Online Catalogue last updated 17th of September 2023
Written by J.W. Barritt
You get a brief introduction to the lathe, cutting speeds and lubricants, cutting tools and their use, and then you get detailed step-by-step lessons.
You'll learn about grinding centres, aligning tail stock centre to a test bar, machining a steel pin, machining a steel shaft, machining a forged steel shaft, machining a forged steel rotor, machining a gear and spindle, machining a spot facing bar (for Morse and Brown & Sharpe Tapers), and machining a tool steel lathe centre.
After a straight-to-the-point discussion of screw cutting , you'll learn the secrets of machining a forged steel body-bound bolt, machining a machine steel taper bolt, machining a tool steel screw, machining a machine steel worm, and more. When you're done with these lessons, you'll be able to cut a quadruple 1/4" pitch, 1" lead Brown & Sharpe RH thread, a 4-pitch right hand single Buttress thread, left-hand Whitworth thread, a 29 degree Acme screw thread, and on and on.
And the lessons continue. Machine a cast-iron hand wheel, a cast-iron gear, worm cylinder head, a cast steel trunnion, a brass spacing washer, a brass taper sleeve, a cast-iron packing box, and many more.
Within these lessons you'll learn to machine a dovetail surface, ream a taper hole, how to centre a casting with a shifted core, how to under cut, how to cut an internal taper thread, how to use a steady rest and pot chuck, machine a crankshaft and much more.
Here's a machine shop course you can take at your own speed. Originally published in 1937, this good quality reprint is still quite relevant today.
Code No. 004921