American Machinist Memories
Babbitt 1910-1916
reprinted
by Lindsay Publications
Babbitt. Magical stuff! Low tech. Easy to work. Incredible bang for the buck. Certainly worth knowing about, but also worth knowing how to use. You need how to pour your own bearings should you want to restore or build a replica of an old machine.
Here you get articles gleaned from issues of American Machinist Magazine during the era when Babbitt metal was routinely discussed. You get a little bit of everything: history, industrial secrets, and practical how-to.
The
very first article from May 1910 is entitled "Methods Used in Babbitting Bearings".
And you'll find most of the articles offered here are a variation on this
theme. Other topics include anchor holes for bearings, arbors for long bearings,
compressing babbitt, quick method of rebabbitting pulleys, babbitt in the
ends of steady rest jaws, renewing lathe spindle bearings, using rosin paper
while babbitting, how to get even shrinkage when babbitting,
machining split babbitt bushings, mold for half bearings, foundry finished
bearing surfaces, babbitting the nut for a multi-thread splined shaft, designing
a babbitt mold, and more.
Major articles include making Babbitt and Babbitted Bearings, Babbitting equipment used in the Beech Grove shops of the Big Four railroad, a great course in babbitting entitled "Around Small-Shop Babbitt Fires", and more.
The majority of these articles are illustrated and reveal how Babbitt was routinely used in manufacturing and machinery repair. If you have any imagination or curiosity at all, you're sure to find something of use in this collection.
Good stuff! Get a copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 72 pages
No. 22970 ... $8.95
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