Shop Practice for Home Mechanics

by Raymond F. Yates
reprinted by Lindsay Publications

On the surface Yates's Shop Practice might sound like a great book, but it's not. Most of it is so simple that I could never ask some to buy it, not when this catalog offers many better books. But there ARE some good parts.

Here, from 1920, you get the best 48 pages, and that's all. The other 272 pages went into the fireplace.

Here you get an quick discussion on boring in the lathe immediately followed by useful advice on the fabrication of crankshafts from either a single piece of flat stock or from multiple pieces brazed together. If you've already built an engine, this may be old material. If you're thinking about your first, this is worth reading.

Then you get a nifty little project that you can use to learn to make foundry patterns, pour aluminum castings, and machine them into something useful: a small drill press. The drill press you build is not nearly as robust as the Gingery machine, but it's a nifty project thoroughly illustrated showing the plans and the machining set ups.

And if that's still a bit too complicated, you'll want to examine the brief plans for a grinding head. Everyone needs a grinder.

If you just want to use a grinder or drill press, then go buy one. They're not all that expensive. If you want to learn metal working by completing a project that is useful and one you can take pride in, then get a copy of this. Geez... the price certainly is right.

Interesting material. Ask for one. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet 48 pages

No. 23080 ... $5.95