Online Catalogue last updated 17th of September 2023
By Rayond F. Yates.
"A practical treatise for the amateur and professional mechanic - giving instructions on the various processes and operation involved in modelmaking and the actual construction of numerous models, including steam engines, speedboats, guns, locomotives, cranes, etc. Lathe work, pattern work, electroplating, soft and hard soldering, grinding, drilling, etc., are also included."
Well this is the slightly inflated claim made by the book about itself. There is probably too much covered in just one book, but it still does give an introduction to a large range of topics.
Chapters include: workshop, lathe work, drilling, soldering, hardening and tempering steel, abrasives, patternmaking, electroplating, model slide crank steam engine, model twin-cylinder engines, model twin-cylinder marine engine, flash steam plants for model airplanes, model steam turbine, model boilers, boiler fittings, model hydroplane, lake freighter, gasoline engine, model steam locomotive tank, siege gun, steam yacht, 34" monoplane and much more.
Some of these projects need castings which are not available. But with all the dimensions and photos given, you should be able to modify and improve the designs. This is great raw material for the model builder.
This is an interesting book originally published in 1925.
Code No. 001720