Tricks & Secrets of Old-Time Machinists: Hints and Kinks Provided by the Readers of American Machinist Magazine in 1912, 1918: Volume 4, originally published in American Machinist Magazine, compiled, edited and published by Lindsay Publications, Bradely, Ill., 2011. 5½ x 8½ paperback, 96 pages. ISBN 1-55918-398-5.
Please note this book is new, not used.
In the early days of American Machinist Magazine, readers were constantly asking questions one minute, and offering clever solutions to problems the next. The issues at the turn of the last century were particularly rich with the tricks and secrets that experienced old time machinists had devised and had submitted for publication.
Machinists were constantly having to machine work that was too big for their equipment. A temporary set up might be necessary. Sometimes an expensive machine part would break and the machinist was called upon to create a simple, low-cost yet durable patch. You\'ll see how they did it.
The section on inspecting machine tools, which covers pages 58 to 79, is probably worth many times the price of this entire book!
Fun reading. Great ideas - especially for the imaginative machine builder. Interesting historical material when you realize you\'re getting inside the mind of the experts from a century ago. Heavily illustrated. Cheap.
Here’s a complete list of the Old-Timer\'s Tricks you will find in this book, Volume 4:
- Small Vise for Toolmakers\' Use
- A Finishing Tool for Smooth Surfaces
- Cutting a Quick Lead Worm on the Lathe
- Wire Rope Splicing
- 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
- Boring Bar for the Lathe
- Dowel Pins for Wood Patterns
- Undercutting Tool for Tap Holes
- Making Accurate Squares for Cagemakers
- Parting Off Piston Rings to Accurate Width
- Emergency Methods of Cutting and Drilling Class Disks
- Locating Small Holes Accurately in Die Work
- Fluting a Tap Without a Milling Machine
- Lapping Scored Cylinders
- Wigglers and Their Uses
- A Dead Center Grinder
- Boring a Large Gear by Hand
- A Ball Friction Clutch
- Machining Large Tubes
- To Get Even Shrinkage When Babbitting
- A Simple Casket Cutter
- A California Jobbing Shop
- Elimination of Chatter Marks From Machined Work
- Mandrel for Grinding Wristpins
- Mandrel for Thin Threaded Pieces of Brass Tubing
- A Simple. Expanding Mandrel
- An Efficient Flexible-Shaft Coupling
- Keying A Wood Pulley
- A Special-Purpose Tap
- Fly Cutter and Holder
- Cutting Threads of Unusual Pitches
- Chuck for Holding Piston Rings
- The Inspection of Machine Tools
- Using a Punch Press in Lieu of Bending Rolls
- Changing a Simple Lathe into a Compound-Geared Lathe
- An Efficient Babbitting Mandrel
- Handy Blocks for Chuck Jaws
- A Radius Turning Tool
- A Patriarch Among Grinding Machines
- Forming an Accurate Ball on the End of a Rod
- Knurling With a File
- A Radius Turning Tool
- Repairing a Broken Lathe Chuck
- Hardening Broaches and Cutters
- Tools for Drilling Deep Holes
- A Quickly Made Index Plate
- Old Shaping Machine Rigged Up to Cut Off Stock
- Cutting Holes and Disks with Broken Hacksaw Blades
- Turning a Ball on the End of a Rod .
- An Economical Forge Blower
- A Homemade Oil Filter
- Internal Lapping and Laps
- Chuck for Nipples and Studs
- An Old Kink in Boring
