Old school tech

[Unkl Ian]

www.knucklebusterinc.com/ [cl[cl
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]

But wait ! There is more.

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

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.

If you search for old books on Google, and live outside the US,
you'll probably have to go through a proxy server.

 

[Unkl Ian]

Portable drill bracket

Drill bits for metalwork.

Tin Snips

Lathe attachments

DIY drill press

Uses for flexible couplings

Using a Surface Plate

http://www.knucklebusterinc.com/features/pics/Fasteners101.pdfFasteners 101

Buffing and polishing

Inches to MM chart

Lathe milling fixture.

 

[Unkl Ian]

Drill press clamps

Low budget bench sander

Using a metal lathe accurately.

Care and use of a micrometer

Compressor

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.

 

[Sniper]

A lot of good information. Thanks [cl

 

[whytesmoke]

cool info i will be checkin this out as times. thanks