Vintage tech

Unkl Ian · Mar 23, 2010

Way back, before the Internet,Harbor freight, and Princess Auto, tools and information were much harder to find.
Here are some vintage How To articles of interest:

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www.knucklebusterinc.com/

They cater mostly to the chopper bike crowd,
but some of the stuff is useful to us as well.

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Lathe Finishing

Paint Gun Maintenance

Make a Sheet Metal Brake

Drills and Taps

Reamers and Counter Bores

Metalwork Quick Tips

Marking Metal

Lathe Tips

More Lathe Tips

Painting with Spray Cans

Make an Angle Post for your Lathe

Modify a Wood Cutting Bandsaw to cut metal

Lathe Toolbits for odd jobs

Old School Soldering

Make a Welding Vise

Backyard Heat Treating

Hot Painting Tips

Unkl Ian · Mar 23, 2010

But wait ! There is more.

OLD books, so old, the copyright has expired.
But the info is still good.

U.S Army’s Lathe Operation Manual

Oxy-Acetylene Welding Practice by Robert Kehl - 1918

The Amateur Mechanic’s Workshop - 1874

Welding

Foundry Practices - 1909

Oxy-Acetylene Welding Manual - 1919

Modern Toolmaking Methods - 1915

The American Machinist Handbook & Dictionary - part 1
The American Machinist Handbook & Dictionary - part 2
The American Machinist Handbook & Dictionary - part 3

The Metal Turners Handy Book by P.N. Hasluck

Basic Metal Working Manual - 1903

Metal Coloring and Bronzing

Elementary Metal Work

Modern Letter Engraving - 1898

Google has a ton of old books available online,
might be where these ones came from.

Unkl Ian · Mar 23, 2010

Portable drill bracket

Drill bits for metalwork.

Tin Snips

Lathe attachments

Soundproof your shop. (find something better than Asbestos)

DIY drill press

Uses for flexible couplings

Using a Surface Plate

Unkl Ian · Mar 23, 2010

non destructive rust removal

Fasteners 101

Buffing and polishing

Inches to MM chart

Lathe milling fixture.

Drill press clamps

Low budget bench sander

Using a metal lathe accurately.

Care and use of a micrometer

Milling machines

Sheetmetal pattern layout

Knurling

Boring holes on a lathe.

Lost wax casting.

How to Hand File.

That was one of our first lessons in College;
a good skill to learn.

Lathe Indexing Attachment

Sine Vice

Drill press tapping attachment

Horizontal Milling Machine Practice.

42chevy · Mar 23, 2010

Thanks for posting. I have already saved several of them.

Unkl Ian · Mar 23, 2010

Thanks.
Will post more later.

rustbucket49 · Mar 23, 2010

Neat stuff. Plus another website that I can surf.

Unkl Ian · Mar 24, 2010

Gauge Blocks

DIY lathe indexing attachment

Old School Soldering

Circle cutter

Draft Forge

Unkl Ian · Mar 24, 2010

These are from www.vintageprojects.com

Low Speed Drillpress.

Shop Forge

Gas Fired Smelting Furnace

Bending brake

Sand Blaster

Screw Press

Electric Etching

Unkl Ian · Mar 24, 2010

Google Books now has Popular Mechanics back issues online:

Direct Drive Belt Sander

Casting with Rubber Molds

Adjustable Cone Mandrel

Using hand Punches

How to cut sheet metal

Knurling

Servicing Drill Chucks

Drilling Metal

Drill Press Speed Attachment

Unkl Ian · Mar 24, 2010

Metal Spinning

Buffing

Screw press

Machining Tubing

Expanding mandrel

Hand taps

Bandsawing Metal

Boring

Lost Wax Casting

Heavy Duty Boring Bar

Gauge Blocks

Ball Bearing Lathe Centers

Radius turning tool

Spark Testing Metal

Toolmaker's Buttons

Band Saw Circle Cutting

Turning a radius

Unkl Ian · Mar 24, 2010

Bending Brake

Tailstock Turret Head

Acid Etching Metal

Friction Sawing

Plaster Casting (also works for resin)

Multiple Start Threads

Boring bar holder

Heat Forming Plastic

Simplified Sheet Metal layout

Sine Vice

Small fixtures

Thread Cutting

Boring Tapering and Facing

Turning Metal Accurately

Knurling

Hand Filing

Milling on a Lathe

Taps and Dies on the Lathe.

