.....

Here are a series articles starting in 1913 that discuss chucks. You get photos and discussions on a couple of unusual chucks patented in England, but probably.....

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