Milling with Compound Rest

Collet Chuck

Taps

Dial Indicators

Lathe Taper Attachment

10 Lathe hints

Working with Sheet Metal

Thread Cutting

Swing Away Pads for Drill Press.

Cut Off tool holder

Knurling with a mandrel

Low Buck Spindle Sander

Sand Casting at Home

Unkl Ian · Mar 24, 2010

Mill Keyways in a Lathe

Analyze Spark Plugs

Precision Measuring Tools

Dial Indicators on the Lathe

Heat Treating Steel

Sharpening twist drills

Vernier Calipers

Steel Wool

Steady Rest

Unkl Ian · Mar 24, 2010

Filing on a Lathe

2 way clamp

Simplified set up for Steady Rest

Build a Buggy

Cutting Torch attachments

Boring Bars

Using a vacuum gauge

Knurling

Service front wheel bearings

Lost wax casting

Flat Turnings from Round Stock

Slip Roller

Tailstock Die holder.

Bending Tubing

Disc sander

Lathe Dogs

Adjusting VW valves.

Drill tables

Lathe Milling Attachment

Keep your Lathe clean

Tap and Die holders

How to Read Blueprints

Boring Bar Holder

Centering Fixtures

Metal Spinning

Sheetmetal brake

Enamel Inlays

Using Cold Chisels

Electroplating

Hammer and Dolly

Reamers

Milling Cutters and accessories

Tapping fixture

Marking metal

Drill press fence

Simple Hydraulic Press

Rube Goldberg

Glue Chipping

Boonie Bug

Drilling angled holes

Reading spark plugs in color

Unkl Ian · Mar 24, 2010

Angle plates

Step Collet Chuck

Lathe Centering

Etching Glass and Metal

Coloring Metals

Model Makers Vice

Soldering Aluminum

Electroplating

Stenciling

Metal finishing

Metal Spinning

Heat Treating Brass, Copper, and Aluminum

Using your Hack Saw

How to use Cold Chisels

Heat treating Iron and Steel

Band Saw tune up

Electroplating with Lead, Zinc, and Cadmium.

Plating with Copper, Nickle, and Chromium

Tool Post Grinder

Unkl Ian · Mar 24, 2010

Vintage machine shop secrets
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Silver Solder

Plating Tricks

Lathe Speed reducer

Chucking Odd shapes in the lathe

Cold Forming

Photography Lighting

Accurate cross holes

Band Saw speed reducer

Marking metal for layoutsl

Removing broken screws

Waste oil heater

Using a Slide Rule

Machinist Short Cuts

Tool Post grinder

Loosen Rusted parts

Hand Riveting

Cutting Glass discs

Solder Aluminum

Soft Soldering

How to use a File

How to use a Hack Saw

Ellipse trammel

Cutting glass

Unkl Ian · Mar 24, 2010

Milling Operations on the Lathe-
Chapter 1
Chapter 2

Work space organization

Simple welding vice

Using a vacuum gauge

Drilling hard materials

Cutting glass

moronthethrottle · Mar 25, 2010

Great stuff UNKL.[cl

Browse through the "Loosen Rusted parts" link from post #16; down on page 202 is a great article by an old timer on how to give wood a natural aged patina in a much shorter time.

pistolpete · Mar 25, 2010

I think this has just killed any actual work I was planning on doing today... The old Popular Mechanics are great to flip through. Some of the adds are great, amazing how things have changed.

Unkl Ian · Mar 25, 2010

Unkl Ian said:
Milling Operations on the Lathe-
Chapter 1
Chapter 2

Chapter 3

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